About Nicole

I began babysitting for my siblings when I was just 9 years old. My mother was a single mother and often she was the breadwinner and I spent a lot of time cooking, cleaning, and watching 2-4 of my younger siblings. I also watched several cousins over the course of this time. I began watching my siblings when they were as young as a few weeks old. Most of them are now grown. One has a child, two are in college and the baby of the family is now in his junior year of high school. I have been present in their lives for all of their firsts, have tutored them, guided them into college, and talked about everything from money to relationships with them. I have also spent time babysitting for neighborhood children. I babysat for two of my neighbors approximately 10 years ago. One of the children was 8 at the time. The second I began sitting for when he was 8 weeks old and continued to help the family until he was two years of age. I also watched the second family's older son from the ages of four to six. I performed light housecleaning, provided homework help, and provided animal care for their black lab puppy as well. My more recent experience is with the children of my close friends. Most of which are toddlers. I have also spent time sitting for one of my friends autistic children, though he is a very easy child and it doesn't take much to get him involved and focused on things when I come up with an active group activity. By all means I do not consider myself qualified for Autistic families unless I was to go through further training in order to relate to their child's individual needs. My niece who is now two and a half also lived with me for nearly a year with her mother. I guided her teenage mother through job searches, resume writing, and taught her tips and techniques to use when teaching my niece manners, ABC's, counting, how to react to upsetting situations etc.