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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just to play the devil's advocate about your wife - I have a 9 month old and haven't quite worked out how to hire a babysitter (we do have a full time nanny during the week, but hear me out).  We both work during the week, so on the weekends, we like to spend time with our DD.  She goes to bed at 7 PM, so we are perfectly able to go out any Friday or Saturday night we would like and leave a babysitter with the monitor without missing anytime with the baby- however, I am apparently a paranoid freak and am deathly afraid of leaving her with someone I barely know and haven't spent anytime with. . .however, I don't really want to bring in a babysitter during the weekends to train him/her because I really want to be with my daughter.  Maybe your wife has an issue like mine?  I need turn off the news and get off the internet because I now am afraid to hire a random babysitter off of the internet without a full background check and reference checks because of the terrible stories I see on the internet!!!  Not normal, but such as it is - we have grandparents nearby and they do a lot of babysitting for us, but I really would prefer to find a regular sitter[/quote]

I'm the above poster who does weekly date nights while kids are sleeping.

Do you know anyone who has teenagers you could use as babysitters?  Chances are, if you know their parents and they know that you know their parents, they are not going to harm your child.  Might they do something slightly less than perfect, sure, but the risk of them actually abusing your child is as close to nill as you are going to get if you know their family, and that's what really matters long-term with occassional babysitters.  [/quote]

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