small baby worries/nighttime care

[dottymum]

I need a nighttime sitter or nanny, about twice a month or so. They would need to bottle feed a month old baby and settle a 4 year oldchild. Im worried about leaving the baby with someone. Any recommendations? I dont mind paying a premium to get someone I could really trust.

What area are you in? You ideally could do with a nanny/childminder with baby experience, and the hourly rate would depend on where you are. This is something i would do to supplement my income (I am in Herts) I am a childminder, i also have 9 years experience as a nanny from newborn onwards (NNEB qualified) and my own son of 15mths.
Would you be requiring overnight care or just late hours?
Always check upto-date references. Most nannies and all childminders should be CRB checked/First Aid qualified already so ask to see the documents.
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I forgot to say, I live close to Dagenham, London.

Are you looking for someone just for the evening, or for all night (such as say 7pm to 7am)?

For all night care, try doing a search on Google for 'Maternity Nurse' and/or 'Maternity Nanny' that should give you some places to contact. There is an agency called NightNannies which can help provide all night care.

For evening care only, then I would have thought you could get an experienced nanny, nursery worker, other childcare worker to babysit. As a babysitter myself, I care for babies from 3-days old, so I am sure there must be other babysitters around who also will care for young babies.