When it comes to a parents' night out, you should only be stressed about choosing between delicious appetizers or picking a good movie. Finding a babysitter should be the easy part, but it's so often a major chore. Stellar Sitters makes hiring a sitter a cinch by matching families with a list of prescreened babysitters for one-time or regular placements.

Before entering Stellar Sitters' pool, each candidate is personally interviewed by owner Amanda Bordeaux—a former sitter herself who's performed this service for more than a decade—and subjected to a professional background check, ensuring that each potential hire is competent, experienced, and passionate enough to watch your children. Read a rundown of some of Stellar Sitters' services:

• One-time placement: Give Stellar Sitters a date and time and they'll do the legwork to find a sitter.
• Weekly placement: Hire a sitter for a consistent set of days each week. For this service, families can interview potential sitters beforehand to make sure they're a good match for the long term.
• Group placement: Pair multiple sitters together to care for a large group of children during events such as weddings or particularly rowdy book clubs.
• Membership: Annual memberships let families book up to five one-time placements per month without the standard fee. Or it helps families find sitters who can cater to their unique needs, including premature infants, twins, or children with disabilities.

Pro tip: Stellar Sitters charges a placement fee for each of its babysitting services. Then it's up to you and the sitter to set a separate hourly rate.