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[quote=nannydebsays][quote=Anonymous][quote=nannydebsays]OP, does your sister have any experience working with kids? If so, is she a night time sitter or a full day 7a - 6p sitter?

And does she enjoy spending time with infants and up? Does she understand what 8+ hours a day with an infant entails?

These seem like the most relevant questions, and I don't think you answered them above.[/quote]
You seem to have a chip on your shoulder. Just sayin.[/quote]

Nope, I just know exactly how hard it is to provide excellent care for small people 10+ hours a day, and if the 18 year old sister isn't interested in doing a good job and doesn't like being around kids all that much, nobody is going to be happy, and the baby will be the one suffering from lack of quality attention. Frankly, given the choice between an uninterested and potentially apathetic 18 year old alone with my child in my home VS. my child cared for in a decent quality daycare, I would go with daycare hands down every time.

Caring FT for children may not be intricate brain surgery, but it surely isn't all bon-bons, soap operas, hearts, flowers and joy. Those people who dismiss the work of a nanny by saying it's easy or unimportant have obviously never spent long hours with a child not their own and been fully responsible for that child's health and well-being. Heck, the loudest critics may have never spent much time with ANY child, including their own![/quote]

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