Valeska V. Pet Care Provider in Falls Church, VA 22041

Valeska is a great babysitter! She is very interactive with my child! Taking her on walks, playing with her and giving her lots of love! She really focuses on your little one, and never seems distracted. I trust her completely with my daughter!!

Not only is she great with the baby, but she also helps me around the house. Making food, doing the dishes, and helping with a little office work. She truly is a dream to have! We love you, V!

I'm sorry to have to be a dissenting opinion among the sea of good reviews here, but my experience with Valeska was nothing like those others here. Valeska and I had exchanged a few messages about a nanny position, but she failed to respond to a request to give details of her previous employment. Precisely because of the glowing reviews on this site I gave her the benefit of the doubt and called her on the phone to invite her to our home to interview with my wife and me. We set a specific time on a weekend day, and I followed up with a message on this site confirming the date, time, and our address.

Unfortunately, Valeska never showed up for the interview, and never bothered to call or email, telling us that she wouldn't show up or explaining after the fact why she failed to show up. WIth two kids, it's hard to set weekend time aside just to have someone disrespect your time like that. Obviously I cannot comment as to her actual child care abilities, but my experience certainly gives some insight into her reliability.

Valeska has been our afternoon nanny every weekday since the middle of September 2010 and there is no way that I could run our house without her. I am (temporarily) a single Dad with four children (5-year old twins, a 3-year old son, and a 6-month old infant son) and I have a full-time job that would be impossible to keep without her expert assistance. She has been filling in as a Mother and running our house for me whenever I need her. She drives our vehicle to three separate locations (including Fort Belvoir) each afternoon to pick up the children and bring them home. She cooks and serves their meals, washes their clothes, prepares lunches and snacks for the next day and takes them through their evening bedtime routine. She reads to them, plays with them and loves them all as if they were her own. She is punctual, dependable and 100% reliable. Her flexibility has enabled me to take overnight trips on occasion and keep late hours when necessary. She has my highest possible endorsement and I would gladly vouch for her with any future employer. If we weren't leaving the country, she would be staying on as our nanny...even after the return of Mom!