Meet Our Baby Nurses
Baby Nurses, Newborn Specialists, and Night Nannies
Sherry
An extremely warm and nurturing Newborn specialist, she has been providing child care for Phoenix area families for over a dozen years! "She is much more dedicated than anyone else," reports a Mom of triplets. "She is very gentle, never loses her temper, easy going, is able to bond with children, very honest and easy to get along with. She handled triplets screaming at the same time very well. Other people thought it was too stressful, but Sherry loved it." Sherry was a night nanny for newborn triplets full time 40 to 50 hours per week for three or four months until they were sleeping through the night then she switched to days to care for them for a total of 4 years full time. She also was a night nanny for a second set of triplets for two to three months. Sherry is very emotionally connected, open and soft-spoken. She gets very attached to her families and keeps in touch. "She visits them on her off hours and takes them places without getting paid," reports another employer. "She truly loves the kids and wants to spend time with them. I don't know how I would have gotten through the first three years without her. The kids love her." She and her husband will be celebrating their 25th Wedding Anniversary, and they have three grown children.
Cyndi
Cyndi is the mother of six lovely young people ages 29 to 15. She's been a Baby Nurse for the last 12 years and she says that with her own six, she made every mistake in the book with number one and got it progressively right with number six. She perfected the art of scheduling babies and has a passion for helping other Moms. She understands the importance of it. "Its schedule, schedule, schedule," she laughs. A baby is a welcome addition , but cant run the show from the start. Cyndi is able to consult over the phone, gives private seminars or provide hands on help at night. "Im on a mission to work my way out the door. To help you have a schedule 24/7 and to eliminate the night feedings. Cyndi works successfully with breast and bottle feeding Moms. Cyndi enjoys staying in contact with her Moms even after she's no longer in their homes. Families who use Cyndi say, "You come highly recommended. I don't even need to interview you. I just want to give you my dates and know that you'll be there." Cyndi says "If the Moms are working with me, teaming up we can get the job done. Cyndi has helped over 80 families and will provide references on request.
Nancy
Nancy is a warm and dedicated Night Nanny who has worked through reflux and colic and five pound preemies with patience and calm. She has assisted many families in getting their newborns on a good schedule. Nancy is a natural "Baby Person." You feel so needed with an infant. I can't tell you how much I care for newborns." Nancy herself had three boys in as many years, and has done a wonderful job of raising them. Her background is in catering, banquet services, nannying and consignment shop owner, but she realized that these jobs weren't "making a difference", and after her husband's death in the Fall of '05, she decided to focus on caring for children. She has been nannying for 18 years, and Night Nannying since '01. Nancy's enthusiasm and easygoing nature with children of all ages can be seen in the way she understands a newborns ever-changing needs. Her warmth and love for children is heartwarming and obvious. "I'm really well suited for Night Nanny work because I function really well at night," she reports with a smile.
Mindy
An emergency room nurse for 23 years specializing in pediatrics! At this time in her life, she enjoys a less stressful environment and she LOVES newborns. "A top-notch nurse," reports a co-worker. "Vivacious, very caring, good with people. She sees things that others miss. Especially good with babies." Mindy is available for short term live-in care, days or nights. She's very flexible as she lives alone. Mindy is warm, friendly, professional with a very upbeat, bubbly personality. When her children were young, she ran a home day care and was a teacher's aide for special education children for four years. Mindy is extremely knowledgeable about infants, preemies and all kinds of medical problems. She currently does ambulance and helicopter triage work through AIR EVAC, and has worked in several emergency departments, and trauma centers. She's held several management level supervisory positions. She has been a charge nurse and assistant director of nursing and loves the nursing field.
Erika
A confident, knowledgeable Baby Nurse and Nanny with twelve years experience. Twice she has been a night nanny for newborn quadruplets from birth until they were sleeping 7 to 7, first as part of a team, and the second time, by herself, five nights per week. She has her Doula Certificate, her EMT Certificate, has apprenticed with a midwife, and helped with several births. She is competent with apnea monitors, and is very knowledgeable about developmental stages, is very nurturing. "Erika is poised, gracious, very well-spoken, has a lot of common sense, is proactive, and always seems to know what to do in any situation," reports a former employer. She's currently finishing up a year as a full-time nanny for a newborn with a family that travels extensively. Erika has a fun laugh, is very high energy, and is a kid magnet. She loves working out, socializing with family and friends and watching Diego, her current charge, learning to walk. She bonds very closely with the children she cares for.
