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Acceptable television shows, movies, channels
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Activities the children may enjoy
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Address and phone number for your home or location they are babysitting at – major cross streets, neighborhood
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Ask your babysitter to not open the door for anyone he/she is not expecting
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Call 911
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Child – information for each child
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Child’s age
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Child’s allergies to food
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Child’s allergies to medication
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Child’s bed times
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Child’s date of birth
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Child’s full name
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Child’s height
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Child’s medical conditions
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Child’s medication list/names/dosages
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Child’s napping schedule
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Child’s routine, schedule, activities, eating schedule, bedtime route
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Child’s weight
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Chores
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Contact information for you and your partner — Cell phone(s), home phone, work phone, pager number
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Directions to your house
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Do you have anyone you expect to stop by or call
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Emergency #s – doctor name/#
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Emergency #s – fire
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Emergency #s – hospital
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Emergency #s – police
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Escape route of house – if there was a fire or other emergency, where are all the exits from the house.
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Food and beverage list for each child – acceptable items, what they can NOT eat
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Food items that can easily cause choking - pears, apples, celery, grapes, raisins, hot dogs, raw carrots, nuts, hard candy, gum, popcorn
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Food items to avoid (choking, allergies, messy)
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Friend’s name, address & phone #
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Friends allowed?
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Healthcare authorization
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Home rules
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Homework or other tasks children need to accomplish
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How to prepare food, formula, bottles, drinks
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Location of circuit breaker
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Location of fire extinguisher
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Location of first aid kid
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Location of flashlight
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Location of home phone
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Location of water shutoff
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Medical insurance provider, phone #, policy #
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Neighbor’s name, address & phone #
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Poison control
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Recent illnesses
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Relative’s name, address & phone #
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Special instructions
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Special requests
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Special words for security object or favorite toy (stuffed animal, blanket, toy, book, pacifier)
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Tour of home – bathrooms, bedrooms, places your child plays or hides, exits
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What time you expect to be home
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What to do in an emergency
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Where a house key is kept
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Where you will be – name, number, address for the place you will be at (restaurant, friend’s, theater
