I'm a 57-year-old empty nester living in Pittsboro with a lifelong love for caring for children. As a nanny, I bring patience, reliability, and a nurturing spirit to every family I work with. Having raised my own children, I understand the importance of creating a safe, structured, and loving environment where kids can learn, laugh, and thrive. I take pride in supporting families by offering consistency, calm, and genuine care - helping make each day smoother and more joyful for parents and little ones alike.

Dawn is a wonderful person! She really loves kids and it shows through her kind words and interactions with them. I never have to worry when I know Dawn is watching my children. She is my favorite caregiver! 

I am writing to strongly recommend Dawn as a professional nanny/caregiver. Dawn has worked for our family for almost two years, and I wish we could keep her longer. She is loving, careful, attentive, and generous with our two young boys. As she learned about our household and family, Dawn always asked important questions that helped her understand how we like things done. She gives our boys her full attention, and I have total peace of mind when leaving for work everyday. Dawn comes up with fun activities for our boys inside and outside of the house and helps them learn things like their ABCs, numbers, phone numbers, and addresses. Dawn follows instructions well and goes above and beyond to keep the house orderly for us. She is generous, both in bringing gifts and activities for the boys to do and in offering to pitch in with light cooking, cleaning, and laundry. It was important to me to have a nanny who uses gentle, respectful discipline techniques, and Dawn’s natural kind and loving personality made her the perfect fit for our boys. She is safety-conscious, and I trust her to drive the kids to story time and pick them up from school. Her previous employer told me she was a “unicorn” caregiver before we hired her, and we absolutely agree. I believe your family would be lucky to have her as your nanny.
 

Never have I ever met anyone who loves any child as much as her own.

Dawn is so caring and involved with the kids at all times. She is very reliable and always has different activities and crafts to do with the kids when they aren't out at the park or library! We love Miss Dawn!!

It is a great pleasure to recommend Dawn D for a nanny position. I had the opportunity to watch Dawn work daily, Monday through Friday, as a full-time nanny since March 2021, and have also hired Dawn to watch my two sons often. In my observation, she has exceptional work ethic and childcare talents. She has a good understanding of the needs and abilities of children and is energetic, nurturing, and responsive to their needs. I feel confident that she will contribute significantly to another full-time nanny position.
Dawn has many strengths, but her main strength is her talent to teach through play. Over the past year, I witnessed Dawn teach the little boy she watched, his alphabet, address, and phone number during nature walks. She also taught the little boy about the solar system, nature, and bugs by attending story time at the library and reading books daily. She is simply the best nanny, and you can be confident that your kids are well taken care of under her watch.

If you're reading this, your family just found the jackpot of all nannies. It means that Dawn is still available - and I promise you, she won't be for long.

It's hard to explain how much my family loves her and how sad we are that our youngest boy is old enough for school now. She has been our nanny for the past 2 years.

Dawn came to work for us when I suddenly had to go back to work after COVID affected our businesses.  My son, two at the time, had only been with me and my parents from the day he was born.  From the time Dawn came over to meet him, he felt comfortable with her and agreed to spend the next Monday with her.  He didn't cry of fuss at all to stay with her instead of me, and immediately loved her.  

She helps with the dishes, cleans up, and is one of the only people we've ever trusted to drive our kids around. She's happily willing to help around the house or run errands when we need her to. She never makes it seem like a chore. Her positive attitude is hard to come by!

I have had the pleasure of knowing Dawn since March of 2021 and in that time I have been able to observe her as she has cared for various others' children, my own included, as well as her own grown children. We have spent many hours together at parks and playgrounds with our young children, and have also developed a friendship of our own.

Dawn's care taking style is gentle but firm, she strives to lead with connection rather than rules, and she is quick to offer correction and comfort whenever necessary. She is attentive to the activities of the children in her care and is always nearby whenever we have been on outings.

Dawn herself is a tremendously kind, genuine, compassionate, trustworthy and thoughtful person and will absolutely leave your family better for having had her in your lives. I wholeheartedly recommend Dawn without reservation.

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