I have a real heart for children & love watching them learn & grow! I have a passion for reading and sparking a love for learning in the children I care for. I have cared for families on care. com for the past 10 years for multiple children of various ages and abilities. I have a wide range of experience from the gentle care of newborns to tutoring for a home school family of 4. I have a bachelors degree in elementary education, I taught kindergarten & 1st grade for 4 years & I have an additional 8 years of experience as an early childhood teacher, the last 3 years as the lead teacher of infants. I have my early childhood teaching certificate and have a special endorsement in infant/ toddler care & am certified in infant/ child CPR. I am seeking for a family with 1-4 children to care for in your home or mine.

Summer has cared for our daughter three days a week since July 2024, and I cannot speak highly enough of our experience working with her. Since I work from home, I got to observe her care firsthand, and our daughter bonded with Summer so quickly. Summer maintained our schedule perfectly, engaged her in age-appropriate activities, and took her on outings to the park, library, and more. She also helped us through sleep regressions and serious bouts of constipation, always maintaining her calm, thoughtful energy. We've watched our daughter's confidence blossom during their time together. We're only transitioning to daycare because our daughter is ready for that social environment at 23 months old, but we're so lucky to have had this time with Summer. I'd recommend her to any family!

I am so grateful to have had Summer care for our baby these last years. One top skill Summer demonstrates is how she listens and observes us as parents, catering to our style and expectations. She is a great communicator. She has excellent judgment and highly appreciated her experience and background as a teacher. She provided engaging age-appropriate care and activities and is proactive. She's thoughtful and smart. Top notch reliability. Families would be lucky to work with her.

Summer was a nice person. With all of her credentials and from the first meet, I had a good impression. She also had excellent reviews so we wanted to give her a chance. She was kind to our 4 month old son but she did the bare minimum. She would occasionally read books to him. We do have cameras in our home.  I was able to peek in on them periodically throughout the day, especially during the last few days she cared for our son. She would often put him in his recliner seat with one toy and or no toys to keep him busy. If he dropped a toy she wouldn't rush to pick it up for him and give it back to him or even give him something else to hold onto and keep him entertained. She would also lay him on his back in his play gym to entertain himself. He is an extremely happy baby most of the time and we noticed he fussed/cried often in her care the last few days we really spent time watching. She did have a family medical emergency but she started to phase out mentally and that did not make us happy while she was caring for our infant son. I did tell her it would be okay if she needed to take a phone call here or there due to her current family emergency, however, we noticed her phone became a big distraction. When we hired her she discussed helping our son meet milestones and we were excited to have someone who would work with him during the day. This was not really the case. I did not constantly watch her as I was working, but from what his father and I had witnessed the times we did watch, we were unhappy. I did confront her the last day she worked for us and expressed our concerns and asked her if she could interact more with our son as we would love to be able to keep her. She agreed that she wanted to stay and would come back Monday. I received a message from her a day later stating she felt she couldn't meet our expectations and she thought it was best if she didn't come back. We had only one expectation and that was that she interact more with our son. Super bummed. She worked for us for a short period of time. Maybe a total of 8 days.

Summer worked for us for over a year and a half, starting shortly after I returned to work from maternity leave.  We were grateful to have found her! 

I had a difficult time balancing work and mom life as a first time mom, but she always shed positive light on situations, to which I'm extremely grateful. She always maintained a calmness which helped my little one follow her lead.  Until this day, Summer is the only one who can put my little one to sleep quickly without any fuss. 

With her background in childhood education, Summer understood milestones, and always created activities that were age appropriate.  My favorite were arts & crafts which were heartwarming to come home to. 

We are sad to have to let Summer move on to another family.  My work schedule will be changing.  Between myself and close family,  we will no longer need Nanny services.  We hope to stay in close contact with her as she became part of the family.  Our little one and our doggy will miss her very much!

Summer is awesome! 
Our two daughters love going to her place and as a bonus she is working with our daughter to get her ready for school this fall.
Is so nice to have someone really reliable. 
Thank you Summer!  

We were on vacation at The Sanctuary Hotel in Kiawah, and I hired Summer to keep our 10 month old on two different nights while we enjoyed dinner out. Summer was the perfect pick! She took such great care of our baby and was experienced, kind hearted, and dependable. I would recommend her 100% and we will use her again! 

Summer was our nanny for our 6-week old infant, for a gap period of time when I returned to work, then took time off. She was the blessing we were looking for in so many ways. Not only did she ease an anxious new mom like me with her calm, patient demeanor, it was clear that my daughter loved her, even at such a young age. She was flexible with our odd scheduling needs. She always created the best environment for playtime and rest, whether at my home or at hers. She took our daughter to the park and exposed her to other children (which she needed)! My tiny infant daughter thrived in her care, always smiling at the end of the day, and had her first belly laugh with Summer! She even started to sleep through the night after fun days with Summer! We will continue to have Summer as our partner in caring for our daughter, and if I could give more than 5 stars, I would!

Summer was with our family from March-August 2016, and cared for our son until he was 14 months old. To say she was a godsend was an understatement. Summer is extremely patient, adaptable, and hard-working. She was respectful of our wishes for our son, and also provided much-welcomed advice when she was asked. Summer is truly an educator at heart, and introduced the 1000 books by the age of 3 to our son. She played with him, took him to the library, toddler time , the aquarium, and the children s museum. Our son adored her, and she was wonderful at redirecting and guiding him toward good behavior. Summer also helped our household immensely by helping us with laundry, general clean-up, and loading/unloading the dishwasher. She went above and beyond when I became extremely ill while our son was also sick- she actually disinfected all of his toys and much of our house because I was too weak to do so. Summer had to leave our family only because she needed to work fewer hours than we needed- otherwise, she would still be with us. I can confidently tell you that she would be an asset to any household and she is just an amazing person.

I would recommend Summer in a heartbeat. She had previously taken care of my son and did a phenomenal job! She watched him for the first two years of his life and than moved out of state; he is now three and still asks about her and her family. She made a positive difference in both his life and mine. Summer is very caring and patient. She had done age appropriate activities with him on a daily basis. If you want to ensure that your child is in good hands than hire Summer.

My name is Heather and I have had the pleasure of knowing Summer for 6 years. Summer never worked for me but she did work along side me. Summer & I met as coworkers both working in our local daycare. We soon became friends and our children too as they are close in age. We worked together to grow our churches youth group program of which Summer and her husband ran for several years prior to moving to South Carolina. Summer has a wonderful personality with great patience for children of all ages. She has her teaching degree which comes in handy during homework time. She also has experience working with children with special needs. Summer works hard at adjusting curriculum and activities to help every child be a part of the group. Summer is trustworthy, kind and loving. Every child in her care is treated like one of her own. Any family would be blessed to have her in their life. 

She wasn't just our nanny, she was (and is) considered part of our family.  She is professional, conscientious and caring.  She brought a calm, patient sense of order to our home, dealing with multiple kids of varying ages in a consistent and fair manner.  She was somehow able to keep our (otherwise unruly) toddler focused on productive play while teaching out 4-year old how to read and working with him on both K and Kindergarten-level curriculum.  With our older children (ages 7 and 9), she quickly earned their respect, and her authority was never challenged.  She is nothing short of a miracle worker.

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