Looking for a babysitter in East Meadow area

We are going to need a babysitter aside from my immediate family who helps us out so much. We are coming across a couple of events where our entire immediate family will be invited and the kids won't be going. I don't trust my extended family and our friends schedules and their kids keep them too busy for us to even ask them if they could watch our DC. I have someone in mind who I will be seeing in a few days but where did you get your babysitter from? Did you find her by word of mouth, a website? How much do you pay per hour? Does the babysitter come to your house or you drop the kids off at theirs? If anyone has any recommendations that live near the East Meadow area that would be great.

Re: Looking for a babysitter in East Meadow area

Have you checked into your local library?

I am in Levittown/Island Trees district and our library has a babysitter program. I don't know how you feel about teenage babysitters. But they have babysitter training programs and only after the teenager has completed all courses will they be put on a list of available babysitters.

They also have meet & greet times when you can meet potential babysitters and do "interviews" of sorts.

I babysat a LOT when I was a teenager, and I would trust an older teenager with my DD and baby just as people trusted me. I would probably start out using them as a Mommy's Helper and work up to babysitting when we are out of the house!

HTH! Good luck!

Re: Looking for a babysitter in East Meadow area

Check out the website for

Ready Set Grow

Re: Looking for a babysitter in East Meadow area

I live in N Merrick and I do have babysitters...one is my daycare provider...I do not know if she would do outside work...but her niece, daughter and son all sit...but daugter and son go away to college so I don't know if they will be around.