We have 3.5 year old Emilia & 10 month old Theo.

Kia has been babysitting our eldest since Nov 2022. And nannying our youngest since Jan 2023.

Honestly, she’s great!

She’s got lots of experience working in nurseries & it shows. She’s great with kids of different ages. And she’s given us great advice, like when we were absolutely clueless trying to potty train our eldest. There’s been times when I couldn’t handle looking after both of my own kids at the same time, but she could aha.

She’s also very respectful of our parenting choices (gentle parenting, BLW, cloth nappies, breastfeeding etc.) & happily follows whatever systems/ rules we have.

I remember when Theo was small she took him to the playground, but checked first to see if he’d been on a swing before. If he hadn’t then she’d save that first for us. Just little things like that I find so respectful & kind.

Theo’s got severe eczema & gets contact rashes from food. It’s a lot of extra hard work. Constantly applying creams, long list of foods he can’t eat & things that can’t go on his skin. But Kia is amazing with it. I know he’s in safe hands & I don’t worry about him when he’s with her. (Which is saying a lot! I won’t let anyone in our family have him unsupervised yet. I don’t trust them not to set off his skin).

She’s very hardworking & reliable. I actually can’t think of a time that she’s let us down. If something does come up she’s flexible & gives lots of notice.

She’s done some really lovely activities with the kids (painting, water play, sensory bins etc.) And sent some absolutely gorgeous photos showing what Theo’s been up to.

I’m actually a bit sad that Theo’s starting nursery & she’s dropping back down to just evening babysitting. It’s the end of an era!

She’s a really lovely person & I’d recommend her to anyone.

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