Beverly
Beverly is a warm, dedicated Night Nanny who has worked with many Phoenix families and their precious newborns for the past two years. Her experience as a nanny for the past nine years has made her a huge asset to families with newborns. A former employer tells us that Beverly is "cheerful, very pleasant, tremendously caring, and very levelheaded". The mother of two week old reports that Beverly was experienced, flexible to stay late, I could trust her completely. She really enjoys babies, is caring and concerned." Beverly is professional, an excellent communicator, enthusiastic, with a calm demeanor.
Beverly's pitch-in attitude has been an amazing help to the families that she has worked with. A family with premature twins and a 22 month old toddler tells us that "she not only takes care of our children, but has taken it upon herself to help with organizing our home and creating a schedule with the twins. When she leaves each day we sigh with relief and feel at peace knowing that all of our family has been pampered, and that she will come the next morning." Beverly raised three children and has two grandchildren, 4 and 11. In her spare time, Beverly enjoys remodeling homes and investing in real estate along with her son.
Sandra
A Registered Nurse for two decades, she specialized in Maternity and Newborn Care for 15 of those years! "She is very open and honest, patient and dedicated to her job," reports a Maternity/OB RN who "swaps kids" with Sandra frequently. "She will put in the extra mile to get things done right." She was a Childbirth Class community Coordinator, teaching childbirth, breastfeeding and baby care classes, as well as recruiting, training and supervising the instructors for the maternity department.
Sandra is a lactation educator, with 15 years experience helping women breastfeed. She always does a lot of teaching with her work. She managed and supervised 14 instructors and developed new curriculum for the program. She was an RN from ‘93 to ‘03 on the postpartum and later couplet (Mother/Baby) care unit. She is a certified lactation educator and childbirth instructor. On this unit, she was also the Childbirth Class Coordinator. This dedicated, loving, creative nurse has been taking classes at night for the past 7 years to receive her K-12 teaching certificate in anticipation of leaving hospital work. She will receive her certification by December 06, and begin teaching by Fall of 07. She plans to substitute teach, enabling her to be on the same schedule as her 8,10 and 12 year old children and husband of 13 years, Butch. Sandra is very interested in pursuing her 'first love' of Maternal- Child Health one on one with Mothers and newborns. She is currently taking classes to be a Certified Aroma Therapist and extols the virtues of Camphor and Lavender to soothe, relax and calm both Mother and Baby.
Barb
Barb has been a nanny with Caring Nannies since 1989, and has specialized in Baby Nursing for the last three years working with newborn twins, and singles. She is trained in apnea monitoring, widely read and committed to continually upgrade her skills. She is warm, friendly, professional and knowledgeable. A former employer who used her for newborn preemie twins who had reflux felt that she was "the perfect Baby Nanny! Like a Grandma with your kids. She's super calm with the twins, very kind, very patient." Another family with newborn twins felt that she was very caring, always tuned into how they were progressing. "We asked her for input and she was helpful, but not pushy.
Another past employer remarked that Barb was "even-keeled, her manner is very pleasant "very sweet, good with the kids, she offered suggestions, but did what I wanted. These twins also had problems with reflux. She is "very personable, very bubbly, likes to do extras like folding laundry," remarked another family. These four pound preemie twins were on monitors. She was very loving, very gentle, always asked questions, gave advice when we asked questions, was diligent about filling out feeding logs. She worked holidays for us." Barb prefers to work nights.
Nancy
The mother of a 5 year old girl (plus three teenagers) who was a one pound, one ounce micro-preemie at birth. Assisting the nurses in the hospital, she quickly became proficient with tube feedings, suctioning and changing dressings. Four months later they arrived home with an apnea monitor, a heart monitor, an oxygen tank, and a four pound baby girl.
