Silver Spring Babysitting Co-op: New Members

Hi All,

As many of you know, we are members of the SSBC which means we swap sits with other SSBC families using chips instead of money. Since it is a co-op, you have to do both -- sit AND go out -- in order to have it work. We have been members for a year, but with Chace, I have used it twice to go out and have sat three times for SSBC families. Now that Chace is almost a year, we are hoping to use it more. In my experience, we have found that many families routinely sit for those that they know well and/or are comfortable with. Which of course makes me think of playgroup families.

In addition to our family, Sheila / Erik / Theo are members. I have sat for Sheila (which was actually a 2-hour playdate and dinner at our house).

Cristina / Felix / Adrian and Julian have been members (although I don't know if they still are given Cristina's Mom is now here). Cristina sat for us one evening, put Evan and Chace to bed and then hung out until we came home.

I would love to have more of our playgroup families involved. It costs only $12/year, which is approximately 1 - 1.5 hours of a babysitter's time!

Our next SSBC monthly social is MONDAY, MAY 30th (Memorial Day Wkend) at Rosemary Hills Elementary School playground. We usually let the kids play and then parents get to know eachother so that sittees and sitters and kids know who is whom. If you are around, please plan to come to the social and meet families to see if this would work for you and your family.

I know it may be hard to think of a time when we can pull ourselves away from our kids to watch someone elses, but you know, we deserve a night or two out that doesn't cost a fortune and the co-op is a way to extend the village that it takes to raise our kids. =)

Cheers!

Shawn