DH and I work opposite schedules so we don't use a sitter often. We really only have one. She's babysat our friends kids for a few years and they love her. Our DD is 10mos. We've told her from day 1 that we don't let DD watch TV because of how trance like she instantly becomes. It's scary. Plus, my brother is a pediatric neurologist and he's always telling me about the harm TV does to a baby. Anyway, the time before last she was watching Weeds when DH picked up DD. DD was sleeping in the same room but the volume was up and well, Weeds has some pretty foul language. The next time she sat I reminded her (very politely) that we don't want DD watching TV. I suggested that if she wanted to watch TV while DD is sleeping then just please keep the volume low and/or use closed captioning. She seemed just fine with it but then when I picked up DD MTV was on. She mentioned that DD fell alseep in her arms while they were watching TV
I've been looking for a new sitter but a lot of people mentioned that they've had the same problems with sitters ignoring the no tv rule. Why is it too much to ask that someone interact with my baby without the TV if I'm paying someone $10/hr to watch her especially if it's only 3-4 hours at a time. Surely they can go that long without the TV...but I guess not. I'd be less strict about it if DD was older and was watching cartoons. But Weeds and MTV? Am I expecting too much from sitters?
Or am I making too big of a deal about this since we don't need a sitter much. It's usually about 2 or 3 days a month for about 4 hours each time.

I've been looking for a new sitter but a lot of people mentioned that they've had the same problems with sitters ignoring the no tv rule. Why is it too much to ask that someone interact with my baby without the TV if I'm paying someone $10/hr to watch her especially if it's only 3-4 hours at a time. Surely they can go that long without the TV...but I guess not. I'd be less strict about it if DD was older and was watching cartoons. But Weeds and MTV? Am I expecting too much from sitters?
Or am I making too big of a deal about this since we don't need a sitter much. It's usually about 2 or 3 days a month for about 4 hours each time.