Nancy is a passionate, dedicated Night Nanny, who has been helping families with their newborns over the past year and a half. For several years, she was the assistant infant room teacher in a prestigious Early Childhood Center but has been very popular as she is now focused on Night Nannying. "She is warm, caring, loving and responsible," remarked one of her parents, "She is an exceptional, professional team player. She was mindful of my specific wishes for the baby, she brought developmental milestones to my attention...she is a gem"
Another past employer remarked that Nancy handles every situation with calm. "She is warm, fuzzy, and caring, nothing rattles her. So helpful, very maternal, awesome, she does it all."
Another Mom remarked that Nancy was, "of all the teachers for all my kids, she is my favorite--out of 10! She's very happy, and positive, empathetic and loving. My daughter was teething and fussy, and she handled it really well."
Nancy loves babies, and she loves them like her own. She is a happy, bubbly, competent Baby Nurse. She married her high school sweetheart and they have worked together at a family business most of their marriage. She's always taken care of the secretarial, administrative end of it. She is available for temporary Baby Nurse assignments in the North Scottsdale area at night and some day time hours when her daughter is in school.
Jamie
A warm and experienced Night Nanny, she has helped many Scottsdale and Phoenix families and their newborn infants over the past nine years, including newborn preemie quads, triplets and twins. Jamie is a college student majoring in marketing and lives in a guest house in the Arcadia area. She was a baby nurse for this family and after their son was sleeping through the night, they invited her to move in and be their full-time nanny. Chase and Evan are now two and a half and five, and Jamie has become part of the family. The boys are going to preschool, so she is again available. She was a Nanny for twins from two weeks to age two, and a Night Nanny for triplets. A former employer tell us," Jamie is fabulous, incredible, very interactive, very outgoing, truly incredible. She is very helpful, helped with dishes, laundry, a hard worker, with enthusiasm. She was always very calm, never saw her get upset, very, very patient. They just loved her." In her spare time, Jamie enjoys working out, writing poetry, skiing and socializing with friends.
Vickie
Vickie has eight years experience as a nanny, caring for ages newborn to school age. "She is very caring, creative, quiet, loving, intelligent, honest, and thoughtful," reports a former employer. "Another family would be very lucky to have her." The mother of two week old infant twins tells us that Vicki "is a very warm, caring person and has great judgment. She listens and asks for parent's wants and needs. I cried when she left. We loved her. She never seemed stressed. She is warm friendly, loving and nurturing." Vicki stayed with this family till the twins were two years old. Subsequently, she cared for another infant for two years. Since Vicki has three young children of her own, she prefers Night Nanny work, and is able to go valley wide. A current employee tells us about Vicki, "She is great, really wonderful! So knowledgeable, she's amazing. She presents ideas, but doesn't force her ideas on me. I feel so comfortable with her that I can sleep because I know she's taking care of my son and me. She's a Godsend to me! She truly loves children!" Vicki is comfortable giving breastfeeding support, knowledgeable with reflux, colic, swaddling, has many techniques for soothing fussy babies. She is lovely, calm, articulate, well educated. Her husband is a business analyst and she's been a full time homemaker for the past one to two years, and has been involved in volunteer work. Originally from Zimbabwe since 1999, Vicki grew up in a close, loving family of eight children on a farm. Her dad raised corn, cotton, wheat, cattle and pigs. He now sells agricultural chemicals, but "his passion is farming", Vicki smiles.
Dana
For four years, Dana worked as a postpartum nurse, providing couplet care at both Arrowhead and Maryville Hospitals. She is currently working part-time as a case manager for the Division of Developmental Disabilities. She's open to days, nights or 24 hours. This fall, she'll be starting her master's program at ASU in Social Work to be a Bereavement Program Coordinator. A few years ago, she went through the personal loss of a handicapped child, which is steering her future goals. She has not worked professionally since the birth of her daughter in 02, as she stayed home to care for both children. Dana has a BA in Elementary Education with a minor in early childhood education and taught second grade for three years in Buckeye from 93 to 96.
Dana is vibrant, warm, endearing, outgoing, and an excellent communicator with a very professional presentation. She is very enthusiastic and professional.
