I am sure a lot of you have children and maybe can offer us some ideas. We don't have many friends here in the area since we are somewhat new and live out in the country. We have 9 year old and a 22 month old sons and need a babysitter for going out occasionally. My Mom is 80 years old and lives in an attached home next door so our 9 year old can stay home, he is quite responsible he actually watches her more than she watches him but it's legal.
But my 9 year old can not take care of a 22 month old nor can my 80 year old mother. We have only gone out for a quick adult dinner once in about 3 years and it's starting to show!
We have a babysitter but she must be home by 11pm, living out in the country that does not give us much time to go into the city have a nice relaxing dinner, do something and get back home in time.
Point is we have no family and only 1 friend that is willing but we do not want to impose often, maybe 2 times a year. Anyone know of any alternatives for an overnight babysitter? Reason we say overnight is if we have a night on the town we would probably not be back till' about 3am or a bit later. Even if we were back by 2am it may be better just to let the baby sleep through it and possibly the babysitter if they do not plan on staying up the entire night. We are looking to go out maybe once a month or every other month, not something we are going to ask a friend to put up with that often.
Don't know if there are ANY options but we are looking for ideas, we are almost ready to drive 10 hrs to NJ drop the kids off for 2 weeks with other grandparents and drive back but that's a bit drastic considering we do work and it's only a short term solution. We hear Charlotte is a fun town but have never actually had the chance to explore, we are all the way out in Sharon west of York.
Rich
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