TestimonialsAt Do-It-Yourself Nanny Search and Safe and Sound Nannies, we work hard to exceed our customer's
expectations. We are proud to share the following testimonials.
If you would like to personally speak to any of the individuals below
(or others from our extensive list of satisfied customers) please
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Dear Ann: What I love about this program is that I can immediately narrow it down by those who did not fill out complete profiles, or those who just emailed me directly and didn't follow the directions to go to the site. That has kicked a third of the people out already. Then, if they can make it past the "can follow basic directions" portion I look at the personality profile to see if they have good nanny qualities. Your program has helped me immensely in this process! Thank you!! Kendall McMahon, Del Sur Dear Ann: I just wanted to say thank you to you and Meredith for helping us find our nanny, Andrea. When I contacted you, our family was in quite a childcare crisis, and your compassion and responsiveness were invaluable and instantly calming. I was attracted to your unique approach to screening potential nannies, and felt that the extra care you took to find a good match for our parenting style and our family saved us much time, worry, and anxiety. I felt comfortable right away, and never expected to. While we later found ourselves in circumstances where we no longer needed a nanny, we continue to have a great relationship with Andrea, and I have been happy to recommend your service to several friends. You can be sure that if we ever need to find a nanny again, Safe and Sound Nannies will be our first call! Thanks again, and best of luck to you and your business. Marcy Roke, Carmel Valley "Note: This is a letter, in its entirety, from one mom to another asking about Safe and Sound Nannies. . . Hello Sindy! First, congratulations on your twins! We are on vacation right now with our Nanny that we hired through Safe and Sound Nannies. I have to say that I was very impressed with this particular agency because she asked me a lot of pointed questions to gauge what kind of person I was and what type of person that I was looking for. As a result, I got a person who was *just* what I was looking for in a Nanny (not too chatty, but very nice with a heart of gold and dependable). In the past, I have worked with two other Nanny agencies, and neither of them seemed too interested in what I was looking for, and both of them sent me people that were just "ok" and did the minimum to get by. Another thing that made me feel confident was that I was provided with a lot of background info before I even conducted an interview. And after I hired one, I was provided with just a bit more info-- before she even started work, in a very timely matter. But the info that was provided to me before the interview was sufficient enough for me to get a good idea of who she was. Overall, I highly recommend Safe and Sound Nannies because they work very closely with both the families and the nannies to make sure that it's a good, long term match. I had 4 Nannies in the past, (before my Safe & Sound Nanny)-- and none of them were "excellent" by any stretch. They all did the bare minimum and I was never completely satisfied. My current Nanny that I hired from Safe and Sound Nannies is absolutely wonderful. She is patient and caring and concientious and is always asking what else I need done, I don't want her to ever leave us! I really highly recommend Safe and Sound Nannies and wish you the best of luck! If you have any more questions, feel free to send another email! Tracey "Note: This is a letter, in its entirety, from one mom to another asking about Safe and Sound Nannies. . . Dear Gina, I can relate to your concerns. I think hiring Rose Anne to watch our son, Brock, (who is now 2) was the scariest thing I’ve ever done. I heard about Safe and Sound nannies from another new mother in my office. She and her husband knew Ann Wycoff personally and had used Ann to hire a nanny for their son. Since I had been a live-in nanny myself when I was in college, I was familiar with how the typical nanny agency works, but from the other perspective. I found Ann’s process to be much more rigorous and thorough than the one I had been put through when I was looking for a job as a nanny. When I first contacted her, Ann must have spent over an hour on the phone with me just describing her process. This was even before I engaged her services. I was comforted by her honesty about what she finds and what she might not find in the psychological screening instruments that she uses on potential applicants. I like the fact that she screens people (and eliminates a good portion of candidates) using the screening instruments over the Internet before she even meets them. Following that, if they pass the first hurdle, she interviews them in-depth in person. Her reference checking process, also, is very thorough. I was impressed that she sent me the actual notes from her conversation with Rose Anne’s previous employers and had the phone number on the page, so if I wanted to additionally verify, I could. I heard a nightmare story of a woman in my neighborhood in Carlsbad who hired a nanny through an agency only to find out later that the agency (whom she paid) had not even bother to check references with the nanny’s previous employers. The nanny had falsified information on her background sheet and my neighbor came to find out that the nanny had been accused of stealing jewelry from the