{"id":24,"date":"2010-05-27T14:53:43","date_gmt":"2010-05-27T14:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.sosgarde.ca\/blog\/?p=24"},"modified":"2010-05-27T15:04:40","modified_gmt":"2010-05-27T15:04:40","slug":"before-your-babysitter-or-nanny-search-starts-know-your-needs-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/babysitter\/before-your-babysitter-or-nanny-search-starts-know-your-needs-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify your needs first before a babysitter or nanny search"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

\"\"<\/a>Ok. You need someone to help you out with child care. A nanny or an occasional babysitter.<\/p>\n

And now I would say stop.<\/p>\n

Take one crucial step before you start your research. That step will go a long way in facilitating your research and speeding up the process. And that step is to identify the profile of the right person.<\/p>\n

I can’t stress enough how important it is to know what you want before you start looking for a sitter. Knowing what you want is not as easy as it sounds because sometimes we have a hard time expressing our needs, especially when it comes to something as important as who is watching our children. My best advice to you is to start with a pen and sheet of paper. Separate the sheet into three columns (see table below) with the following titles: the “must haves”, the “nice-to-haves” and the “must-not-haves”.<\/p>\n

Think about your situation and what will go into each column. Questions you might ask your self are as follows:<\/p>\n

* How many children do you have?
\n* What are their ages?
\n* Do you live in a remote area that is not accessible by public transit?
\n* What time do you want the sitter to start\/finish?
\n* What personality traits are you looking for in a sitter?
\n* Other (specific to your situation)<\/p>\n

Start jotting down the answers to these questions according to the categories below and soon enough you will have a profile of the type of babysitter or nanny you are looking for. It may not be a realistic profile at first, but you can adjust it as you go along. The table below helps you define what is really important and gives you a guideline to follow. With this table filled in, your search can truly start!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Must-have<\/strong><\/td>\nNice-to-have<\/strong><\/td>\nMust-not-have<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
First aid training(you can offer to pay for it)<\/td>\nSpeak a foreign language<\/td>\nsmoker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Experience with young children<\/td>\nLives closeby<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Young and playful<\/td>\nOver 18<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before looking for a nanny or babysitter it is best to define the profile of the desired individual. One that will fit with the family needs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16,547,13,8,7,15,18,548,17],"class_list":["post-24","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-babysitter","tag-babysitter","tag-childcare","tag-children","tag-family","tag-in-home","tag-nanny","tag-profile","tag-resource","tag-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sosgarde.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}