Does your babysitter understand your special-needs child?
Before you leave, walk your sitter through who to call, the allergies and medications with their doses and timing, and what helps your child stay calm before you get home. Not every sitter has cared for a child with special needs, so a short handoff makes the evening go better for both of them.
Not every babysitter has cared for a child with special needs, and yours may have a medication, a behavior, or a trigger a sitter would need to know about to have a calm, good evening with them.
Before you head out for the evening, walk your sitter through:
- Who to call. Your number, your partner's number, and a nearby emergency contact for the times you cannot get there.
- Allergies and medications, with the dose and when each one is due.
- What helps your child stay calm before you get home. The transitions that go sideways, the foods they avoid, and the moves that head off a meltdown.
In Care Team Binder, you can text your sitter a one-page summary before she arrives. Keep the link active just for tonight, or for longer if she sits for you often. You choose what she sees, and she never needs an account or an invitation to the binder.
Common questions
What should I tell a babysitter about my special-needs child?
Who to call, meaning your number, your partner's, and a nearby emergency contact; the allergies and medications with the dose and timing; and what helps your child stay calm, like the transitions that go sideways and the moves that head off a meltdown.
How can a sitter see my child's care information without an account?
In Care Team Binder you can text your sitter a one-page summary before they arrive. You choose what they see, the link can last just for tonight or longer, and they never need an account or an invitation to the binder.
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The first 30 days are free. Create your binder, or read what it does and the pricing.