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[quote=Anonymous]When I had my first job taking care of an infant, I did not have any real experience with infants.  I had a lot of experience babysitting babies and young children, but not infants.  The family took a chance on me.  That job only lasted a few months, but I got another job taking care of an infant.  I had that job for many years and took care of the brother who came along a couple of years later from infancy.  Then, after I left that job and I was interviewing again, I had a mother tell me I did not have enough infant experience.

When it comes down to it, keep interviewing for those jobs.  Take some more classes in infant care.  In the end, it all comes down to you and the parents being a match.  And if they like you, they will overlook your lack of infant experience.

Another thing you might want to consider, try getting a job in a daycare with infants.  Yes, the pay is generally crappy, but real life experience could be helpful for you.  And you have to work on your social skills.  That is always going to be a negative for you until you can really become comfortable around people and babies.  [/quote]

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