My wife and I enlisted Silvia to look after our infant son three days a week during a three-month period in London. She also came over on many evenings for babysitting after he was put to sleep.

We cannot recommend Silvia enough for her warmth, kindness, enthusiasm, and responsibility--we're not sure what we would have done without her. Our son fell in love with her from the get-go, and after seeing her in action it was easy to see why. She was extremely patient with him, read him books, took him on walks, played with him, fed him, changed his nappies, and was even able to successfully get him to nap--no easy task for our tireless baby. He was always excited to see her when she arrived in the morning, and there were countless times when I would hear him laughing hysterically with her during playtime.

We appreciated, as well, how flexible Silvia was with her schedule to accommodate our somewhat quirky work hours, and she happily came over for evening babysitting on last-minute notice on numerous occasions. In short, we would be more than happy to hire Silvia again on our return to London, and wholeheartedly recommend her to others.

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