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Top 10 baby names

For boys

William
Jack
Lachlan
Cooper
Thomas
Joshua
Oliver
Noah
Riley
Ethan

For girls

Isabella
Chloe
Charlotte
Mia
Oliva
Emily
Ella
Sienna
Sophie
Amelia

Is it time to re-issue your tokens?

If your co-op is using tokens to keep track of babysitting then it might be time to re-issue them. Over time tokens are lost and you might find there are less in circulation than you expect. When the number of tokens in circulation falls too low the co-op will enter a recession.
To work out if [...]

Stroller group to babysitting co-op

Not all  babysitting co-op’s start out as something you plan. I found an article on NWAnews.com about a mall stroller group which is also an unofficial babysitting co-op. It just shows that co-op’s can grow naturally out of the people you already know.

It’s about the children too

Most parents think about babysitting co-ops from their point of view (cheap babysitting). While reading this post I was reminded of something my aunt once told me about how all of the children in their co-op were friends and continued to be friends long after they were old enough to look after themselves.
Even if you [...]

About me

Some readers of this site may be wondering who I am and why I decided to create BabysittingGroup.com.
So who am I? My name is Rich and I live in Sydney, Australia. For the last 13 years I’ve been developing web applications for other people. While I still have a day job working for someone else [...]

NY1: Babysitting Co-Ops Offer Creative Alternative To Child Care

NY1 has put up a video of their weekend feature about babysitting co-ops offering a creative alternative to child care. It contains a few of idea about how to save money on babysitting.