babysitter
The incoming nannies are a real blessing for the parents;besides, they help the child to become more independent. You and your child should know the nanny well. If a girl stays at night with a child who does not wake up, it is enough if she is prudent and responsible. But for children who wake up at night, and children older than a year, it is very important that the person who spends the night with him, be familiar and sympathetic to him. Most children are frightened if, when they wake up, they see a stranger. If an incoming nanny has to take care of a child or even just put him to bed, you should make sure, watching the actions of this girl, that she loves children and treats them affectionately but firmly. Therefore, the first few times lay the baby along with the nurse. Then the child will have the opportunity to get to know the nanny better before she does something about it. And when the child gets used, the nurse will be easier to take care of him.
It is necessary to have permanent nannies, one or two. Learn about reliable nannies in an agency or friends whose trust you believe.
Young or old? It is rather a question of the maturity of the soul, not age. I had to see fourteen-year-old girls, quite reliable and skillful, although it does not follow from all girls at this age to expect such qualities. And an adult woman may be rude, or unreliable, or unskillful. Some adult women easily manage with children. And others hardly get used to the child and make him and his parents nervous.
In order for everything to go well, you need to create a special notebook for the babysitter to come in, indicate the child's regime in it, about which he can ask( in his language) the telephone numbers of the doctor and neighbors who should be called in case of need, if you can not contactyou, the time to go to bed, that you can take for yourself in the kitchen, where the supplies of laundry and other things that you might need, how to turn the heating of the apartment on and off.
But first of all, get acquainted with the one who will come to your child, and make sure that the child trusts this person.