Trusting babysitters or not

I haven't had any trouble trusting babysitters. Most of them have been family though. My problem is that I'm too lazy, introverted, whatever, to go and find one that isn't family.

I only allow family to babysit my son. He is in daycare but they are certified and i trust them more. Its just with all the things i hear these days i find it hard to just have a stranger watch my son. There is one person other than family that i feel my son likes. I myself am a baby sitter. I try to make a parent feel as comfortable as possible with me before leaving me with their child or children. I know how it feels.

With recent cases of child trafficking and nanies disappearing with kids, its really hard to trust a stranger with your baby. I take my kids with me wherever I can or leave them in the care of my immediate family. Like their father or grandparents. I have given up thought of working when I had kids just to be with them. Infact to tell you the truth I was scared after having kids that how can I give them a world that is not cruel or filled with mean people. Why did I ever had them in such dangerous world. So many things going wrong these days, if you start pondering too much it scares you to the bones. But then we all have a life to live, we can just hope to make a diference by our own conduct in this world and probably leave the world a better place for our kids. For now just keeping my fingers crossed that I never have to deal with the gons of this world for my kids.

Yes bamakelly, I beleive it is very had to trust babysitters now a day as you know that it is a materialistic world. Money may change the mind of a person any time and they may give first preference to money rather than babies. There are many happening around us in real world which compel me to distrust baby sitters. So I think it is better to take our children out with ourselves rather that babysitters.

I also use my family members as our babysitter. Otherwise I will use the girls that are friends of my teenage boys. I know then well and I know their families well. Usually I go for family first. I would rather get sitter for an evening out. I stay home all day watching kids so when I get the chance to get out I don't want to drag the kids along.

I use only close friends or family as babysitters, id never use a stranger no matter wether they are with a reputable company or not id never expect my children to just go to a stranger and be happy about it they deserve to be left with someone that not only I know and trust but that THEY know and trust also makes for a much better time for everyone. I made sure they met the nursery and school teachers before they started aswell

Hi bamakelly and I'm sorry for taking so long to answer your question. I have been busy, but I did promise my friends I would eventually do this so.... As to your question, I would probably, and have, taken my child with me everywhere I go instead of finding a sitter primarily for two reasons: 1) I would only worry while I was out anyway, and 2) I never really had anyone I trusted enough to leave my child with. Take care.....

We use family as our sitters. I trust everyone that I leave my daughter with. We do take her most places with us. It's only if we really want a night out or some time to ourselves that we call anyone. There are a few people in our family that call us wanting to take our daughter so that works out too!

Hi there bamakelly, before trusting babysitters you should get a feedback from their other customers. Having babysitters now is hard nowadays, its very hard when it comes to trusting people, even if its for a business thing, we cannot avoid not to doubt about this person right? You want the best for your baby, its better if you personally take care of your baby. Your baby needs his/her mother the most.