Home Alone: How to hire - and keep - your perfect babysitter
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Chances are that necessity and sanity will eventually require you to trust someone else with caring for your child. Even if you're lucky enough to have family nearby to babysit, you'll most likely need a pinch hitter someday. I learned this the hard way when I was working on a tight deadline and the grandparents were MIA. I was left shackled to my laptop, with a nursing babe attached to me like a little barnacle...