Qualifications
Certifications
Driver’s license
CPR certified
First Aid certified
Work Experience
10+ years of experience caring for:
Infants (0-11 months)
Toddlers (1-3 years)
Preschoolers (4-9 years)
More About Me
Relevant experience where I also cared for children were...
I have been a pediatric Occupational Therapist for 15 years, ranging from working primarily with children from 0-8. I specialized in sensory integration and nervous-system informed care. I have also worked as an infant nanny for a 4-7 month old and worked with Early Intervention in family homes for children 0-5. I specialize in infant-preschool age ranges.
Activities I enjoy doing with children...
- Quiet Sensory Play: Exploring textures, movement, sounds, and visuals; creating regulating spaces for children that help to soothe and engage without screens
- Nature-Based Play: Exploratory walks, touching tree bark, listening to birds, finding items for crafts, and looking at leaves outdoors.
- Cozy Floor Time: Soft blanket-forts, interactive mirror play, and responsive, infant-led movement.
- Gentle Co-Regulation: Rhythmic rocking, soothing lullabies, and slow sensory tracking to calm the nervous system.
- Simple Kitchen Rhythms: Watching or helping with basic baking, kneading dough, and exploring kitchen smells.
- Nature-Based Play: Exploratory walks, touching tree bark, listening to birds, finding items for crafts, and looking at leaves outdoors.
- Cozy Floor Time: Soft blanket-forts, interactive mirror play, and responsive, infant-led movement.
- Gentle Co-Regulation: Rhythmic rocking, soothing lullabies, and slow sensory tracking to calm the nervous system.
- Simple Kitchen Rhythms: Watching or helping with basic baking, kneading dough, and exploring kitchen smells.
The most important part about being a nanny...
The most important part about being a nanny is providing a baseline of absolute emotional safety and calm, unhurried presence. In a fast-paced world, young children don't need constant entertainment or high-energy stimulation; they need a grounded adult who truly knows how to co-regulate with them. When a baby or toddler feels completely safe, understood, and anchored in their physical senses, their nervous system relaxes and they can bloom naturally at their own unique pace.
My experience with special needs children...
I have over 13 years of professional experience supporting neurodivergent, highly sensitive (HSP), and sensory-seeking children across home, school, and nature-based settings. Because of my background as a pediatric Occupational Therapist, I am formally certified in Ayres Sensory Integration and deeply trained in Polyvagal Theory and the Safe & Sound Protocol (SSP). However, my approach is entirely non-clinical, gentle, and child-led. I do not focus on rigid behavioral compliance. Instead, I use my understanding of the nervous system to cultivate absolute emotional safety and organizing rhythm. I am skilled at reading a child's unique sensory cues, setting up low-stimulus environments, and using slow, quiet co-regulation to help overstimulated or anxious children find true comfort and grounding.
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