Carmen M.

Carmen has been caring for our infant for the past 7 months, our contract with her is up in May. :-( As a first time mom, I was terrified at the prospect of daycare and daunted by trying to find a nanny. I did try this website first, but was exasperated by the 20- something olds claiming to have 10 plus yrs. experience. End result- I went through a nanny agency. They found me Carmen. She sailed through the background check, reference check (conducted by the agency), AND the drug test I requested. I interviewed two candidates and while one had obvious concerns about our in plain sight nanny cams, they didn't phase Carmen one bit. At the first meeting, she picked up and spoke with my little one they were good friends. To date, I have no complaints about Carmen. I am able to login from work everyday and check on my lovely little one, and also happen to see Carmen as well.... Never spotted anything unexpected. Something phenomenal - Carmen was instrumental in helping us get our little lady taking regular naps! While I have considered renewing our contract, the plan has always been to enroll our little one in daycare when she came up on the wait list. This is the agreement I struck with the hubby. In summary, I highly recommend Carmen.... Especially if you are a first time terrified mom like me! As for her rate, considering most of the younger ones on here are asking for $15/hr and Carmen's experience (includes having run an in-home daycare), she is definitely worth that at a minimum.