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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Mom's come in please
How did you find your babysitter? I have been on Craigslist.com,babysitter.com,care.com, the newspaper both the Columbus Dispatch and our local paper, been to churches. I can't find one that I feel even a little bit confident about leaving my daughter with. Don't know where else to turn.
Re: Mom's come in please
Are you looking for daily child care or just occasional (nights and weekends)?
Also, how old is your child?
My daughter was about 6 before I started leaving her with "sitters" (for nights out, etc.), and I went onto Craigslist and posted an ad and screened from there. But she was also old enough to tell me if something wasn't right. The babysitter services charge an arm and a leg for the referral, so I steered clear of them.
Just to preface, I am not a mom yet. Some of the moms I know use college girls from our sorority (I am still active w/my sorority) as babysitters. They have had good luck and because there are so many girls they usually don't have a problem finding someone. I have also heard of people hiring early childhood education majors as babysitters.
GL!
When I was in college at OSU, I looked in the Lantern for people looking for a babysitter, then I would contact them. Maybe you can place an ad.
Here's the website:
http://www.thelantern.com/classifieds/index.cfm?event=displayClassifieds&categoryID=1423
http://www.sittersunlimited.babysitease.com/index.php?osCsid=84b1752aa3deb1cd994ab46c6c74a54d
have you checked the ODJFS website? They have sitters who are all licensed by them I believe.
Good luck!
When I first had the twins I went through them and was very pleased with the person that I found. 224-0222. They know who is certified, who has cpr training etc.....I love them!
Good luck!
If you are looking for an occassional sitter, try www.sitterconnection.com
They are an agency and their rates are really good. They do background checks, interviews and such. They are mostly OSU students I believe. I have used them 3 times and have been happy with them.