Ingrid R

Lovely and caring babysitter - highly recommend

Ingrid is a really lovely and caring person who took great care of my 3 young children (aged 5, 4 and 2 years) on two consecutive nights of babysitting at the hotel we were staying in London.

Ingrid was exceptional with the children, instantly forming a connection with each of them and sitting down on the floor to play with them, which is always a good sign. She took an interest in each of the children and within a couple of minutes had gotten them comfortable, allowing us to head out.

Ingrid was very punctual, arriving 5 minutes early both nights and texting beforehand to let me know she was on her way, which was a great comfort.

I would highly recommend Ingrid - we were extremely lucky to find her and were very grateful for the great job she did for us. My kids really loved having her babysit.

Richard

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by Richard about Ingrid R on 07/06/2021

She knows what she needs to do for babysitting

Ingrid babysitted our 2 and half years old son while I was in the labour ward for the second children. She only saw our son with us for 3hours the day before my due date. But she looked after our son without any troubles and our son was really happy to spend time with her.

Based on her profiles on this website she has excellent experiences and knowledge. But she knows that each family is different and respect for our procedure. Therdoefore, whenever she faces something without our instructions she contacted us in order to make sure what we want her to do.

She also constantly updated our son's photos to us during her babysitting periods. So we could see how our son spent time with her.

Additionally our second baby was delay to arrive and we needed to ask her to extend her babysitting time. However, she was pretty flexible and accepted our requirement without any complaint.

We just asked her to babysit our son only a special occations in this time. We are really happy to choose her again if we need a babysitter for future.

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by MTW about Ingrid R on 19/02/2021

Loving and gentle nanny

We were so lucky to find Ingrid for our 4-month-old son. Ingrid was incredible with him; kind, gentle and patient. She followed my routine with him as well as taking her own initiative as necessary. I had to return to work early and I was so comforted that my son was in great hands. Ingrid was great at communicating with us and regularly updated us with pictures of our son throughout the day.

She was extremely understanding that I was still feeding him and ensure he came to meet me at exact times so I could feed him. She spoke in Spanish to him, which he loved, he always had a huge smile for her on her arrival to our home. Ingrid kept our home clean and helped with our laundry and other household tasks which were so appreciated during those first few months.

I can highly recommend Ingrid as a nanny for other families. She absolutely loves babies and will treat them as if her own. We were so lucky to have her for those first few months.

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by Annmarie about Ingrid R on 16/02/2021

Kind, loving and reliable nanny

Ingrid is a truly exceptional nanny and we feel so lucky to have met her. It is clear that she is passionate about her job and has a true love for children. She loved and cared for our 6-month old baby like her own, and we completely trusted her with his care. She was always very punctual, extremely reliable and creative in doing new and fun activities with our baby. She also provided us with helpful tips and more confidence as first-time parents which we greatly appreciated.

She always had a positive and happy disposition and brought much joy into our home. Our little boy absolutely adored her and would always burst out in a huge smile when he saw her walking into our home. In addition to being our nanny, she also became a good friend. We highly recommend Ingrid and would be more than happy to serve as a reference for her.

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by ELitz about Ingrid R on 11/02/2021

Good nanny but not very professional

Ingrid worked with us since 23 October 2020 - 6 Dec 2020, on weekends on an ad hoc basis. We hired her for our 14 month old toddler and because my wife is pregnant.

This is our individual review so might not be the same for everyone. We have worked with two maternity nurses before when our son was very little whom we met on childcare, so we have a good understanding on what to expect now.

Ingrid is a good nanny because she was very good at playing with our son, our son really enjoyed his time with her. She loves interacting with children, it’s clear. She also spoke in Spanish, so that was helpful for him as he goes to a bilingual nursery. She is good at following directions but needs to be shown and told what to do hence she is not very independent in that regard. For example she didn’t make lunches and waited for my wife to do it. She is good at housekeeping duties, kept the kitchen and play area tidy. She doesn’t have a strong paediatric knowledge or about children’s development/routine but once we told her, she was able to adapt. She is a good learner.

The issues with Ingrid are - she is not punctual, and has has cancelled on us at the last minute without prior notice or good reasons, leaving us with no childcare esp given my wife is pregnant. But she is generally a good hearted person, good at basic duties. For the rate she charges we were expecting her to be a bit more professional and pro active.

The bottom line is - She loves our son and I am sorry we aren’t working together anymore because of issues as stated above but I am confident she will be of great help to whoever she works with next.

We wish her all the luck!

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by Nafih about Ingrid R on 07/12/2020

Response by Ingrid R on 08/12/2020:

Thanks for your review Nafih, but I will thank you if you can be honest and don’t try to put me down with yours words. As you really know, it’s not right all you have written here.
Your wife cancelled me all the time, she asked me to come full day or 7 hours and after some hours, she said oh sorry I won’t need you more time, I am going out or I do have an appointment or my family is coming to visit us, every different reason then finally I was no working the hours that we agreed. Most of the time she cancelled me on the same day so it was very unfair given me no enough notice. Because as you know as nanny I do plan my hours with every family so if you cancel me the same day, I lost my time when I could work with another family.

You know that happened all the weekends, and to be honest the only reason I didn’t decide to leave the job before, it was because I really loved to take care of your son.

About cooking, of course I do have experience lot of experience cooking for the children but all the time “your wife told me no to cook” because she wanted to prepare the meals for your son. That was her decision and I just respected what your wife wanted to do. I am the kind of person who respect what the parents tell me to do o no to do about their children.
I am always happy to cook for the children, as it’s part of my responsibilities as nanny.

I always do my best with every family and I did my best with you too but if your wife got upset because I decided to go out of London, I cannot do nothing about it. I think I have been very responsible and professional giving you two weeks notice before I leave the work and I didn’t repeat what you have done with me, giving no enough notice.

Thank you anyway, everything works for good so even my experience with your family, it has given me a good lesson to learn, because it’s no worthy to keep working, when I saw you have not been serious with the schedule and commitment that we made in the interview.