Rules?

Question

What are some rules you have for your family, friends and babysitters to follow when they are visiting your little one(s), have your bab(ies) in their care or have the little one(s) come over to their place to visit?
I’m trying to make a list of what my husband and I should discuss together for rules before laying down the line with friends, babysitters and family members. 
Any tips would be appreciated!

Answer

How old is your LO? If under 6 months, I think the only rule is "Keep baby alive and relatively happy" lol. 
But some things to think about might be screen time, naps and feeds, bedtime routine, play time.
For babysitting, I think it's a little silly to have a huge list of rules to follow. They are doing you a favor by watching your kid and they shouldn't have to try to follow your exact routine.

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Wash your hands and no touching/kissing their face

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Not any bit of food before six months, no smoking (he’s got a bunch of hippies in his family) if I allow them to babysit, no kissing face until baby is a few months. If I want my baby, give me my baby back. We also won’t have visitors the first few days we’re home. I just got over a terrible cold at 34 weeks because someone was sick and didn’t tell me so I can’t imagine a poor little baby going through that.

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I had a rule for people to put my daughter down when she was sleeping, not hold her the whole time. We don’t hold her for naps because we have things to get done; we didn’t want a babysitter ruining that for us. To this day, when she’s tired, she wants to be put down in her crib not held and it’s great that she wants to sleep independently. 
We also didn’t let anyone give her food or give her “tastes” of anything because we weren’t starting solids until 6 months. I also stay in control of how much milk she gets since I’m the one that has to pump the milk for her. I didn’t want anyone overfeeding her and making it hard for my supply to keep up with her demand. And I refused to give her formula just because someone else gave her too much milk and ran out.

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*im due at the end of march*
No smoking around my kid 
And my husband and I discussed there will not be any sleep overs until baby is almost 1 unless we are present 
No drinking while watching my baby (there has to be one sober person of driving age)

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