I have a 4 and 2 year old. Would not use a babysitter I did not know personally. We have one sitter we absolutely love. It's because she takes an interest in wh

I have a 4 and 2 year old. Would not use a babysitter I did not know personally. We have one sitter we absolutely love. It's because she takes an interest in what our kids like. She looks for bugs in our back yard because that's what my son likes to do. She lifts the rocks that are too heavy for him. We used another sitter that was highly recommended by a close friend and didn't continue to use her because it was evident that she didn't really take an interest in getting to know our kids. I think we lucked out with our preferred sitter but in all honesty I do t feel like settling for anything less. I hope we won't have to but I can't say we'll always have such a good sitter available. But the idea of getting a sitter we don't know and haven't had a friend recommend sounds like something we would not be comfortable with.