In Reply to: Looking for A Nanny / Babysitter / Carer posted by Balimagic on Friday, 22. February 2008 at 14:17 Bali Time:
Sorry but you heading/title says "A Nanny/babysitter/Carer"
I think you may need to look at getting more than 1 nanny as there are a lot of children for 1 person. 4 children 5 and under not to meantion older ones. You may need to be careful getting more than 1 nanny they may enjoy socialising more than looking after the children. Have you thought of staying somewhere where there is a kids club? (not that i have ever used kids clubs to babysit my children. They only ever went while we were by the pool area, to do the fun activities)
Have you thought to check with the villa's that you are staying with they may have a certain nanny company they prefer you to use. I am not sure if villa's are like hotels, as i know hotels prefer you to use a certain nanny company they recommend.
It may be hard to get a Balinese nanny/person to go in the water.
Sorry i can't help you, we have never used a nanny or carer. When we go on Family holidays we prefer it to be just that a family holiday where we spend time together as a family. I prefer not to leave my children with people i don't know, just my personal view(sorry I am not meaning to offend)I know Indonesians just love children I have seen many in white uniforms babysitting and they look so caring, it is just something I don't personally feel comfortable with.
Good luck with it all, have a great trip.