Babysitter handover list
Written for the sitter to read, not for you to tick. Share the link so it is on their phone, and put the numbers at the top where a worried person will look first.
36 items
Makes your own editable copy. No account needed.
The items
- Numbers, first
- Your mobile
- A second parent or adult
- A neighbour who is in
- The doctor's out-of-hours number
- The address of this house, written outSo it can be read to an emergency operator by somebody who does not live here.
- Health
- Allergies, and what happens
- Where the epipen or inhaler is, and how to use it
- Medication, dose and time
- Anything they must not eat or drink
- Where the first aid kit is
- Evening routine
- Dinner: what, where it is, how to heat it
- Bath, or not
- Teeth, and where the toothbrushes are
- Story, and how many
- Bedtime, and lights out
- The comfort toy, and where it lives
- Whether the door stays open, and which light stays on
- If they wake
- What usually works
- Whether to offer water
- When to call youSay it explicitly. Most sitters would rather not ring, and you would rather they did.
- The house
- Wifi name and password
- How the TV works
- Which doors to lock, and where the key is
- Alarm code, if there is one
- Help yourself to — say what
- Where the fuse box and the torch are
- Practical
- What time you will be back
- How they are getting home, agreed before you leave
- Payment, amount and how
- Rules on screens and snacks, so nobody has to negotiate
Makes your own editable copy. No account needed.
Questions people ask
- What should be at the top of the list?
- Your phone number, a second adult's, and any allergy or medication. Somebody reading this in a hurry should find those three in the first five seconds.
- Is a shared list better than a note on the counter?
- It is on their phone, it cannot be knocked into the sink, and you can add the thing you forgot from the restaurant.