previous employer. So it is important to be sure that the agency you hire is actually doing the work you are paying them to do! However, my most glowing recommendation for Ann is based on the person that she brought into our lives to care for Brock. Rose Ann is a grandmotherly-type woman who has more energy that I do. (She does children’s tea parties and clowns on the weekends, which give you insight into her disposition/personality – she’s very outgoing.) She has been a professional nanny for several decades and lived only 15 minutes from our home. She is loving, well-education on child-rearing and development, and hyper-conscious about safety and cleanliness. She was with us as Brock’s nanny for 1 year, until I cut back to working only part-time from home, and she continues to be a part of our lives. She still baby-sits Brock for us occasionally and is like another grandmother to him. I truly feel blessed to have found her. Knowing she was with Brock during the day and trusting her judgment implicitly made it so much easier to leave him and go to work. She started caring for Brock right before his first birthday and left us right before his second birthday. I hope this is useful information to you. Good luck with your search and with going back to work. I cried every day on the way to work for a week when I first went back (and this was when my own mother was watching Brock!) so I know it’s a difficult transition. It does get better, though. Sincerely, Karma Bass "I am writing to thank you for the service you and your nanny agency provided for me as a nanny seeking a position in the San Diego area. I have recently started working for the family that you referred me to and am pleased with my position there as a nanny. I felt you were very fair with your screening process and appreciated the professional manner in which it was carried out. You told me what kinds of questions would be asked, you had a form available online, you were easy to contact regarding questions, and you didn’t seek to waste my time or the family’s time by giving false leads or impressions. I felt that you as a professional in the agency directed me towards a family that had the kind of situation I was looking for and that was important to me. I also felt that you were outstanding in the area of follow-up. I was able to e-mail you with a situation that came up after the initial hiring and you were more than willing to both listen and help with the situation at hand as was possible. The fact that you sent out a contract to the family and gave me a copy of it as well was very helpful in negotiations following hiring. In this day and age when good positions are difficult to find even when a person is well-qualified, and when families have a basic distrust of household help, I found it refreshing that an agency was available that could lessen the gap between employer and employee in the nanny-family relationship. Thank you for your professional service and attention to the details." -- Sarah Ann Carpenter, Professional Nanny "I want to say thank you. I am so happy with this family. I appreciate the job you have done. You checked my background, and I don't know how you found this kind of family, but I am very happy here. Thank you!" -- Griselda Salazar, Professional Nanny "Dear Ann and Meredith, Rob and I wanted to take a moment to sincerely thank you for all that you did to help us find a nanny who is such a terrific fit for our family. Working with you is a pleasure and we could not be more pleased with Shannon. We truly appreciated your responsiveness in returning emails and phone calls, and your kindness and patience with us as we went through the process. You really listened to us and made our family’s needs a top priority, assuring us that we would find the right person (even under our unusual circumstances!) Your expertise saved us tons of time – and although we thought surely we would not be one of your families who hired the first nanny they interviewed, we did. Shannon arrived for our interview already briefed on our dual home-office situation and had just the right blend of compassion, baby experience and sense of humor to take care of our little one. We have many friends who have used your company to find a nanny and
they all rave about you as well. We will continue to pass your name
along to our friends, as you have certainly proven to be experts in
your field. Sincerest thanks." -- Lauren and Rob,
Carmel Valley, San Diego "Safe and Sound Nannies has been a wonderful service for my family. The personalized service, attention to detail, personality profile and thorough reference checks make Safe and Sound Nannies head and shoulders above the rest. I love the two nannies they have sent me over the years. And I know that I can refer this company to any of my friends without hesitation because they consistently offer high quality service to all their clients. Good nannies seem to know the difference too, because they are drawn to Safe and Sound Nannies and like the efficient matching process. In short, I wouldn't trust anyone else in town to help me make such an important family decision. They are the best!" -- Julia Holladay, owner, Mystery Cafe, downtown San Diego
Safe and Sound Nannies has an extensive list of San Diego families who have used our service and who would be happy to talk with you about their experience! If you would like to talk to any of our references, please call us at (858) 551-8080 and we will provide you with their contact information.
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