• It is good to give importance to the first impression that will create…
• Learn as much as you can for the same: except for the name, age, hometown, if he has a family and kids, what knowledge he has, if he has studied βÏεφονηπιοκόμος and where, why you chose this work, what are the interesting, if he’s healthy, how he spends his free time, he reads books about raising children, if she has a residence permit in the case that it is foreign etc.
• Also, if you have professional experience, what ages of children cared for, for how long, how many hours he wants to work on the day.
• Ask her to give you phones of families where she worked to get information.
• Talk with the general for children and investigate what priority he puts her in the upbringing. Simply aims to control of the child or is more interested in the development of capabilities?
• Ask what would he do if you put your little one to sleep and that she was crying or if he refused to eat etc.
Once you decide…
• Call some times, before start working, to see how close to the child, in order to begin and that to the habit.
• It would be useful the first few days of coming half an hour before you leave, so that the child sees you with her.
• Update the for the habits and peculiarities of the child in sleep, eating, behavior, for favorite games, for the ways in which he can calm down.
• It is important to have taken all the security measures, e.x. can you cover the electrical outlets, to have it removes the small objects, etc.
• To show where there is a flashlight in the house, the electrical panel, where is located the main switch of the water.
• Identify specific hygiene rules, like washing hands before you change your baby, smoking ban, etc.
• To indicate every day the time you have to take the child to sleep, by the time you feed, how they can spend their time creatively, what time you will return. Don’t forget that children want to have fixed hours of game play, food and sleep because they feel more security.
• Restrict the use physical punishments to enforce discipline.
• If the child says “no, I don’t do it” it is better to avoid the conflict and not the end. To distract attention with some other activity.
• You need to give choice and to subside on trivial matters, maintaining however the determination of the issues that are important, such as the security of.
• Place in an easily accessible place a note with the phone numbers of your work, first-aid, fire brigade, of the pediatrician, so in case something happens to react immediately.
• If available a person that you trust, let’s spend a few times without warning from the home in order to exercise distinctive control.
• It is important to observe the reactions of your child when you leave it in the morning with the babysitter or when you receive it in the afternoon.
Source
How to choose a babysitter for my child?
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