Live-In Full-Time Child Care Provider Available in Seattle, WA: Minna S.

$35/hr

1 year of paid experience

A little bit about me

Hello, dear future patron~

My name is Minna - your very own Mary Poppins - and I am ever at your service.
My nature has been described as patient, kind, gentle and calm. I'm a lifelong caretaker, and I believe to be a uniquely fun, safe and excellent nanny.

- I’m an award-winning martial artist with real-world self-defense experience and a great swimmer, trained in first aid and fire response, and my criminal record is clean. I was taught how to drive by a professional chauffeur, and have never been in an accident or gotten a ticket.
Be they at home, on the road, out and about, or in the water, your children will always be safe with me!

- I'm strong enough to carry any kid effortlessly, and nimble enough to keep up with their scampering~

- I am adventurous, playful, cheerful, polite, and have many fun talents to entertain and educate children - including music, chess, swordsmanship, D&D and art.

Oh - and did I mention that I write and sing lullabies and bedtime guitar songs?

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Availability

Start: ASAP

Everyday 9:00am - 9:00pm

Full-time

Live-in

Age Groups

Toddlers

Preschoolers

Grade-schoolers

How often do you need a child care provider?

Full-Time Part-Time

Qualifications

Certifications

Driver’s License

CPR

First Aid

Other

Special needs

Work Experience

1 year 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 ten 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 together (we go camping with our families often).

- I have babysat for friends a lot - specially for a 2-year-old girl and an autistic teenage boy.

- I am currently taking care of four children ages 2-10, as their live-in nanny.

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-defense
- 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, 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 nudge towards being kind, in turn, to others~

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 10 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.

- I have helped people regulate their anxiety and depression, counseled 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!