Single Parents Dating Avice
By April MasiniDecember 10, 2008 (Posted at 5:10 pm)
How to Find Last-Minute Childcare The best way to make sure you have last-minute child care is to plan ahead — make this a New Year’s Resolution!Here are four tips for setting up a back-up plan before you need it.1. Collect a pool of babysitters. Keep a file somewhere in your kitchen with this list of babysitters, their names, multiple phone numbers and e-mail addresses, and references.2. Share your babysitter pool with your friends and neighbors, and collect from them, too.3. Consider a babysitting agency for emergencies. Ask around in advance for what agencies your friends and neighbors like. Ask your child’s pediatrician and your child’s school teachers.4. Keep a group of friends and neighbors who will care for your child in emergencies — and pay it forward with them. Be pro-active about taking care of their kids BEFORE you need help, so you can call in a favor with less guilt.
