Plans for the Ball, But in Search of A Sitter Who Fits
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Julianna Caplan's inauguration plans were coming together: hat and gloves, swearing-in tickets, ball gown.
But she lacked the most important piece: a babysitter. Caplan, 37, a mother of twin 2-year-old daughters with her own public relations firm, had been scouring neighborhood e-mail lists for child care -- and no, she wasn't going to tell The Washington Post the mere handful of sitters she had found who might be available. "This has been on my mind forever, and now it's days away. How is this possible?" said Caplan, a Georgetown resident. Area parents, eager to take part in the historic moment so they have stories to tell their children and grandchildren, are scrambling to find inauguration child care. Meanwhile, babysitting services and freelance child care providers are trying to meet the demand. Kate Taylor, 25, who lives in Arlington County and lists her services on the Sittercity Web site, is working almost every night around Inauguration Day, for four of her eight regular families. But she kept getting so many other queries that she updated her profile: "Already booked for inaugural events..."
