Hiring a Childcare Provider during COVID

Post date: 2021-04-13 07:09:07

I'm a single parent to a 8 month old. Currently I WFH but will be eventually returning to work some days a week, for a few hours everyday. I would like to hire an in-home childcare provider and need some advice.

Putting baby in daycare still seems very scary to me right now but I want to give myself and my mother (who lives with me and helps out a lot with childcare) some time away from baby to do the things we need to do. I was thinking about hiring someone to come in to take care of baby for a few hours, a few days a week. Given we're still in a pandemic and located in a state with some of the highest number of COVID cases, can I request that the childcare provider be fully vaccinated? Can I request they wear a mask at all times while near baby? Any other sort of precautions I should be looking into/requesting?

Grandma and I are fully vaccinated; baby is drinking breastmilk; dad not in the picture]

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