These babysitter instructions examples cover the ages people actually babysit: an infant, a toddler, and a school-age child. Pick the one closest to your situation and adjust the times, amounts, and contacts.
Who uses it: New parents leaving a baby with a sitter for the first time
Why this works: First-time parents need every detail written down. Amounts and nap times are explicit, and the back-to-sleep rule is spelled out so the sitter does not guess.
Who uses it: Two working parents with a child in daycare and a sitter in the evening
Why this works: A toddler on the move needs supervision first. The instructions pair meals and snacks with childproofing and a no-TV-before-nap rule so the evening winds down predictably.
Who uses it: Parents whose school-age child has a sitter from pickup to dinner
Why this works: For a school-age child the page shifts from feeding to routine and rules. Homework-before-screens and the pick-up plan replace bottle amounts as the parts a sitter must not improvise.
Who uses it: Parents heading out for an evening and leaving a baby asleep
Why this works: A short evening needs a lighter page — one bottle, one bedtime, and the monitor on. The neighbor is the backup because the parents are the ones out.
Who uses it: Grandparents covering a weekend so the parents can travel
Why this works: Even familiar grandparents benefit from the current routine in writing. The page pins down what changed since last time — portions, the no-nuts rule, and where the first-aid kit lives.
Who uses it: Parents with a baby and a school-age child under one sitter
Why this works: Two ages on one page means two feeding plans and one shared evening. Keeping the baby's and the older child's rules separate stops the sitter from applying one routine to both.
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