How do I get a babysitter?

Every parent knows what boundless happiness a child can bring. How you indulge yourself entirely to another being — physically, emotionally, spiritually. How you put his needs and desire before your own without it making you much impression.But every parent knows how exhausting, challenging, difficult parenting can be. Not just because of sleepless nights, when the child is small and wakes up every three hours to eat, or when he's sick with a 40 degree temperature.Growing up, children also create many reasons for reflection, search for solutions, alternatives for their parents.As dedicated as the mother and father are to their child, the moment comes when they need to be separated from him briefly, if only for a few hours during the day.Motherhood is coming to an end and the mother has to return to work. Or just the family needs a little rest, relaxation and fresh air to return parents calmer, satisfied with themselves and happier. And we know that a child can only be happy if their parents are. So even a few hours of “city leave”, a weekend without the child, starting a new venture can bring a fresh whiff into the child-parent relationship. Whether they will be separated once or regularly from the child, parents need to find a person to take care of him.Some have available and prefer grandparents.Others are incredibly lucky to accept their child to a crib (nowadays it has become easier to get into university than a crib).And there are those who have none of the two options and the only remaining option turns out to be hiring a nanny.Logically, we come to the dilemma of exactly how to find a babysitter. There are several options that have their advantages and disadvantages. We will try to be useful to you and briefly gather information about them.And here are the options:

Through acquaintance or friend

often happens that you hear from a friendly family or from a mother in the playground about a nanny who watched their children and remained very satisfied. They can recommend it to you and give you her coordinates so you can contact her.It is fast, easy and without any unnecessary costs such as commission or fees. But let's be realistic.How often do our requirements overlap those of another mother?Good for some is far from appropriate and acceptable to others.And what are the chances that this particular babysitter is free and able to make your commitment?Yes, often you can smile your luck and without any tension and nerves to find a nanny, miracles happen, but unfortunately not to everyone. So this option remains quite lucky.

The advantages are that someone you know/friend already knows this person and trust is built much easier.In addition, this method is also completely free.

The disadvantages are that you are unlikely to find a babysitter in this way that is free and meets your criteria — yet every parent has their requirements and obligations.
In addition, hiring a babysitter along a friendly line means that relationships with whoever recommended her and those with the babysitter are directly dependent — if you don't get along with the babysitter, you risk your friendly relationship.

Through the Internet

There are many ad sites, Facebook groups or platforms on the internet where babysitters offer their services, or where you can ask other mothers to refer you to a nanny choice.The good thing about it is that the choice is really big, you have the opportunity to choose, collect views and sift.The bad thing is that you have to trust the words of completely unfamiliar people whose intentions are not always clear and well-intentioned.Once you come across a would-be babysitter, you also can't be sure what kind of person you're dealing with, whether it's really a nanny or another joker, a hater or even mentally ill (it's not out of the question).We have to admit that there are also very good people who can come back and do a job for you.It is not out of the question to find a babysitter for a few hours over the Internet without paying unnecessary for mediation.But do not forget that it remains for you to check the documents, certificates, recommendations provided by her, organize interviews, meetings, conversations yourself. If you have the bad luck of encountering inappropriate candidates, this whole process will be repeated again and again, it will take quite a bit of your time, nerves and emotions. So be ready for anything if you choose this option to search for a nanny.

Here we stand out 3 main ways:

1. Facebook groups
   1. There are different Facebook groups for finding babysitters, where the choice is large, but the large choice does not mean quality either.Usually posting an ad in a group is not rare to start a dispute about your pay, location or hair colour — some people are just looking for a reason to argue. Then you get dozens of questions and everyone has to write the same — which neighborhood, how many children, what pay, how much experience you have, etc. It takes time and lots of nerves
2. Listing Sites
   1. While in FB groups there is an idea better organization, the listing sites is total chaos.Apart from all the shortcomings from the previous point, here you do not even know if the person from a date is a real babysitterYou have to answer dozens of queries, which takes an awful lot of time
3. Platforms
   1. In Bulgaria there are several available platforms to find babysitters, of which ours is a part. On platforms, you can describe your search much easier and contact nannies who meet your criteria.The advantages and disadvantages vary a lot and while most are paid, ours is completely free and all the offers you get are from real babysitters you can contact, not ones that already work somewhere else, but their phone is left there.
      You can look for a babysitter via www.bavachki.bg.
      The downside of the platform is that you have to do the whole selection process yourself (which we help you). If you want to leave this laborious task to a specialist — look at the next point:

Through agency

The good thing about agencies is that you go in there as a client who has the right to demand results.You give your preference, without absolutely no restrictions and interference, and you are waiting for suggestions.Agencies are hired to track down candidates for you who meet your search.They contact babysitters, organize meetings, conduct the interview instead of or together with you, give you advice and guidance, check all the necessary documents. In a word, they do all the “dirty work”. Let's not forget that they are also professionals who are engaged in this hourly, so they have the necessary experience to search qualitatively and find quantity. They save your time and nerves.You hire them to do the job for you.Well, let's mention that's what you pay for.Agencies may take certain fees, commission or percentage of remuneration. This is sometimes a solid expense that seems indefensible for many parents, but anyone faced with a selection of candidates can assure you that they are worth the money.Because they are a kind of investment — in quality, in saving time and negative emotions. Just be careful what agency you're targeting.There are also those who are not distinguished by great loyalty, reliability and quality, so you can check her reputation beforehand and ask.

Here comes the place to mention a few words about our Nanny Selection Agency. If you choose us to find a nanny, you will get a guarantee that we will find a candidate for you from 5 to 10 working days. You will also receive a 3 month warranty on the service. You will have the opportunity to personally interview with as many nannies as you need to make the right choice.And we will offer you only such applications that fully meet your criteria. Our requirement for our babysitters is to have at least 2 years of previous experience and at least 2 recommendations from other families who have used their services, which guarantees us the quality of selection. We'll search and find for you, check documents and investigate like real detectives. And as a cover, we will also offer you an option to hire a temporary nanny when your permanent one is on hospital or leave.We know that you must have heard quite a lot of such beautiful tales and you don't believe many promises, but the experience and numerous recommendations from other parents about our platform makes us have the self-confidence of professionals in the field.

We can help you with finding, performing individual selection of a babysitter.

Because our motto is:

“ Together, for a cause, the best care for your children “!