Babysitters - do same age children matter

Diamond Member Joined: May 24 2007 Posts: 4619

I'm looking into a new babysitter for my 15 month old.
I found someone that might be good but I'm not sure if it really makes a difference that the other kids she babysits for are younger. The other kids are between 5-9 months and my son is 15 months.
She has lots of toys but do I have to worry that he will be bored?
How much should this be taken in account if I feel that the babysitter herself is good.

what would you do?

What does the babysitter say about this issue? Does she have any hesitations about it?

Diamond Member Joined: May 24 2007 Posts: 4619

no she feels its fine
but she has a place to fill - and she wants to fill it so there could be ulterior motives.

Posted: Sun, Nov 22 2009, 4:01 pm Post subject:

You say "other kids" and the miut of kids is 2. So she has at least 2 babies there under 9 months to feed, change, settle to sleep etc. I doubt she will be able to find time to give any stimulating attention to your son.
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If the babysitter is really good and energetic, and has age appropriate toys, she probably can handle that type of situation. But how many other kids are we talking about? Does she have any assts? And what type of kid do you have? Very active? Occupies himself? Needs a lot of attention?

If he needs a lot of attention, I would be more concerned, because then she may not be able to give him the individual attention which he needs. If he is pretty much happy-go-lucky and has enough stimulating toys and activities available, it may work out OK. At that age, they don't really interact too much with other children anyway. It is mostly parallel play.

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she has now 2 babies.(and 1 2 year old leaving to gan in one month)
that place can possibly be filled with a baby or an older child - I don't know which.
I have to make a decision today and I don't know what to do.
My son is active but 15 months. Working at home with him is disastrous as he can turn the house over in a second if I'm concentrating on something else. But if he has toys and say she's feeding a baby but can talk to him at the same time I'm not sure if it's a problem. It's sort of a commitment till August so I'm not sure what to do and nervous - but she seems to be warm and caring to me which is very important.
I hate decisions like these but I can't go on forever (I have been looking for a while)