Amanda F.

Amanda has been our nanny for 3 months. We connected with her through sittercity in May 2018 and she looked after our daughter starting in June 2018. Amanda is a very positive and cheerful person. She has the energy it takes to watch a baby / toddler for a full day. She is very careful with our home and property. Initially, there were a couple things that we asked her to do / not to do in and around the house as well as related to child care and she always respected these directions. Overall, Amanda is very receptive of feedback. This was important to us so that we can still weigh in on our daughter’s schedule, activities, and nap times. Her English is good and communication was no issue. Some Background: We had been in a nanny share previously, that was not going well for several reasons. Knowing that we had an Au Pair coming within a couple months, we were looking for a temporary nanny from June - September. Our daughter was 1 year old at the time Amanda started watching her. The initial things that impressed us when we first got in touch with Amanda and the first time we met her were her punctuality, honesty, and warmth. Despite the fact that she did not have much experience with babies, both my husband and I felt confident that she is the right candidate, and so she was actually the only person we interviewed in person despite having had >40 replies to my post. I first spoke with Amanda by phone and immediately felt that she was honest, professional and very serious about this position. When she met us and our daughter at our home, she was right on time. She answered all our questions with great detail and we felt like we knew her very well after just 15 minutes of talking. During the day, Amanda keeps a very good routine with our daughter. She keeps a log book so that we can keep track of her schedule and she writes down which foods and activities our daughter enjoyed that day. Amanda takes her to story time, the play ground, she supports us potty training her, and is very consistent with her nap times. Amanda very quickly learned to read our daughter’s signs for being hungry, tired, or just needing some calm down-time. Amanda’s schedule with us is from 8 am to 4 pm five days a week. She is somewhat limited with her evening schedule because she attends language classes four days a week. However, this was never an issue for us and in very few situations she had no problem staying a bit later. Amanda’s appointment was a temporary position from the beginning and we always knew we would host an Au Pair starting in September. I did not expect that it would be this tough for us to let Amanda go and we very much hope to keep in touch. Our daughter adores her in a very different way than our previous nanny and it was astonishing to see the difference in her behavior. We can highly recommend Amanda as a nanny. We have the comparison to other nannies and Amanda was the one that impressed us the most. One big key point for us was that she is receptive of feedback. It made communication easy and stress free. I am happy to talk by phone if there are any questions - just reach out to me through sittercity or ask Amanda for the contact info. There are a number of good examples and experiences that I'd be more than happy to share with you regarding Amanda.