Yes they did have baby sitter for hire crumpet, we never used it though. My kids went to kids club twice and they loved it (they were 4.5 and 2.5yrs at the time).
There are literally heaps of resorts/hotel in the nusa dua area. There was one being built next door to novotel when we were there which was looking amazing, can't remember what it was called though? Overall we loved the novotel, its not as new as some of the others in the area but it was clean and comfortable and well priced! The massage/spa treatments were fantastic too, can highly recommend you book yourself in for some pampering!
Hey Emma, I have been to Bali several times with kids, it's a great holiday. Nusa Dua is beautiful, although it is somewhat isolated from the rest of tourist Bali! Taxis are cheap though. Lots of nice resorts, plenty of shops and restaurants within walking distance.
Seminyak is very nice, again a lot of nice resorts. There are plenty of shops, although the shops in Seminyak tend to be the more expensive, set price shops. Easy taxi ride or longish walk to Legian for better shopping. Seminyak has plenty of restaurants as well.
Legian is next to Kuta, IMO it has become very busy over the past few years - Kuta has spread! Great shopping, plenty of restaurants - a few too many yobbo tourists on cheap holidays for me! If you want to be in the middle of the action, Legian is a good choice.
Kuta is the tourist centre of Bali. It is full of people and is pretty bustling. Has a lot of restaurants, bars and hotels. And an awful lot of rude - often drunk and shirtless - Aussie tourists. There are plenty of shops in Kuta, the vendors are often pretty pushy and repeat the filth they have heard coming out of the mouths of those drunken Aussie tourists. You will most likely be offered drugs in Kuta which could be very confronting (or tempting??!!) for the teenagers you will be traveling with. I am not a fan of Kuta, but just my opinion! (I'm also not a fan of drunken, shirtless, yobbo Aussies!!)
Ubud is up in the hills. Plenty of hotels and restaurants. Decent shopping (probably on par with Nusa Dua) and more handcrafted items such as carvings and art works. Ubud has a slower pace than much of tourist Bali. Being in the hills, there are no beaches and it is about an hour and a half to two hour drive if you want to visit any of the other areas I've mentioned.
I've never stayed in Jimbaran Bay, but if you like seafood it is well worth catching a taxi over for an incredibly fresh seafood dinner on the beach.
Depends on what you're looking for. Personally, I would stay in Seminyak, visit Legian for shopping, take a day trip to Ubud (you can hire a car and driver for the whole day at a very reasonable rate) - and avoid Kuta!
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