Babysitter Information
A babysitter information form is the sheet you leave on the counter: children's names, bedtimes, allergies, the neighbor who has a key, and the doctor's number. It is not a contract. The pay and the hours belong on the babysitter agreement if you want those in writing. This page is what a sitter needs at 8 p.m. when you do not answer. Write the address as a guest would need it, including the apartment number. Update allergies. Do not leave a full wallet of insurance cards if a photo of the card in a drawer will do. Say where that photo is.
For a parent leaving children with a sitter. When: before you leave, every time the facts change.
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Babysitter Information
Home
Children
Evening
Help
Signature
Signature
Date
Why this form exists, and what it will not do
Babysitter Information is for a parent leaving children with a sitter. The moment to use it: before you leave, every time the facts change. It sits in the Family and children group on Papero. Permissions, pickup lists, and parenting worksheets. Not court orders.
Fill it in this browser. Papero does not create an account, does not upload the answers, and does not keep a copy after you close the tab. When the preview looks right, print it or download a PDF. The PDF is built on your device. A blank download leaves the lines empty so someone else can fill them by hand.
Work through the page in order. The Home section asks for Address, Parent phones. The Children section asks for Children. The Evening section asks for Bedtime and food, Allergies and medicines. The Help section asks for Neighbor or relative nearby, Doctor or nurse line, Emergency note.
Address. Include the unit and the entry code policy. Do not post a code on a copy that leaves the house. Say "code is on the fridge" if that is safer. Parent phones. Both parents. Children. Names, ages, and anything the sitter must not forget. Bedtime and food. The actual rules.
Allergies and medicines. Dose only if you are authorizing that dose tonight. Neighbor or relative nearby. Name, address, phone. Doctor or nurse line. The number to call. Emergency note. Write 911 for police, fire, and medical emergencies in the United States, then the parent.
People send this back, or refuse it, for ordinary reasons. The address has no unit number. Bedtime and food limits are only in your head. There is no second adult to call. Read the finished page once as if you were the person receiving it. If a line would make you call back, fill that line.
Sign on the Signature and Date line. A typed name in the signature spot is weaker than ink on a printed page. Date it the day you sign, not the day you hope the other person signs.
What this page cannot do: This is not a custody order, a divorce paper, or a school district's required form. A permission letter helps when a camp, a school, or an airline accepts a parent letter. If they hand you their slip, use it. A parenting schedule is enforceable when a court enters it or both parents sign the form the court accepts, not when it is only printed. Papero is not a law firm, not a government agency, and not the office that will accept or reject the paper.
State note for your state. Babysitter Information does not contain your state's required clauses, font size, language, or filing fee. Counties and cities inside your state sometimes add their own rule on top of the state. Before you rely on this for a lease, a school, a court, a bank, or an agency, compare it with the form that office publishes. If the office has no form, this template is a clear record of what you wrote and what you signed on this date.
After you print, use dark ink. Write "not applicable" on a line that does not apply, so a clerk does not treat a blank as a missing fact. Initial a correction beside the line. Do not cover a dollar amount with correction fluid. Each person who has a signature line signs their own name. One person cannot sign for another unless a statutory power of attorney, on the form that office accepts, already says so. Give the other party a copy the same day. On your copy, note the date and whether you handed it over, mailed it, or uploaded it to their portal. Attach copies of supporting papers, not your only original, unless the office demanded the original. Do not attach a Social Security card, a passport image, or a bank statement unless the recipient told you to, and then only in person or through their secure portal. Email is a common way those images are stolen. If the recipient is a government office, stop and use the form on that office's own site. Papero does not transmit this page, does not notarize it, and does not store it.
Keep a copy. Give the other party a copy. If you later change a fact, fill the form again and date the new copy. Do not scribble a second story into the margin of a page someone already signed. Write the date you handed it over, and how, on your own copy.
Before you rely on it
- The address has no unit number.
- Bedtime and food limits are only in your head.
- There is no second adult to call.
This is not a custody order, a divorce paper, or a school district's required form. A permission letter helps when a camp, a school, or an airline accepts a parent letter. If they hand you their slip, use it. A parenting schedule is enforceable when a court enters it or both parents sign the form the court accepts, not when it is only printed.
How to fill and print it
- Fill the lines. Type into the Babysitter Information in this browser. Write "not applicable" on a line that does not apply. What you type stays in this tab and is not uploaded.
- Check the preview. The boxed preview is the page that prints. Read it once as the person who will receive the paper.
- Print or download. Use Print, or download a filled PDF or a blank PDF. The file is built on your device.
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Questions
What is a Babysitter Information used for?
A babysitter information form is the sheet you leave on the counter: children's names, bedtimes, allergies, the neighbor who has a key, and the doctor's number.
Who should use this Babysitter Information?
It is for a parent leaving children with a sitter. Use it when before you leave, every time the facts change.
Does this Babysitter Information need a notary?
No. This Babysitter Information has no notary block. Sign the Signature, Date line in ink on the printed page if you are handing it to someone.
Will a Babysitter Information from Papero be accepted?
The address has no unit number. This is not a custody order, a divorce paper, or a school district's required form. A permission letter helps when a camp, a school, or an airline accepts a parent letter. If they hand you their slip, use it. A parenting schedule is enforceable when a court enters it or both parents sign the form the court accepts, not when it is only printed.
What gets a Babysitter Information sent back?
The address has no unit number. Bedtime and food limits are only in your head. There is no second adult to call.