I used my Pareve oven to bake Milchig cookies. It’s nothing that splatters onto the oven or anything that would make the oven dirty, it was just baked on a disposable baking sheet. To use the oven for Pareve again, do I need to kosher it? If yes, how so?

The oven needs to be Kashered if you want it to be Pareve, (even if none of the Milchig cookies spilled or splattered). To Kasher the oven in this instance…

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Is there a problem with a non-Jewish babysitter making quick oats for a baby in regards to Bishul Akum? If yes, what do you suggest to avoid it?

  There is no problem with a non-Jew making quick oats, since it is not עולה על שולחן מלכים. See here regarding kashrus concerns: https://asktherav.com/article-212-issues-with-non-jewish-cleaning-help/     #1233

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If we cook pasta in a clean meat pot and pour it out (w/the boiling water) into a pasta strainer, does the strainer become “meaty”? Would I be able to later use the same strainer with pasta cooked in a dairy pot that would be put into a dairy recipe? (both pots were not used with their respective ‘genders’ meat and milk in 24 hours)

The strainer will not become fleishig or milchig in either case.   Sources: 1) The taste of the meat (or dairy) absorbed in the pot after 24 hours is טעם…

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