I'm so scared! [View All]

I've started to respond to ads in craig's list for childcare, and have also placed my own ad. I'm going to be interviewing babysitters starting next week. I will be asking for references and spending time observing the candidate with my son.

What else can I do? How can I know my son will be safe. How can I ever leave him with a stranger? But if I don't find care for him, I'll have to quit my job, and then we won't have health insurnace or money for food!

I need to find a sitter for him--I've asked everyone I know, and now I have to start going through agencies, etc. and find someone I don't know.

I'm scared out of my mind. I could check references and spend hours interviewing and leave my baby with someone who seems just fine and then just never see him again!

If I have to go through an agency, or an ad, what is EVERYTHING I need to do to make sure I've fully checked up on the candidate?

Anyone else ever hire a sitter that wasn't a family member or friend? How did you deal?

I HATE THIS!!!!!!!!

(Y'know, I actually don't even really like leaving him with friends and family. On some level, I wish that we were the only 2 people in the world.)