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Permalink Reply by Laura Benjamin on May 5, 2009 at 7:32pm

I put my son to bed, then quietly slip out! We only use Grandma or Pepere for a sitter, so the times he has woken up, it's no big deal.... "Hey, Grandma's here!"

He is just two, so we can get away with this for now!

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Permalink Reply by Donna Kozar on May 5, 2009 at 11:18pm

I tell them that day.

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Permalink Reply by Momatron5000 on May 6, 2009 at 4:46pm

We treat it like its no big deal--just give her our good-bye kisses and hugs and be on our way. No melt-downs, no nothing.

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Permalink Reply by kathy on May 7, 2009 at 1:24am

They love grand-ma and papa so we just tell them mom and daddy will be back very soon,and we tell mom and dad not to over spoiled them.

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Permalink Reply by Melysa on May 7, 2009 at 7:18am

Usually grandparents watch my son so not a big deal since he loves staying there, but I will be moving soon and working full time since becoming a newly single mom so in deseprate need of some child care help as they wont be around as much for me anymore :-(

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Permalink Reply by Melanie Sartain on May 7, 2009 at 9:14am

I'm lucky because I have an abundance of sitters (i.e. grandparents) who are willing to babysit and my son loves to be with them so he never seems to mind when we leave him in their hands.

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Permalink Reply by ConnieFoggles on May 7, 2009 at 9:24am

Just tell her that we're going out for a while and that someone nice will be watching her while we're gone. She loves sitters. She gets someone new to tell all of her jokes and funny stories too :)

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Permalink Reply by Joanna Zattiero on May 7, 2009 at 10:03am

No long and drawn out prepping for our daughter. We just tell her we're going out and when we'll be back, give her a reassuring hug, tell her goodbye, and head out the door. If she knows we're confident, she's usually confident as well. And we use a trusted and loved babysitter!

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Permalink Reply by Dani' on May 7, 2009 at 11:28am

I just tell them, they are older kids. My oldest is old enough to watch her sister but they don't always get along!

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Permalink Reply by Meredith on May 7, 2009 at 11:46am

I make sure that my son has a movie that he has picked out to watch with the sitter. I also buy the sitter and my son ice cream and junk food, so it is more like a fun night for him, rather than a night out for me.

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Permalink Reply by Gina on May 7, 2009 at 12:24pm

I let them know as soon as I know, I dont want to sneak out then have them go looking for me and I am not there, so I let them know, they are okay with it since my sitter is usually my sister

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Permalink Reply by Sharon on May 7, 2009 at 2:40pm

Oh gosh, I probably go a little overboard.

I usually have the Emergency numbers on the fridge.
I type up a note with suggestions of what to do with them, their schedule, and snack/drink ideas for them.
If possible, I will put the kids to bed first.

I make sure to have food in the house the sitter will enjoy, the TV remotes available.

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