“The best baby-sitters, of course, are the baby’s grandparents. You feel completely comfortable entrusting your baby to them for long periods, which is why most grandparents flee to Florida.”
“It’s often said when a baby is born so is a grandparent; well, for me it turned out that when I was born it was also the birth of a Ding Dong.”
“I hoped that Mary Anne, Claudia, Stacey, and I - the Baby Sitters Club - would stay together for a long time.”
“She was pondering the option of law school, the great American baby-sitter for directionless postgrads.”
“Bobby Tom: You're supposed to be my assistant, not a baby-sitter!Gracie: One and the same.”
“Babies, babies, babies. Why did God make so many babies? But no, God didn't make them. Stupid people made them.”