
What should I pay my babysitter?
Babysitting rates vary based on where you live, how much experience your babysitter has, and how many kids they are watching. The average babysitting rate across the nation is $13.50. Here are [...]

5 Steps to Find a Good Babysitter
There comes a point in every parent’s life when they have to find a good babysitter but you don’t just want to find a good babysitter, you want to find a great babysitter! Finding the [...]
Leaving Baby with a Sitter for the First Time
Dear New Moms, We’ve been in your shoes or, more likely, your one barefoot/one ratty slipper-covered foot (finding both ratty slippers was too much work). We know you crave a break – [...]

College Babysitters – Earn Extra Money on Break
Woohoo!! It’s almost winter break. Finals will be over. Group projects will be done. You’re going to pack up, hit the open road, and head…home. This winter break, don’t be [...]

Winter Activities In Colorado’s Front Range
At sitter we know that parenting can be hard, and weekends just mean overtime with no extra pay! We feel fortunate to live and work at the base of the Colorado Rocky Mountains where there is [...]

Why Kids Like Babysitters
Every now and then, we like to post about life from a kid’s perspective. In this post, Ben, our youngest co-founder here at Sitter, shares why he likes his babysitters. (Here’s the [...]

Introducing Sitter’s Newest Co-Founder
I recently read an article in our local newspaper, The Daily Camera, about a little 9-year-old Alex P. Keaton (aka Jack Bonneau) and his super-supportive dad. They took the kid’s classic [...]