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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]15/hr. sitters aren't trained or experienced in infant care. They're just starting out. You can go out and see for yourself want you get for your $15/hr. and it's not pretty.

Anyone with high standards or means, is not going to settle for mediocre when it comes to their baby.

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Some $15 sitters and nannies are plenty experienced in infant care.  I've personally hired them and was very impressed, with one exception who was not asked back after a few hours of sitting.  The woman I used most when my DD was a newborn had years of experience handling infants at a day care center, came highly recommended by someone I trust, and proved herself to be something of a newborn whisperer.  She asked for $13 per hour because she would only be caring for one child, but we ended up paying her $15 because we was great and we wanted to match the rate she was getting at another part time job with two children.

The key to good infant care is careful screening during the hiring process, not paying at the top of the pay scale.  Yes, you [u]can[/u] pay top dollar for a newborn care specialist, but be sure to probe the credential first.  Some of those newborn care specialist certification programs are nothing more than one or two day workshops covering the kind of things most new parents are taught by post-partum nurses in a day or two at the hospital.  [/quote]
How old was your $13/hr baby whisperer? What was her training/experience?[/quote]

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