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[quote=Anonymous]MB here - we've been working with college babysitter for about 6 mos. She started off doing 10 hours/week and up until the past month, she has been fairly reliable.  Over the holidays she was away for six weeks and in Jan she took on some additional school commitments so she asked to reduce her hours to 6.  I had talked with her formally in Nov. about needing more hours since I work part time and since then I've asked lots of times if she can cover us at other days/times.  She always says no which is totally fine since I never expect anyone to be available outside of the hours we've agreed on, but it's also led to more conversations about how I think we need more help.  I told her yesterday that we were going to look for someone else who has more hours available.  I found someone quickly through our neighborhood listserve and timing-wise it makes sense for us to have this be our babysitter's last week.  Today when she came in I told her that tomorrow would be her last regular workday but we would love to have her come and watch the kids on weekends if she would be open to that.  I also offered to pass along her information and a great reference to a friend if she's interested in still doing some sitting.  I know she doesn't "need" the money in the sense that she's not using it to survive, but I'm sure it's nice to have the extra cushion.  I do feel badly because I know it probably seemed abrupt, but she's giving us fewer and fewer hours and she's mentioned how hard it is to balance everything so I thought it might actually come as a bit of a relief.  She seemed upset but we didn't have time to talk about it because the kids were there and I was rushing to squeeze in a work meeting before I had to be back.   Tomorrow I thought I'd have a nice card for her with a small gift certificate to a restaurant I know she likes and maybe some treats for her to have with the kids.  I'd like to mark her last "workday" but I don't want it to seem like a final goodbye if she'd like to keep sitting for us.  I also mentioned that if she's open to it, we could go ahead and get some dates on the calendar now.  I'm fine if she decides not to but thought that might make for a slightly less sudden t ending.  Any thoughts about what else (if anything I can do)?  I do like her and appreciate the time she's spent with my kids so I obviously don't want to leave on a sour note if we can avoid it.  [/quote]

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