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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would not.  I'd switch off with a grandparent or my husband during nap time.  I'd be willing to hire a sitter like you describe but only when the kids are old enough to speak up for themselves, let me know afterwards how it went (like later preschool years).[/quote]

Please.  What do you really think a sitter is going to do wrong?  Kidnap your kids?  Keep in mind that women commit way fewer crimes than men and I assume the sitter will be Female.

Op - just have the sitter come right as you’re about to put the kids to bed.  Don’t have the sitter give the kids a bath, take them anywhere.  Basically make it so there is no room for any accidents.  Get a baby monitor you can view on your phone while you’re out and go somewhere nearby.  
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I'm a NP but I wouldn't do this either, and not because I think the sitter would do anything "wrong." It just feels a little too... inhumane or callous are too strong, but certainly too laissez faire for me to leave a 6-month-old with a stranger under these circumstances. Like just because they'll be "okay" and survive and won't remember it, IDK... it doesn't sit well with me. And again-- I literally don't think the sitter would do anything wrong, bad, neglectful, abusive, even just subpar. I'm sure said sitter would be a lovely person. But still. [/quote]

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