Sh R.

It is my great pleasure to recommend Shea Torres as a nanny. She has been with us from 2007-2012 caring for our 5 and a half-year-old twin daughters since they were 6 months old and our 2 year old son since he was born.
Ms. Torres is bright, reliable, and affectionate. She is also well-versed in child development, both due to her university studies and a natural affinity toward children. She relates to our children in such a delightful way, turning practically everything into a fun game. Ms. Torres knows how to structure time well, but is also flexible. She is as comfortable helping our daughters through a school workbook as she is creating art projects out of sticks and leaves.
She helped develop all their milestones (crawling, sitting, walking and potty train) in the most creative and non conventional ways, therefore, in our opinion helped our kids learn faster and better.
It was Ms Torres' idea to plant a small flower/vegetable garden in a small patch of our backyard. The four of them worked on it every day, and now there are marigolds,pansies, lettuce and cucumbers growing where there was nothing before!
We feel extremely fortunate to have had Ms Torres in our home. We are convinced that our kids owe much of their positive development to her presence. Her approach to caring for our kids complements our parenting well, as she respects our personal philosophies while being confident enough to independently make day-to-day decisions regarding our children. She helped us raise self sufficient, respectful, well mannered and bright children!
We are extremely sad that her time with us has ended due to our moving away. Our only hope is find another nanny that will care for, educate, nurture, and have a positive influence on our children the way Ms Torres did.

We had Shea help us for six days (in two three day blocks) while our full-time nanny was on vacation. Shea was able to come in and build a rapport with our three kids, manage their schedule (feeding, bathing, dropping off a preschool & classes) without issue.

If we need a temporary nanny in the future, we'd definitely use Shea again.