Thoughts Needed Please

[Pancake]

Help! My ds has just started primary school but only goes from 9am-12pm. I work full-time so my best friend from ante-natal has offered to walk him to school with her ds. However, I don't know what to do in terms of a thank you. What do you all think. My thoughts are: money (but I'm not sure she'd take it), a good bottle of wine (but she's not a big drinker), a night out for her and her hubby once a month etc etc. Help help help. I don't want to insult her or make her think I'm taking her for granted.

Anyone have any thoughts?

Many thanks

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Could you just babysit for her a night a week or something, perhaps she wants to do an evening class, or go to the gym, you could babysit and buy her a monthly cinema pass

In the afternoon he's going back to nusery (another headache in terms of getting him from school to nursery but that's another story)!

Baby sitting is a great idea.

I would try and offer and get her to accept money ... this way the relationship is on a professional footing. If after a couple of weeks she finds it's more demanding/tying than she anticipated, it's easier for her to pull out. Also if you're paying her, it makes it easier to deal with problems - like if she turns up late, or forgets to phone you when her son is ill, that sort of thing.

Baby sitting is fab idea although she has dd who is a really bad sleeper and my friend and her dh don't like leaving her with anyone. I'll work on it though!