Maggie worked for us full time 5 days a week from 08:30 to 18:30 hrs. daily between 09/09/2019 till the 26/03/2021. When she started our son was only 6 months old months old and our daughter was 4 years old. At the time we had been overwhelmed with trying to care for the children, especially as I worked away from home. Within a week she had tidied the house, the children’s clothes were arranged neatly according to purpose, and she was hands on with the children. She was responsible for dropping and picking our daughter to and from school and caring for our son as well as keeping the house neat, tidy and clean. She very quickly got them into a regular daily routine, enabling us to have “our time” in the evenings. She would regularly take our son out for walks and to play centres. She also helped develop his language skills- people always were surprised at how advanced his language was. She also was great with cuddles for the children.
When the COVID-19 lockdown started, she was a godsend as she took over the online schooling for our daughter which enabled my husband and I to continue working without any interruption. She was able to be firm but fair with our daughter around homework etc.
Maggie has strong opinions around child rearing which a lot of parents would appreciate- she runs a streamlined, clean, tidy, and fun home and she uses her imagination to good effect when it comes to entertaining kids. She was friendly with us the parents and we still maintain close contact even though she has moved to a different county we visit each other regularly. She is also a wizard when it comes to getting kids toys to work. The number of our children’s toys she has revived is amazing!
Her time keeping was impeccable and her work ethic is really good. She even booked her hospital and dental appointments at weekends in order not to impact on our routines.
I would recommend Maggie to other families as a nanny.

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