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There can be many good reasons why you are looking for a new babysitter. Maybe your family lives too far away to just drop by, your parents might have gotten a bit too old and don’t have the energy for it, or perhaps you just need a few extra eyes to look after your child, or your children, during the week. It can be difficult to find the right babysitter, as you always want the best for your children and might find it challenging to suddenly leave the responsibility to a complete stranger. However, there are many good experiences where families have found the perfect babysitter, who has almost become a part of the family - despite the fact that they might have been a complete stranger at first. Private childcare can ease your everyday life and give you a bit more energy. Here you will find 5 good qualities that are important when you are out looking for the right babysitter.
Caring
Being caring is something that is crucial and undoubtedly a quality that your new babysitter must possess. As a child, you need a lot of care and love, and it is therefore also important to feel that the adults think you are good enough as you are and also show that to the child. This includes both presence, such as a friendly hug, but also supportive and encouraging words that can uplift the child. Being caring also leads to a higher degree of trust, which is very important in such a situation, as the child will then more quickly bond with the person in question and feel safe in their presence.
Flexible
When you are looking for a babysitter, it is often also important that he or she is flexible. As a family or perhaps a single mother, it can sometimes be difficult to make everyday life work, and it will therefore make things a lot easier if you find a flexible babysitter. Additionally, there may be a need for care at different times of the day. For example, it could be during working hours when mom or dad is at work and the child is not in daycare or school, or perhaps in the evening, when there might be various evening arrangements taking place without children. Furthermore, there can always arise an urgent need for help with childcare, which means you need your babysitter to be able to step in quickly. Flexibility is therefore very important when you need care for your child, or your children.
Attentive
Here it is important that the child's needs are prioritized. If the babysitter is constantly sitting with their phone in hand looking at social media, there is not much interaction between the child and the babysitter, which is not optimal in any way. Here, you need a babysitter who is attentive and listens to the child's needs. This way, you also ensure that the babysitter sees the child and thus has the opportunity to react quickly if the child needs help.
However, there is of course always a balancing act regarding attention, as children on one hand have a completely natural and legitimate need to be seen, while on the other hand, they need to be equipped to engage in different communities with other children, where you cannot always expect attention.
Experience
One thing that is also really important is that you find a babysitter who has experience with children. He or she might, for example, have younger siblings who need to be looked after occasionally, or perhaps have worked in a nursery or kindergarten. It may also be that the person had a mother who was a daycare provider and has thus acquired a lot of knowledge and experience about children. There can therefore be many different reasons why the new babysitter has experience with children, and he or she does not necessarily need to have worked with children their entire life, but what is important here is that the relevant person has some form of experience with children.
Fun
Being fun may not be the first quality that comes to mind when you think about the most important qualities you need to find in a new babysitter. But one should actually not underestimate how important it is to find a babysitter who also has a sense of humor. If your babysitter is generally a fun person, this will definitely rub off on your child and create joy in everyday life - something that is extremely important for your child's well-being.
