Photo by Frank Couch.
L&L Babysitting was formed by Mountain Brook friends Lilly Papapietro and Lizzy Cooper.
One of Mountain Brook’s newest baby-sitting services got its inspiration from a well-known and well-loved book series of the 1980s and 1990s.
“The inspiration of this business, believe it or not, was ‘The Baby-Sitters Club’ series,” said Lilly Papapietro, founder and chairman of L&L Babysitting, named after herself and her co-founder, Lizzie Cooper.
Lilly, Lizzie and twins Gracie and Anne McKinley Walker are the four baby sitters who make up L&L Babysitting.
“Every baby sitter who works here is very experienced with all-aged children,” Lilly said. “We all definitely have an important role in this business.”
Lilly said she has ample baby-sitting experience from her younger siblings.
“I absolutely love entertaining children,” she said.
Lilly calls co-founder Lizzy “very responsible.”
“I definitely suggest her to be your baby sitter,” she said.
The Walker twins, Lilly said, are the backbone of the business.
“They are so trustworthy,” she said.
The girls decided when they formed their company that they wanted to offer quality baby-sitting, but other services as well.
“We have decided to go out of the box and do more than just babysit,” Lilly said. “Our services are CPR, cleaning and pet care.”
L&L Babysitting charges $4 an hour.
“We really are trying not to have high prices, so the parents are not put on the spot,” Lilly said.
For now, L&L Babysitting’s services are limited to Mountain Brook. They base their style of baby-sitting off of their own favorites from their childhoods.
“We don’t have one specific baby sitter we want to be like, but we do get new ideas from multiple baby sitters we had at young ages,” Lilly said.
Their favorite part of their job?
“It is all fun, but our favorite part would have to be bringing smiles to the children that we are baby-sitting,” Lilly said.
“We all love baby-sitting, and we promise no matter what that we will always keep your children safe,” she said.
Those interested can call 871-0129 or email lillianamelia@outlook.com.
