For parents, finding a trusted and reliable babysitter for that well-deserved night out can be a truly difficult and stressful task. Many parents who don’t have family nearby and want a night off, find themselves with a steep babysitting bill before the night’s even begun. With babysitting costs averaging between £30 and £40 a night (excluding any possible taxi costs) it’s often difficult to justify such a luxury – especially in today’s economic climate.

Besides the cost, finding the right babysitter can also be an emotional rollercoaster. Parents don’t want to leave their children with complete strangers, and there are usually few people they would explicitly trust with their children, apart from close friends and family. The one thing most parents dread is their children waking up to a complete stranger. As a result, many parents are opting to stay in rather than go out.

Well now there’s some good news. It doesn’t have to be this way, thanks to the help of mumscircle.com. Mumscircle.com is a completely new FREE service that enables parents to swap babysitting duties amongst a group of close friends in exchange for points.

Parents join the site and invite a selected number of friends, who are also parents, to join their circle. When a member needs a babysitter, mumscircle.com finds out who is available within their circle. The member then chooses one of the available babysitters for that occasion. Parents earn points by babysitting for someone in their circle and spend points when someone else babysits for them.

When a parent joins mumscircle.com, they automatically receive 40 points to get started. Points are transferred or earned at a rate of four points per hour. The site is so simple and easy to use, and completely free.

For years, many parents have been running their own ‘babysitting circles’ amongst their coffee morning groups, where one person is responsible for administering the transferring of points for the rest of the group. The problem with this is that it can put the onus on just one person and it is often difficult to administer and keep track of who owes what. Also parents may not want to inherit someone else’s group of friends, preferring their own unique select group. In mumscircle.com, everyone’s circle is different and unique. If one parent joins another friend’s circle, it means they gain that friend, not the whole group. It’s up to each parent to select and invite who is to be in their circle, so each parent is in control of who babysits for them.

Being able to track and control babysitting requests online also helps remove parents’ fear of making a friend feel obliged to babysit when they’d rather be doing something else. Mumscircle.com also makes the process of finding a babysitter less time-consuming and less stressful.

Mumscircle.com also gives you access to exclusive offers (e.g. discount vouchers), allows you to connect with your friends and organise social events amongst your circle and more…

Start planning a night out and throw your worries away, safe in the knowledge that someone you trust is looking after your child. To start your own circle or for more information, go to http://www.mumscircle.comor to contact us email us at contact@mumscircle.com