Nancy
Nancy is a warm, devoted Nanny who now has over 25,000 hours of Baby Nurse experience! She has developed a Baby Boot Camp for pre and post partum mothers. She loves the awesome feeling of peace and contentment that comes with a new life and being involved in a family at a time of such joy. Nancy is sweet, professional, and knowledgeable, with over 15 years of experience. "We were comfortable with her immediately," reports a former employer. "She came in with her own ideas, but accommodated to our wishes." "She was wonderful", remarked the parents of newborn twins, who used her at night for three months. "She was proactive, happy to work extra, efficient, very businesslike, very loving with the babies. She'd do research when we had problems and throw out suggestions. She helped us finalize our "training" ...very encouraging, very even keeled, and levelheaded." Nancy was an advertising design layout artist for Sears and had her own naturopath business. In her free time, she enjoys remodeling homes and has finished five, including the plumbing, electrical, and painting. She is currently drawing up plans to double the size of her own home and will do most of the work herself. She is available for around the clock assignments anywhere in the US, and locally at nights or days and for Baby Boot Camp assignments, where she does hands on teaching with Moms in the privacy of their own homes. Nancy is generous, creative, polished, with a tremendous love of life. She has raised three boys and has and two grandchildren.
Abigail
An experienced twins nanny and Baby Nurse, since 1991, Abigail is extremely personable, genuine, warm, smiles easily, and is knowledgeable and professional. Our agency began placing her in 1996. A family who used her for newborn twins remarked that Abby has a "passion, truly loves the babies and it shows. She's always cheerful! I have gone through 12 nannies, and she's the best I've had. She's really pleasant, and always comes in with a smile. She's really good about getting the babies to sleep on a schedule." One of Abigail's tricks is to rub the baby's eyebrows and sing to them to get them to go to sleep. She walked me through the bathing routine. Clayton had a problem with reflux and she told us to take him to the Doctor. Lauren did also, but wasn't arching her back, and she told us that Lauren was OK. Later the Doctor confirmed that she was right. She will do research on a problem, then come back to me the next day and ask more questions. So many people comment that our babies are unusually happy. It's because of Abby. She has that 6th sense-intuitiveness."
Another family with infant twins was appreciative that Abby was instrumental in getting the babies onto a proper sleep schedule." It became very obvious how much she truly enjoys working with babies."
Abigail was born in Guatemala and came to California when she was 21. She has a work permit and will have full citizenship in '08. She's single, and has no children of her own. Abigail is currently studying to get her Doula certificate. She is available for 24 hours, or just days or nights.
Alta
Originally from the Philippines, Alta is a cheery, brilliant nursing student at Gateway Community College. She graduated from high school at age 14 and five years later she had a BS/BA in Business Management. She currently has an AA Degree in nursing and plans to complete her RN in August of '07 and become a pediatric nurse or a Physician's Assistant. Alta is focused, intelligent, warm and professional. When her daughter was one month old, she got an extreme case of colic and cried every night from 6 to midnight. At our interview, Alta expressed a devoted love for infants. She has a TB skin test, her CNA certificate, and a fingerprint clearance card. As a CNA, she works for a registry with critically ill infants. She has hands on experience with them on 12 hour shifts, monitoring their temperature and administering breathing treatments
Alta was raised in a successful family of seven children. The Dad was able to send all seven children through college, owning a fruit and animal farm in the Philippines. His 'military' philosophy was straightforward, strict and loving. All of her siblings graduated early and are in professional careers. They had daily chores around the farm seven days a week, and were admonished to fall in line and receive all the benefits of a good education or go out on their own. The family is very close and loving and has annual reunions. Alta's husband works for Homeland Security.
Sue Ann
"I grew up in a large, Kentucky family, we were poor, but we didn't know it," she laughs. She got her RN degree, and after her fifth child went to school, she began working in Maryville Hospital in the newborn nursery. Although she has now officially retired, she still works there three days a month because she enjoys the infants so much, and loves her job. Her supervisor states, "She really cares about her patients. She cares about being a nurse. She is very compassionate, a good conversationalist, and smiles easily." Sue Ann is available part time, preferring just a couple nights per week.
