I am in need of advice on searching for a nanny. I will be increaseing my hours at work and need to find someone to help care for my two children three to four days a week. If you have advice on how to start my search I would be most grateful. I am sick over the idea of leaving my kids at home -- I know there are good, patient, caring people out there -- how do I find them?
T.-where are you located at? I know of a great lady in park ridge.
T.
I would put an ad on sittercity.com or enannysource.com -- that's where I have always found my nannies. Sittercity is less expensive and I think it's the better of the two sites for part-time help. I've always lucked in to finding a college student majoring in teaching and working around her days.. she goes to school Tues & Thurs and comes to our house M-W-F etc. The good ones will come to your house for an interview with a resume and references and most importantly -- talk to and interact with your kids and not just you at the interview.
Good luck!
Hi,
You should try my service www.SitterBuzz.com. I am a mother of two and founded the service because I find that finding a babysitter can be so challenging.
SitterBuzz is basically an event you attend where you meet 20-25 college student babysitters for the immediate Chicago area. You do all the informal interviews in one hour and then you take home a Buzz Binder which is a book of all the babysitter's profiles. The profiles include their contact info, experience, availability schedules, and a photo. Once you go home, you have a book of babysitters you can call anytime. If you want more information or want to register for the event that is on August 21, 2008 checkout www.SitterBuzz.com
Thanks,
E.
Where are you located? I know of a good one in Des Plaines.
