How to Treat a Baby Sitter

Posted by Anonymous , 9/4/2007 Tags:TreatBabySitter
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How to Treat a Baby Sitter

Introduction

Turning a new baby sitter into a trusted child care provider is easy if you communicate well and always consider his or her needs as well as your own.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Steps

1

Step One

Pick up the baby sitter on time.
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Step Two

Show the baby sitter around before you leave the house. Indicate where necessary items for the children are, where the telephone is located, where the TV is and how it works, and how to lock doors.
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Step Three

Warn the sitter if there is an expected problem with a child (for example, "Johnny always cries for 30 minutes after we leave").
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Step Four

Give the baby sitter some idea of what your children would like to do, to eat or to watch on TV as well as a list of things you do not want your children to do.
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Step Five

Reiterate any safety precautions, such as "Don't tell anyone who calls that we are not home," and "Don't open the door to strangers."
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Step Six

Tell the baby sitter the children's bedtime and explain the bedtime routine (bath, brush teeth, etc.).
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Step Seven

Leave a phone number where you can be reached.
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Step Eight

Have something in the house for the baby sitter to eat and drink, and tell the baby sitter those items are for him or her.
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Step Nine

Tell the baby sitter ahead of time that you don't want the baby sitter to fall asleep no matter what time you get home, if this is the case.
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Step Ten

Tell the baby sitter what time you will return, and return at the promised time.
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Step Eleven

Check in with the baby sitter at least once to make sure all is well.
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Step Twelve

Pay the baby sitter immediately once you return - unless you have agreed otherwise.

Tips & Warnings

  • Baby sitters are not responsible for following your wishes when you haven't expressed them.

Overall Things You'll Need

  • Other Games
  • First Aid Kits
  • Chidren's Toys
  • Spiral Notebooks For Emergency Information
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