need child care in Paris

Try the website anamericaninparis.com and click on "A to Z", and you will find babysitting services. NB: This is just an idea not a recommendation.

Are you staying at a nice hotel,, some offer access to a service,, not hotel employeess but a referal. Does son speak french? If not you will obviously need someone who speaks english,, and since most girsl/ladies who do this for a living are not highly paid,, nor highly educated( unless you get a student perhaps).. well, english may be an issue. I would pay more for a very exclusive service, to get someone who did speak english,, well.

I am also just suggesting these ideas, but not really endorsing them,, I personally would not be comfortable doing this,, but to each his own. Many do it very well,, as I said, contact hotel and see what they may have in place. If staying at a smaller place you may not have that option.

Your hotel should be able to refer people to you. There are many English speaking college students in Paris (American University of Paris) so there might be some looking to pick up a few extra bucks.

Last time we rented an apartment in Paris, one of the services the owners offered was to set up babysitting. So I bet this won't be too hard, if you go through your hotel or an agency.