From the village
How to Hire a Sitter, and How to Be One Worth Hiring - Saturday, August 1
Hi - it's Georgina!
It was such a pleasure meeting you earlier. I wanted to share something useful, and to invite you to a small get-together this Saturday.
There's no cost. We have a separate professional CPR and AED certification class running in one half of Blue Moon that afternoon, so I'm using the other room for a short segment on hiring a sitter - and on being the sitter who gets hired. Bring yours if you have one. It works better with both sides of the table in the room.
Saturday, August 1 at 5:15. It's a half hour. Blue Moon Studio, 194 Main Street, right across from the library. There will be something to eat and drink, and babies are always welcome.
Ahead of the get-together, here are three things I check before I leave a new sitter with my kids. I'm a mom of five, and a registered nurse, and I do these every single time.
One. Current CPR and first aid certification. Not "I took something once in high school." Current - and you can ask to see it.
Two. An index card on the counter. My address, my cell, poison control, and one backup person who isn't me. The address is the part everyone skips and the one that matters most. If you have to call 911 from a house that isn't yours, most people can't remember where they are. It sounds impossible until you've seen it happen.
Three. Nothing from the medicine cabinet. No medication of any kind, including anything over the counter, unless I've written it down and the sitter has confirmed it back to me. Nobody thinks of this one.
I made the card, if you want it. One page, prints four, with poison control and the medication rule already on it. Fill it in once and put one where the phone lives.
Download the card here - free, no form, nothing to sign up for.
About that certification class I mentioned, in case it's useful to you or someone you know.
It's CPR, AED and choking response - adult, child and infant, taught in person by a certified instructor with real manikins, and you leave with a certificate that's good for two years. 2:30 to 6:00, $225, everything included.
I set this one up because I couldn't find one close by. Someone told me this week she'd been looking for exactly this and had given up. If that's you, or your sitter, or your mother-in-law who does Tuesdays - you can book a seat for any of them. Register them under their own name and the certificate is issued to them.
If you know someone who'd use any of this, forward it to them. That's the whole ask.
Hope to see you Saturday,
Georgina
Georgina Silva, RN - Registered Nurse and mother of five
Nurtured Mom Wellness Inc.
All instruction, skills practice, testing and certification in the certification class are delivered by a certified third-party instructor. Nurtured Mom Wellness Inc. hosts the class. Certificate validity is two years; New York's Department of Health sets validity at one year for lifeguards and EMS personnel, and this class does not satisfy new lifeguard certification. Payments are processed through Emely AI, Inc., an affiliated company - your card statement will show Emely AI, Inc.
Nurtured Mom Wellness Inc. provides non-clinical education and wellness support - not medical, nursing, or mental-health care, and not a substitute for your or your baby's healthcare providers. For emergencies, call 911.