to ask your advice on childcare for 6 month old?

[littlebitstuck99]

I have somewhere I need to be next week for a couple of hours. Very short notice but very important and can't take my 6 month old with me. He's ebf and my mum and Dad are both working so can't help. All my friends are working and I have nobody to take him for a couple of hours.

How do I find someone to look after him that I can trust? He's not in nursery yet so no idea what to do! Help..

Anyone?

Where is the father?

Personally, I think I would have to take him as would only feel comfortable leaving him with someone I knew well. OH?

Not a clue sadly.

Maybe try Little ones Nannie agency’s or tinnies. They do emergency childcare.

I would either ask one of my parents to take the day off or take the baby with me or reschedule the appointment.

This seems like a classic scenario where baby's dad has to step up and take a half day from work or similar.

Otherwise, ask friends and family for specific babysitter recommendations. Ideally a nanny or similar who is open to ad hoc childcare/babysitting. It's perfectly reasonable to cal and have a chat with said person (and again, professional nannies are used to being interviewed and wouldn't mind unless you wanted a 3 hour face-to-face meeting 2 hours from their home... It's also relationship building for them and brings potential for future work).

We found a part time professional nanny on childcare.co.uk when DS was about 8 weeks old. It was all very ad hoc and occasional but she worked as and when (usually 2-4 hours every couple of weeks) if I had a KIT at work or just needed a break.

Oh - chocchoc buttons suggestion of finding a nanny through an agency is even better than mine as those nannies are even more used to ad hoc work than ones who already have jobs working for individual families.

Very short notice but very important and can't take my 6 month old with me.

Court? - take the baby
Medical procedure? - unless you are under anaesthetic, take the baby
Job interview? - difficult. Call your HV and ask her advice.

Local mums’ Facebook group for recommendations (I don’t us Facebook anymore but set up an account just so I could use this). Our local one regularly has nannies and babysitters posting with availability and people asking for childcare.
Failing that, a nanny agency.

I'd expect the baby's dad to take time off in this situation. If they weren't involved I'd ask one of my parents to do so.

Not possible for his dad to take him. He's not on the scene and was abusive when I was pregnant.

I would either ask one of my parents to take the day off or take the baby with me or reschedule the appointment

This.

Whereabouts do you live? On the off chance that you’re near me, I’m a Nanny and sometimes do emergency childcare.