The Ultimate Baby-sitter's Handbook

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1997-09-01
Publisher(s): Price Stern Sloan
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Summary

A guide to baby-sitting, providing tips on how to get started and how to deal with challenging situations.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9(4)
How to Start Your Own Successful Baby-sitting Business
13(26)
Finding Clients Safely
14(7)
Word of Mouth
14(2)
Advertising
16(2)
Mailing Flyers
18(1)
Business Cards
19(2)
Baby-sitting Classes and First-Aid Courses
21(1)
How Much Money?
22(7)
Baby-sitter Beware
27(2)
Meeting and Greeting
29(10)
References
37(2)
Getting Your Act Together
39(16)
Getting the Gang at Home Organized
40(1)
Getting Yourself Organized
41(2)
Baby-sitting Clubs
43(5)
Be Prepared
48(7)
Kid Watching Cards
49(2)
Making a Good Impression
51(1)
Arriving on Time
52(1)
Dressing the Part
52(3)
Safe and Sound
55(20)
There and Back
56(2)
Let Someone Know
56(2)
Trust Your Instincts
58(3)
Driving While Under the Influence
58(1)
Inappropriate Behavior
59(1)
Child Abuse
60(1)
Safety First
61(9)
Baby-sitter Checklist
63(1)
Baby-sitter ``Do Not'' Checklist
64(2)
On-the-Job-Safety Checklist
66(4)
In an Emergency
70(5)
Fire
71(1)
Poison
71(1)
Bleeding
72(1)
Drowning
72(1)
Broken Bones
72(3)
Asking All the Right Questions
75(16)
Pigging Out
75(7)
Feeding Babies
77(1)
Feeding Toddlers
78(1)
Feeding Young Kids
79(3)
Rules of the House
82(4)
``Where's My Bear?'' and Other Issues
84(2)
Time for Bed
86(5)
Babies
86(1)
Toddlers and Young Children
87(1)
Dream Box
88(3)
KTW Do's and Don'ts
91(6)
Babies
92(1)
Baby Do's
92(1)
Baby Do's
92(1)
Baby Don'ts
93(1)
Toddlers
93(1)
Toddler Do's
93(1)
Toddler Don'ts
94(1)
Young Children
94(1)
Young Children Do's
94(1)
Young Children Don'ts
95(1)
``But Mom Lets Me Do It!''
95(1)
Sibling Rivalry
95(2)
Baby-sitter Do's and Don'ts
97(10)
``Rrrringg!''
98(2)
Phone Messages
98(1)
Checking In
99(1)
Using the Phone
99(1)
Food
100(1)
Friends
101(1)
Keeping Awake
102(2)
Snoozing
103(1)
Team Sitting
104(2)
Cold Chills Down Your Back
106(1)
Play Time!
107(16)
Games Galore
107(5)
Activity Box
108(1)
Sock Toss
109(1)
Tongue Twisters
110(1)
Fingerprint Painting
110(1)
Books
111(1)
Calming Down Your KTWs
111(1)
Recipes for Fun
112(11)
Other Ways to Make Money
123(4)
Pet-Sitting
125(1)
Dog-Walking
125(1)
Elderly Care
125(1)
Home Sitting
126(1)
Party Assistant
126(1)
Car Washer
126(1)
Gardening
127(1)
Homework Helper
127

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