Friendly Wedgwood family looking for a warm, reliable sitter for occasional Thursday/Friday and weekend evenings (about 5–10 PM) so we can get out for dinner or a movie. Our daughter is an active 20-month-old.

We'd like a long-term relationship and to ease in: first visits with us at home so she gets to know you, then short evenings out after she's asleep, and eventually bedtime. Duties: play, a simple dinner, diapering, light tidying, and letting our mellow dog out. No driving.

Ideal: toddler experience, CPR/first aid, non-smoker, comfortable with dogs, dependable. References appreciated. Easy parking.