Tips and Tricks

  • With the camera on your phone, constantly take photos of the ones you watch after. I like to send a few snaps a week to the parents to show them what we've been up to all day. It brightens their day while at work and gives them more photos of their child to show to family and friends.
  • Do your dishes! This one's from my mother. Even though I rarely did my own dishes at home, I never left a dirty dish in the sink or laying around when working at another person's home. It goes a long way with the family when they don't have to clean up after you and their kids. (If you want to score extra points, do all the dishes... what else are you going to do when the kids are in bed?)