I’m not from the area and need recs on where to find a vetted, experienced, trusted sitter for the night of July 17. Please share your best info! Thanks so much.
Seeking advice/tips & tricks for finding vetted, quality babysitters outside of our hometown!
My partner and I are planning to travel with our 1.5+ year old son this summer, for a single overnight, to a friend’s wedding in a nearby town (3ish hours away). We will need evening/nighttime care (dinner, bedtime, and post-bedtime while we are at the wedding and reception) in our hotel room, and I’m sort of panicking about how to find a one-time sitter who is not going to be a total creep.
I am SAHM who has left my son once for 12 hours (in the care of my partner) but otherwise has been pretty much with him, non stop save for a couple of dinners with girlfriends while he was with my partner, since he was born. We have never had a babysitter or other caretaker do bedtime or watch him after being put to bed. (Absolutely wild, I know.)
Could anyone who has navigated this share advice or suggestions? I’d be so grateful.
EDIT TO ADD: this is a destination wedding (not exotic, lol, but in an area none of us — including the bride- and groom-to-be — are native to).