What to Expect Baby-Sitter's Handbook
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For live-in nannies, Saturday night sitters, and everyone who cares for kids. Answers to the questions sitters ask most: The parents want me to pick up their newborn every time he cries—won’t that spoil him? A child who comes over for play dates always makes a terrible mess and never helps to clean up. What can I do? The girl I baby-sit for tripped and got a bump on her head. What’s the best way to tell the parents? I take care of a six-month-old and a three-year-old with completely different sleeping patterns. How do I juggle naptimes? Packed with information and insight, the What to Expect Baby-Sitter’s Handbook covers all the basics and so much more. How to keep a child safe and what to do in an emergency. The top five reasons babies cry, and eleven surefire ways to calm them down. Taming temper tantrums and tempting the finicky eater. How to talk to a baby and how to get a toddler talking. Bathing, potty training, sibling disputes, time-outs—and how to make the family-sitter relationship a happy one. Plus, a special fill-in section where parents can write down what they think is important for sitters to know about their kids. Review: Likeable - Likeable Review: Quick, Staight to the Point & Easy to Use! - This is a great book for parents/sitters. It is very easy to read, has lots of great info and is perfect to have on hand. Plus, there are sections for the parents to fill in personalized info for their child(ren). The handbook sections age groups within each catagory so you don't have to read about ages that are not applicable. I think this is a MUST for every parent leaving their kid(s) with a sitter.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.2 out of 5 stars 60 Reviews |
L**M
Likeable
Likeable
K**R
Quick, Staight to the Point & Easy to Use!
This is a great book for parents/sitters. It is very easy to read, has lots of great info and is perfect to have on hand. Plus, there are sections for the parents to fill in personalized info for their child(ren). The handbook sections age groups within each catagory so you don't have to read about ages that are not applicable. I think this is a MUST for every parent leaving their kid(s) with a sitter.
D**7
Pretty Good
This is a good book! I have read other babysitting books and I have to say that this isn't my favorite. I do like how it was very informative and covered a wide range of topics. I also think it was easy to read and I liked the layout of the pages. My only real issue with it was that it isn't really a book for beginning babysitters. I doubt that parents will ever want the girl next door to be dropping their children off at play dates and such. In my opinion it was more focused towards being a nanny(which it does say in the description that it was for both nannies and babysitters). On the other hand, this book covered topics that I haven't seen in other books that I've read such as bathing the baby and how to make fun things to play with. I actually ended up buying the book anyways because it was so enjoyable to read. So, yes, this book is good, and I would probably recommend it to someone else. I just think it was for more experienced babysitters and nannies than beginning ones.
D**E
I'm a nanny and I love this book
I am a full time nanny and I love this book. Even if you just use a babysitter every once in a while this is a great book to have and give to the sitter while they are there. It has many pages where you can fill in all your child's info and likes. I just found it this year but I plan I giving one to every family I work for.
V**S
Ideal for the babysitter to not only know every day things but also the crucial situations that may occur
This will sure be a hit with my team daughter who is excited to be babysitting however I wanted her to know the inns and outs and crucial situations that may occur this will be a gift for Christmas
L**N
Two Stars
Odd book in my opinion -- and a bit outdated.
H**.
Would recommend!
Great book, great information !
E**S
Very very basic.
Very very basic. Not very informative at all.
L**A
Four Stars
excellent
L**B
Probably a good resource, but realisticly too much work for the ...
Probably a good resource, but realisticly too much work for the parent and the sitter probably will not have a chance to sit down and read it anyways.
N**K
Three Stars
Useful but very text heavy and the book feels dated.
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