Margo
Margo has 25 years experience as an RN with Mom/Infant Couplet Care, Newborn Nursery and Neonatal Intensive Care experience. She is a Lactation Consultant and a Certified Nutrition Educator. "She is really good with the parents as well as the baby," reports the Mother of a singleton. "She is accommodating and listens to our needs. She takes away the fear factor. She is very gentle, pleasant and unobtrusive." Margo brings to her Baby Nurse jobs a sense of humor, compassion, calm and lots of teaching and explaining. She takes great pleasure in steering Moms towards confidence with their newborns. "The most important part of my work is to make a positive difference in people's lives. I provide a safe, nurturing environment for the family". Margo currently resides in California, and is planning to relocate to Phoenix. She is available to travel nationwide.
Lisa
For over twenty years, Lisa has been nurturing newborns and educating parents as a nanny for newborns. "My son actually slept calmly, sweetly, as he had never done before," reports a Mom of a one month olds with severe reflux. "My heart was lightened and a frightened new Mom's postpartum saw signs of hope. Lisa gave me that hope." Lisa resides with her husband in Dallas and is available for 24 hour placements nationwide. Lisa will reinforce your parenting style and if you don't have one, Lisa can help you synchronize wake time, feeding and sleeping cycles to achieve the routine of a baby calming herself and sleeping through the night. She is not rigid and has a very personable and loving demeanor. We have been told that her service is "invaluable and trustworthy." Lisa was a keynote speaker at the National INA Convention this year, instructing nannies in Newborn Care. She books up quickly.
Bernadette
Originally from England, Bernadette is a fabulous career nanny with 23 years of caring for beloved Phoenix families and an amazing skill set. She has cared for twins, triplets with serious medical conditions, as well as quads. She is amazingly patient, calm and knowledgeable. "She was wonderful!" exclaimed the Mom of an infant. "Down to earth, genuine. She really cared about the baby." The Mother of newborn twins exclaimed, "Snap her up! Don't go for anyone else. She's fabulous. We were overwhelmed. At first I didn't realize how good she was. She's totally professional. She's a twin herself." Another family exclaims, "I highly recommend her! She knows all the tricks of the trade. I have no worries at night. She lets us know how the night went. She's concerned about them. "Bernadette has a teenaged daughter and lives in North Central Phoenix. In her free time, Bernie enjoys old movies, volleyball, and traveling.
Holly
Raised on a Kansas farm in a large, loving family of six children, this confident, experienced nursing student has 7 years experience nannying, including extensive experience with newborns over the past year. One of her past employers, a Mom of newborn twins, states: "We just loved her! She was wonderful. She was great with my girls. They felt comfortable with her. She was caring and responsible. She was a Godsend to us. Her medical skills made me feel confident." Another Mom of newborn twins is quoted as saying," She is very dependable, and knowledgeable and she knows a lot about infants and health, and has an extensive background working with babies." In her free time, Holly enjoys playing in volleyball leagues and trying out new recipes. She is available for Baby Nurse assignments in the North Valley. She has been married three and a half years . Her husband has a teaching degree, but is back in school also. Holly plans to become a Nurse Practitioner.
Jill
Her face lights up when she talks about her love for children. From the age of 14 to 17, Jill worked at Sunrise Preschool, starting in the Baby room. For the next two years, she nannied for a family of (eventually) seven she'd met through the preschool. Jill is currently a Night Nanny for an infant with a gastro intestinal tube.
Jill is interning in labor and delivery at John C Lincoln Hospital as part of her fast-track nursing program. "Most of the cases are respiratory problems, below NICU level," she tells us. At the same time, she's in Pediatrics.
This warm, friendly clean-cut nursing student smiles easily and is very personable and devoted. She has worked as a CNA in geriatrics for the past three years, after getting her certification at SCC. "It's really helpful to work as a CNA before going into nursing," she reports, "because it's really vital to know how much your CNA can do for you. They're like your eyes and ears".
Jill is healthy, happy, enjoys clean living habits, was raised in Scottsdale with one sister and four brothers. "I had a good Mamma," she smiles. Jill lives with a girl friend, she loves to be outside, exercise, and take trips out of town.
