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East2

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I have an 8month old son and my husband and I are keen to go out a couple of times over the festive period. I have to admit I am slightly nervous of getting a baby sitter. I don't know where to start in looking for one or what questions to ask. Should I ask for a crb, talk to their references? My son still has his dream feed around 10.30pm and still sometimes wakes up before this. Not that often but it would be just typical he would on the night we decided to go out. So I would want someone who is completely competent in looking after babies. Has anyone got any advice?

Thanks x

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Mrs_Glennie

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Do you have friedns from an NCT/ante natal group? Or any friends with similar age babies?


I've done swaps with school friends who live locally who have small babies too. It's good as I know and trust them, they know my daughter, they have experience of small babies and they're FREE!

GinaG3

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I babysat as a teenager, but stopped when I had my own child. We were never asked anything but knew the people we sat for through our parents. So we were trusted to them. Now she's 4 and I regularly see people wanting babysitters on the forum prehaps I should get back into it! I have the advantage of now having a CRB, a child of my own and having volunteered around mothers and babies, first aid knowledge and a lot of patience. Although the spanner in my works is whether my partner can babysit our daughter after his 60 hour week.. *yawn*

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