What the GOOD Babysitters Want.

I think it's time the world sees some real "Rules and Guidelines" for what the GOOD babysitters want.  Yes, we get that you are paying us to watch your kids, but in reality don't you want the person watching your most valuable possession to be happy while doing so?

1. I want snacks.  I show up in the home for an evening or multiple days so I would really love some snacks.  Just text me ahead of time and ask what you can grab at the store.  Think of it as hospitality-- if you were having company, you would have snacks for them- well, I am company and not your family.

Real Life: I have a friend who desperately wanted some of the chocolate pudding in individual containers stored in one families fridge, but the parents would notice one whole container empty, so she just took and ate a spoon full out of each container. 

2. Give me your wifi password.  Your kids likely go to bed before 9pm and you will be out until midnight or later.  This is 2013 mothers, we like to pin, tweet and chat on the world wide web.  Or maybe even do school work. 

3. Look, we are happy to do the dishes from any meals we cook or feed your children, but please don't leave the entire weeks worth of dishes in your sink and expect me to do them.

4. Let me know where the coffee maker is.

5. Please have supplies ready and don't make us rummage through your kitchen for whats needed to make dinner. 

6. Don't leave your monster of a dog jumping all over me.  Put that thing outside.  Likewise, don't expect me to feed your pet snake, Lily.  That takes things tooooo far. 

7. Show me how to work your TV because chances are high you kids and I will be watching one of Disney's classics. Please don't make me spend 20 minutes with children screaming while trying to figure out which of the 8 remotes works. 

8. You kids Halloween candy taste better in my mouth than their, so show me the stash please and thank you.

9.  Asking me to bathe your children is kinda like asking me to run a marathon.  And quiet frankly, it freaks your kids out when a stranger tries to give them a bath and sing rubber ducky.

10. Get home when you say you will.  You college days are over, so staying out until 2am should not be your reality.