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My fiancee and I are relocating to Charleston WV from Cleveland OH and have a two year old girl. My question is, how do you go about finding someone you can trust to watch your child while we go on a date or two? I am afraid of feeling isolated and not being able to have any "adult time" after the move. At home we have a boatload of people that want to take her for a few hours and visit, but when we move off by ourselves, what do we do? Any suggestions?
If you were affiliated with a church in Cleveland, find the same denomination of church in Charleston, and ask the pastor there to point you in the right direction. If you aren't affiliated with a church, then try asking around at work or at the local senior citizens, veterans group, Elks club...any of the community groups. Someone is bound to have some helpful ideas or know some good names to call. Make SURE you have some excellent references...from work, from your last community, and so on. I don't know a good parent who allows their teen to babysit without knowing that who she or he is babysitting for is of sound character and mores.
I am a babysitter in Florida and a member of sittercity.com. Parents looking for sitters can post their jobs and then sitters can look through the posts and apply. there is even a feature where you can screen to see if the sitter applying for your job has elected to have a background check. I did this to be more appealing to potential parents. I sit for a wonderful family because of this website. I would highly recommend it!
I am a babysitter in Florida and a member of sittercity.com. Parents looking for sitters can post their jobs and then sitters can look through the posts and apply. there is even a feature where you can screen to see if the sitter applying for your job has elected to have a background check. I did this to be more appealing to potential parents. I sit for a wonderful family because of this website. I would highly recommend it!
My fiancee and I are relocating to Charleston WV from Cleveland OH and have a two year old girl. My question is, how do you go about finding someone you can trust to watch your child while we go on a date or two? I am afraid of feeling isolated and not being able to have any "adult time" after the move. At home we have a boatload of people that want to take her for a few hours and visit, but when we move off by ourselves, what do we do? Any suggestions?
Does your daughter go to preschool or daycare? Maybe you could have playdates with other mothers and fathers in the same daycare or church. This way you could get to know them. Eventually, it wouldn't be weird to have them watch your daughter and you can even return the favor.
I am a very overprotective parent and I have gone various routes for finding babysitters. Previously, I've asked the employees at my gym's daycare, my daughter's preschool teachers, a placement service and craigslist. Using craigslist really freaked me out but so far, we've had success with the nanny we hired through there. We move all the time and I have four small children. I usually need help during the day and to have couple time on the weekend. Finding a reliable and trustworthy sitter is probably one of the most stressful parts of the move. Good Luck..
I would definitly ask around for placement services. They generally do thorough screenings of the sitters and will place you with a specific sitter. Also, just asking around for recs is a good way.
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