What experience does a babysitter need?
A babysitter doesn’t really need much experience, but it’s better if she has had experience. If she doesn’t have any childcare experience, it’s a good idea to spend a few hours or a day with her with your children, so that you can feel confident leaving at night. Often, a babysitter will be there when the children are asleep. She’s not going to have huge responsibilities, but it is important that she knows what she’s doing if your children were to wake up or if there was an emergency. A babysitter should always live very locally to you so that you don’t have to pay for a huge cab journey home for her. It’s better to have some who’s regular and not to go through a babysitting agency that might send you ten different babysitters. Every time you call, it’s going to be somebody different. Children do look forward to seeing the same person. Often, the parents might go out and the child will already be asleep, so you don’t want them waking up to a stranger that they don’t know. You want them
