Babysitting Guidelines

  1. Babysitting will be offered by THTH girls 13 years old and older.
  2. Babysitting is offered to children infant to 10 years old.
  3. 11 years old and older must either sit quietly in the meetings or stay at home.
  4. Babysitting will be in the upstairs fellowship/nursery area.
    5) The schedule will generally go like this: 7:00 - 7:30 Large motor play - blocks, legos, etc. 7:30 -8:00 Movie - bible cartoons, nature shows, etc 8:00 - 8:30 Small motor play - play doh, coloring, puzzles, etc.
  5. THTH will purchase a large area rug for the children to be able to play/lounge on the floor. THTH will also purchase toys, play-doh, coloring books/crayons, puzzles, etc. I have blocks and legos that I can lend. If anybody else has toys to lend/donate - please let the Coordinator know. Also, if parents have an appropriate DVD show that they can lend for that night - please let the Coordinator know.
  6. The first week of each month, the Babysitting Coordinator will send out an email asking who will require babysitting for that month's meeting. Parents - you have until the Sunday before the meeting to RSVP your babysitting needs. Monday morning is when the babysitters will be lined up. Please include child(ren)'s name(s) and age(s).
  7. The fee for babysitting is a flat $5.00 per family regardless of how many children you bring. Parents - please be diligent in giving your fee to the Coordinator. This money will be given to the babysitters in the amount of $10.00 each. Any shortage will be made up by THTH. Any overage will be put into the THTH account for Babysitting needs and future payment shortages.
  8. Parents - if you are unable to pay the $5.00 fee, PLEASE come to the meeting anyway. THTH will pay your fee. You must, however, let the Babysitting Coordinator know about this need when you RSVP your need for babysitting.
  9. The ratio of infants (ages 0 - 3) to babysitter will be 2:1. The ratio of children (ages 4 - 10) to babysitter will be 4:1.
  10. Parents - please speak to your children about obedient, respectful, quiet behavior. This is not an all-out rough and tumble free time. This is a focused quiet time that hopefully will be fun and enjoyable. They will need to understand that there is a meeting going on in the next room that they need to be considerate of.
  11. Babysitters - Thank you for your willingness to babysit. Your willingness to allow mothers to get out and fellowship is a huge blessing that one day you will understand. We will try to make this a pleasant experience with scheduled activities that should make the time go by quickly. Your comment and suggestions are always wanted. This being said, please realize that this is a paid job with customers to please. You are to be actively engaged and ever vigilant to the children under your care. These children and their well-being will be your only focus for that hour and a half. You will also be responsible for cleaning everything up afterwards.
  12. Dads - at the beginning of each meeting, tables and chairs will have to be moved, the carpet needs to be laid out, the TV needs to be rolled in and bins need to be brought up. Please give any assistance you can at the beginning and end of each meeting.