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DanM

Babysitter troubles
9 Months, 3 Weeks ago

I have a babysitter who comes over every week to give me time to do chores and if possible, relax a bit. I found her through the local university's infant cognition lab. Today though, I had a major problem. She took our daughter upstairs to change her diaper. She came out of the room a moment later to get my help with it (it was on backwards!). The trouble came when she left my daughter on the changing pad unattended. She was told the first time around to not leave her there if she is not in arm's length of our daughter. Luckily, my daughter is fine. What would you do in this case?

Dan

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DaddyRoger

Re: Babysitter troubles 9 Months, 3 Weeks ago
Find a new baby sitter. Leaving a child unattended on a changing table sounds scary. Putting it on backwards tells me she is not paying any attention to her job.

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jallanach

Re: Babysitter troubles 9 Months, 2 Weeks ago
I agree. Find a different sitter without question.

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Converse

Re:Babysitter troubles
9 Months, 2 Weeks ago

There are certain mistakes babysitters (and parents) make that are understandable. As a father of a 2.5 year old, there are things that now seem obvious to me that I would have had no idea about when my first son was born.

But, there are other things that, even if you have no experience with babies, are just careless. Leaving a baby on an elevated counter, out of reach is evidence of someone who is just not thinking.

I think references from neighbors are the best avenue for finding good baby-sitters, but we had fantastic luck using Care.com (we've had the same nanny since our older son was 8-weeks old and are going to hate giving her up when she graduates).

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