{"id":72892,"date":"2023-01-20T15:22:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/25-new-reasons-hire-babysitter\/"},"modified":"2023-01-20T15:22:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T15:22:13","slug":"25-new-reasons-hire-babysitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/25-new-reasons-hire-babysitter\/","title":{"rendered":"25 New Reasons to Hire a Babysitter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"baby-no.2\"
 
We all know that we need sitters<\/a> for date-nights. But are there other times an extra set of hands could make your life easier? Take your to-do list, for example. Could an afternoon sitter play with the kids while you tackle house projects and errands? (Or better yet: Can you hire an organized person to do these for you?!) I know I could use some help rearranging my closet this time of year. <\/em>
 
 
 
Here are a few reasons to hire extra help on the weekend or mid-week — or do some of these projects for you, so you can enjoy the nice weather with your family!
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  1. Spend special one-on-one time with one of your children<\/li>
  2. Meet friends for a catch-up lunch or dinner<\/li>
  3. Start – and finish — a home project<\/li>
  4. Get someone to mentor kids in a sport or activity they love<\/li>
  5. Go to doctors’ appointments or visit someone in the hospital<\/li>
  6. Schedule interruption-free workouts (before summer begins)<\/li>
  7. Give grandparent-caregivers some time off<\/li>
  8. Plan summer childcare<\/a> and your summer vacation, uninterrupted<\/li>
  9. Go grocery shopping (or any type of shopping) — alone<\/li>
  10. Organize everyone’s closets for the new season<\/li>
  11. Do the spring cleaning you never knew you had to do<\/li>
  12. Redesign the playroom and remove old\/unused toys while no one can see you!<\/li>
  13. Prepare\/host a dinner party while someone else plays and puts kids to bed<\/li>
  14. Enjoy a well-earned spa day free from guilt, knowing your kids are having fun<\/li>
  15. Give yourself a mid-day break, so you can come back revived and ready for anything the kids want to do<\/li>
  16. Get the house cleaned by a housekeeper<\/a> — so you can use that time to play with the kids!<\/li>
  17. Enjoy a spontaneous lunch or dinner with your partner<\/li>
  18. Take your older kids shopping for summer clothes<\/li>
  19. Drive older kids to activities while you stay with a sleeping baby<\/li>
  20. Treat yourself to a manicure and pedicure<\/li>
  21. Meet with contractor\/real estate agent, uninterrupted<\/li>
  22. Get your vacation shopping or packing done in one day<\/li>
  23. Attend a class and learn something new<\/li>
  24. Start training for that half-marathon you’ve always been wanting to run!<\/li>
  25. Enjoy outdoor theatre or see a movie – in an actual theatre!<\/li><\/ol>

     
    On Care.com you can also hire a     tutor<\/a>, get a dog walker<\/a>, or find an experienced gardener<\/a> to help free up more of your time (and check things off your list) before summer begins.
     
    What are some tasks that you need some extra help with this spring?
     
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    One strategy to help you enjoy the new season, and to have time for everything on your list, is to hire an occasional babysitter. Here are a few new easons to hire a babysitter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1404,"featured_media":72893,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"enable_toc":false,"care_reviewed_by":0,"care_post_updated_flag":false,"care_updated_date":"","last_update":"2023-01-20","view_count":75,"footnotes":""},"categories":[532],"tags":[],"member-type":[],"vertical":[],"platform":[],"class_list":["post-72892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-katies-blog"],"acf":[],"created":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72892"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91451,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72892\/revisions\/91451"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72892"},{"taxonomy":"member-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member-type?post=72892"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=72892"},{"taxonomy":"platform","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/platform?post=72892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}