So, there’s this girl in my apartment building and she said she would babysit [name]Sophie[/name] and [name]Eva[/name] if [name]Morgan[/name] and I wanted to go out for dinner or go do something. This weekend, [name]Morgan[/name] and I were invited to a friend’s birthday party from 6-10, but I don’t know if I should let the girl babysit. She’s thirteen and responsible, very sweet, but I just don’t know if a thirteen-year old could handle [name]BOTH[/name] of our daughters. I would definitely leave just [name]Eva[/name] with her, but do you think we could leave [name]Sophie[/name] too? The girls go to bed at 7:30-7:45. I want to let her babysit but I just don’t know if it’s acceptable to leave a thirteen year old with two toddlers.
thanks
[name]Ivy[/name]
I wouldn’t trust my toddlers with a thirteen year old either. I just think she’s too young for that kind of responsibility
I think it’s a tad young. Thinking back to 13 i think I would have struggled with two toddlers, putting them to bed etc. Maybe 14 or 15 would be better.
Thanks guys. She ([name]Eliana[/name]) has actually babysat [name]Eva[/name] before, but it was just for an hour around 3-4 so I could go to the store while [name]Morgan[/name] and [name]Sophie[/name] were out. I would trust her, as I started babysitting my neighbors when I was eleven. By the time I was thirteen I was babysitting the four year old, two year old, and newborn at the same time…I don’t if I was just more mature than some teenagers or what. [name]Eliana[/name] is very responsible and I’d like to leave them with her. We’re just going to a restaurant literally across the street (I can see it from my window). I want to her to be comfortable babysitting [name]Eva[/name] and [name]Sophie[/name] so maybe she can come over and watch them once I have baby “Rylin or [name]Amelia[/name]”… 
I think I’m going to let her watch them, but just pop into the apartment at 7:00 to make sure she’s okay with the girls. Thanks for your feedback.
[name]Love[/name],
[name]Ivy[/name], [name]Eva[/name], and “Rylin or [name]Amelia[/name]”
If you are really close by and (presumably the adult that lives with her is close by), I don’t think it would be a problem to let her watch them. As a babysitter myself, I really appreciate families trusting me even when I maybe haven’t had a lot of experience with the age group of their child. If someone doesn’t give me the chance because I don’t have any experience, how will I get any?
Also, [name]Amelia[/name] is such a cute name and goes really well with the classiness of [name]Eva[/name]! I love all of the possible nicknames too: [name]Mila[/name], [name]Millie[/name], [name]Mel[/name], [name]Mia[/name], [name]Mimi[/name] (my favorite), even [name]Lia[/name] or [name]Amy[/name] 
Have a fun dinner with your friend!
Depending on how much time before the party I would suggest you have her over for an hour or 2 with both girls during the day (when both would be awake, since both would be awake for your friends party) and go to the story, a quiet coffee/reading break, appointment, lunch with [name]Morgan[/name], etc. and see how she does. Since you’d be so close and she lives in the same building, and the girls would go to sleep fairly soon after she got there I would think it wouldn’t be bad. And if she lives with her mom and her mom is close (and you know her and are comfortable with her), she’d be very close if her daughter needed help, as well.
While 13 is young, I think it does depend on the person, too. I have a 13 year old sibling and it wasn’t until he was 13 that it was very safe to stay by himself, much less with younger kids. But I know a 10 year old that is more mature than my brother is and is fine by herself for a few hours if need, and for up to an hour or 2 with her younger sister without a problem. I was fine with multiple kids at 13, but I’ve always loved kids and started babysitting younger. I have a friend who started at 10, and could handle multiple infants by herself better than most adults can!
Senoritashan makes a good point, too. In order for [name]Eliana[/name] to get experience, someone has to be the first to give her a chance. Since you know her and she has watched [name]Eva[/name] before it may as well be you. 
Now that you have explained it more fully, and seeing as it will be easy for you to pop in i think it would be fine
I wouldn’t be comfortable with it. Thirteen is very young and two toddlers are a lot of work. [name]Even[/name] if she’s responsible for her age her brain is literally not fully capable of handling situations in the way an adult would. During the day with some supervision I think it would be fine, but 4 hours at night is a bit different.