Qualifications
Certifications
Driver’s license
CPR certified
First Aid certified
Work Experience
10+ years of experience caring for:
Toddlers (1-3 years)
Preschoolers (4-9 years)
Grade-schoolers (10-12 years)
High-schoolers (13-17 years)
Adults (18+ years)
More About Me
Relevant experience where I also cared for children were...
- I took care of my ailing mother all my childhood. It was just the two of us. My duties included bathing and feeding - if I can do that for a delusional adult, I can do that for a baby!
- I took care of my grandparents during their final two years of life. Medication management, transportation, entertainment, companionship... You name it.
- I also took care of my autistic husband for 11 years. Emotional, social and psychological management were part of my duties. As well as housekeeping.
- I took care of a teen and a pre-teen, for a year. I prepared meals, walked them to school, and guided them through the mental maze of teenagehood.
- I'm often charged with my friends' children when we gather (we go camping with our families).
- I have babysat for friends a lot - specially for a 4-year-old girl and an autistic teenage boy.
- I recently took care of four children ages 3-9, as their live-in nanny, for half a year. And their friends.
- Current caregiver for 2 lovely elders.
- I took care of my grandparents during their final two years of life. Medication management, transportation, entertainment, companionship... You name it.
- I also took care of my autistic husband for 11 years. Emotional, social and psychological management were part of my duties. As well as housekeeping.
- I took care of a teen and a pre-teen, for a year. I prepared meals, walked them to school, and guided them through the mental maze of teenagehood.
- I'm often charged with my friends' children when we gather (we go camping with our families).
- I have babysat for friends a lot - specially for a 4-year-old girl and an autistic teenage boy.
- I recently took care of four children ages 3-9, as their live-in nanny, for half a year. And their friends.
- Current caregiver for 2 lovely elders.
Activities I enjoy doing with children...
I have many skills to teach and entertain children with, dear patron~
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Storytelling
- Swimming
- Dancing
- Singing
- Drawing
- Painting
- Fencing & swordplay (safely, with practice swords)
- Self-defence
- Climbing (if they're the right age~)
- Spanish
- English
- Development of a kind and ready character through the philosophy of martial arts
In addition, I have often been told that I'm the only nanny that plays with children at their level. I have water fights, play hide-and-seek, tag, have tea parties, videogames, tabletop and card games, play pretend, and all the games that children love to play :)
- Dungeons & Dragons
- Storytelling
- Swimming
- Dancing
- Singing
- Drawing
- Painting
- Fencing & swordplay (safely, with practice swords)
- Self-defence
- Climbing (if they're the right age~)
- Spanish
- English
- Development of a kind and ready character through the philosophy of martial arts
In addition, I have often been told that I'm the only nanny that plays with children at their level. I have water fights, play hide-and-seek, tag, have tea parties, videogames, tabletop and card games, play pretend, and all the games that children love to play :)
The most important part about being a nanny...
Is to know that you are changing a life forever. These are formative years that should be filled with light and laughter, with affirmation and encouragement... And a subtle but firm nudge towards being kind, in turn, to others~
As your servant - proudly - I am your right hand, the extension of your will and love, and just by you hiring me to make these things so, you are proving your love and devotion to your children.
As your servant - proudly - I am your right hand, the extension of your will and love, and just by you hiring me to make these things so, you are proving your love and devotion to your children.
My experience with special needs children...
- I took care of an autistic 5-year-old boy with ADHD for a year. He was often misbehaving to get attention, and his mother told me that after a week of my tailored care he was a new, loving person.
- While not a child, I took care for a man with autism for 11 years, and helped him become outgoing, well-adjusted and successful.
- Also not a child, but my only parent was an alcoholic, and I took care of her all my childhood. Alcoholics and special needs children that have a factor of fixation have a lot in common~
- I took care of my grandfather with dementia for 2 years, and of another adult, for a month.
- Took care of a girl age 9 with PTSD, for half a year.
- I've taken care of hearing-and-visually-impaired adults, plenty of experience.
- I have helped people regulate their anxiety and depression, counselled alcoholics, stopped four suicides, and I have experience life-mentoring LGBT and autistic youths :)
- While not a child, I took care for a man with autism for 11 years, and helped him become outgoing, well-adjusted and successful.
- Also not a child, but my only parent was an alcoholic, and I took care of her all my childhood. Alcoholics and special needs children that have a factor of fixation have a lot in common~
- I took care of my grandfather with dementia for 2 years, and of another adult, for a month.
- Took care of a girl age 9 with PTSD, for half a year.
- I've taken care of hearing-and-visually-impaired adults, plenty of experience.
- I have helped people regulate their anxiety and depression, counselled alcoholics, stopped four suicides, and I have experience life-mentoring LGBT and autistic youths :)
The most important part about being a nanny...
Oh I have so many!
Tucking my friends' children in to bed. While I'm there, one begs nightly that I wrap him up like a burrito, carry him to bed, and play his grandfather's guitar for him. Two of their girls ask that I tuck them in and sing for them... It's wonderful.
My friends and I were camping, and they brought their two boys. They knew I'm a swordswoman, so they asked me to teach them. I always carry safe toy swords to camp just for this, so I did. It was a wonderful moment with a sunset in the background that painted their smiles with light. I think they'll remember that moment well :)
Also, once, I surprised a girl that I'd taken care of (pro-bono), for two years, at her birthday party. She was in the swimming pool. She shrieked when she saw me, and I jumped into the pool - clothes and all! To give her a hug. We then declared war on each other with Super Soakers :)
Every time my children make me cards or drawings, or bring me little gifts... Too many memories, I tell you!
Tucking my friends' children in to bed. While I'm there, one begs nightly that I wrap him up like a burrito, carry him to bed, and play his grandfather's guitar for him. Two of their girls ask that I tuck them in and sing for them... It's wonderful.
My friends and I were camping, and they brought their two boys. They knew I'm a swordswoman, so they asked me to teach them. I always carry safe toy swords to camp just for this, so I did. It was a wonderful moment with a sunset in the background that painted their smiles with light. I think they'll remember that moment well :)
Also, once, I surprised a girl that I'd taken care of (pro-bono), for two years, at her birthday party. She was in the swimming pool. She shrieked when she saw me, and I jumped into the pool - clothes and all! To give her a hug. We then declared war on each other with Super Soakers :)
Every time my children make me cards or drawings, or bring me little gifts... Too many memories, I tell you!
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