Would You Fire This Babysitter?

If you can't shake off that uneasy feeling, your intuition is definitely telling you something. If I were you, I would let her go because the trust is gone. Even if you were to ask if it was her who put the gum there, she will most likely deny it. If you are worried about finding another babysitter, you shouldn't. There are a lot of reliable people out there, you just need to do a little bit of digging. Hopefully someone on here can lead you to a nice person. But trust your gut, it's telling you something. Good luck and let me know how things go.

If you decide to keep her, I would make a point of telling her that you don't let your child have gum.
A possible way to find a sitter is to put an ad in a college newspaper or on a college job board. College students will have their own transportation, and often have flexible schedules. I know, good sitters are hard to find!
Good luck.

just keep checking for more gum. This may be your only clue to whether it was her or not.

I don't think you have any solid evidence that the gum is hers. Was she chewing gum when she came in the door and then she wasn't? Hmm I don't think that would stand up in court. There has never ever been another child or person in your house that you can say didn't put it there? Two things you can do.... 1) put up a nanny camera 2) check the gum for her DNA. If the DNA comes back as hers then fire her :)