Babysitters not doing their job?

[Darstan64]

Hi all,

I called for a babysitter just so I could get out of the house and do things without the baby but I kept an eye on my baby sim to see if the color went to yellow then red and yes it did.  I left the house with the baby sleeping, fed, changed and pretty much happy but when I came back of course she needed to be changed, fed, socialized with. 

What I want to know is whats the use of the babysitter if he or she won't interact with the baby to take care of its needs?  Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks

[Zyffyr]

The real use of the baby sitter is that your adults won't leave the kid alone. So, your options are
1)Leave someone home with the kid
2)Take the kid
3)Get yourself a potentially useless babysitter. Some will actually take care of the kid, but don't count on it.

[empow14]

In my experience, it depends on the person you get.
It's too bad you can't choose or not pay them if you're not satisfied with their work.
Anyways, I've had both - really crappy babysitters (my Sims even had to leave work earlier because that mad babysitter made my baby starve) and also really good ones: one managed to become friends with the toddler and stayed a family friend ever after.

But what I noticed with all babysitters is, they work better when the baby is in the same room as they are (so you might want to place the crib in the room where you keep your television ) and they usually only do something when the respective need is really down. For example, I hoped the babysitter would potty train my kid, but nope, he just waited until the hygiene bar was went rapidly down and then changed his diaper.

[Joria]

My understanding is Bonehilda is an excellent baby sitter but have never tried her.  Otherwise, it's a crap shoot whether you get a good one or not but definitely have the baby in the same room as the sitter.  If you travel to a foreign country the sitters are usually pretty good but I've only done that with older children.