Alexa G.

Alexa G. has earned my highest possible recommendation. Alexa has made such a difference for our family, and so completely exceeded my expectations, that it is difficult to convey how wonderful Alexa is in this review. However, I will try to give specific details of why Alexa is so good at what she does, so you can make an informed hiring decision. I have seen Alexa's excellent work up close across the two months she has worked with me for 4 or more hours a day, Monday through Friday. Alexa is kind, prompt, very nurturing, organized, and honest. Alexa is young, but she has **glowing references and about a decade of experience with children**, thanks to her work with her siblings and many nieces and nephews. Alexa has a wonderful, easy-going and respectful attitude that works very well with children - and with stressed-out adults. Alexa was always patient and careful with my baby daughter, who was three months old when Alexa started with our family. Alexa was good at reading my baby's variable moods and reacting appropriately. She was always gentle with the baby and was prompt to change the baby's diaper. She also had a great attitude about cleaning up any mess that escaped the diaper :). Alexa excelled at calming our baby and entertaining her, encouraging and helping her to practice standing, walking, making word-like sounds, and holding objects. I was often working in another room when Alexa was in our home, but I felt 100% comfortable leaving Alexa home alone with my baby. Whenever I did leave the home for lunch meetings etc., I would come home to a happy baby and cleaner, more neatly organized home. This sense that Alexa was always striving to help our family out, whether I was nearby or not, is what I wish to highlight in this review. More than any other nanny or sitter we've had, Alexa was very hard-working and wanted to help us as much as possible during her shifts. Alexa always listened to me respectfully and was careful and precise about doing things the way we wanted them done, with the baby and around the house. Whenever the baby was deeply asleep, Alexa would carefully put the baby down (with my permission) to sleep in a safe place, and would ask me what she could do to help out around the house. Alexa would fold our laundry, wash bottles, organize baby clothing, put dishes away, fold baby blankets, and was willing to do any other task I needed help with (such as helping complete baby product registration cards, helping with the mailing of the birth announcements, or packing light boxes for our move to Dallas). Alexa learned quickly, and once I had taught her how to do something in our household, she remembered the details. For example, I asked her once in her first week to refill the bird feeder in our backyard, because while nursing the baby I enjoyed looking out the window to our backyard to watch the birds. But I felt really bad for the birds because I never seemed to have time to refill the feeder once they ate all of their food. The feeder would stand empty for days at a time before we hired Alexa. Once Alexa had filled that feeder once, she would dutifully refill the feeder each time she noticed it was out of bird seed without my ever having to ask her again. It may seem like a silly example, but it demonstrates how Alexa would notice things that needed fixing around the house, and would simply take the initiative to do things she knew would be helpful to me. Similarly, some days I would walk into the kitchen and notice that Alexa had already cleaned all of the baby bottles exactly the way we had asked her to clean them, without my needing to even tell her that I hadn't had time the previous night to clean the bottles. Similarly, if I left a basket of clean laundry in the living room, to remind myself to fold it later in the day, Alexa would quickly and quietly work on it as soon as the baby was asleep. It was just magical, how things would get taken care of around our home without my ever needing to ask. It saved me so much time, and probably saved my sanity, to have Alexa help so much! Of course, Alexa would check in with me to ask if everything she was doing was ok, and if there was anything I wanted her to do differently, but it was so helpful that she was proactive about doing more than just taking care of the baby once the baby was napping. I just found Alexa's attitude to be so respectful, kind, and considerate - to both me and to our baby. And I am just so grateful to Alexa for that, because sometimes moms need a little extra care too! Please hire Alexa if you are the kind of family that will appreciate Alexa and treat her well. We would have happily had Alexa continue to work for our family for a long time except that we are moving back to Dallas in July. We will really miss Alexa's cheerful attitude, patience, and kindness, and we will be really lucky if we find anyone as good as Alexa at twice the price.