To Whom It May Concern:

I would highly recommend Magdalena Nicholson as a night nanny. Magda came into my family’s lives when we became first-time parents in a city where we had no family and friends nearby. In August 2019, our daughter arrived via a relatively difficult delivery, and Magda was our night nanny starting on our first night home. She was everything we needed, both support for baby as well as for us. Magda listened to what we wanted and respected our wishes without judgement. She stayed where baby slept, whether that was in our master bedroom room or in the nursery.
Magda’s responsibilities included preparing and feeding baby expressed breast milk, waking me up to nurse at certain times, changing diapers, cleaning and sanitizing any bottles and pump parts, and soothing and putting to sleep baby. All this without waking up my husband! Magda was always on time, responsive to communications, and respected our parenting choices. Through experience, Magda was also able to aptly read baby’s cues and adjust care accordingly. From August to October 2019 (twice a week for eight weeks from 9pm to 6am), Magda helped us understand newborn sleeping patterns, cues, and tendencies. By the end of our time together, our daughter was sleeping through the night, waking up 1-2 times in the night.
What impressed me most about Magda was her constant thirst for more information. One of the first things she always asked when arriving at night was how did the day go and the previous nights she wasn’t there. In addition, if we expressed a minor worry or mentioned something, Magda would do research on her own to help educate us on the latest information that was available. For example, we were fumbling in the dark when trying
to put our daughter down to sleep at night. Magda suggested we use a red light bulb since the color doesn’t disrupt newborn sleep. Something we never would have known about had it not been for Magda!
Magda is a patient, caring, and respectful nanny that we would have loved to work with indefinitely had it been feasible, budget-wise. She always left the nursery neat and tidy and was very quiet coming and going. She always emailed her notes to us later that morning detailing exactly what happened the night before and when. Magda was also very flexible and able to work with us when we had a change in the schedule. Magda also forwarded us resources for finding and validating permanent child care (which we eventually used!).
She also continued to share with us useful information regarding infant feeding and sleeping. Again, I highly recommend Magda’s services to anyone looking for quality child care or new-mother care. Please feel free to
contact me directly if you have any questions.

Sincerely,
Irene N.