I whole heartedly give Arlene Maynard my highest recommendation as a reliable, trustworthy, knowledgable and kind caregiver for your children. My husband Anderson Libert and I employed her from June to November 2017. She was instrumental in helping us transition into family-of-four life starting the day we arrived home from the NICU with our preemie twins. She was employed with us as a baby nurse for the first two weeks and then transitioned into a night nurse role. She was such a valued employee that we decided to extend her contract an extra 6 weeks from our original agreement of 16 weeks!

Arlene is extremely professional, never once arriving late – not even by a minute – which matters after a very long day with twins. She was always very courteous to my husband, our guests and me, and she respected our privacy. She maintains a high level of personal and professional integrity.

Arlene has tremendous knowledge about newborns and babies; I often relied on her insights over our doctor’s when it came to feeding, sleeping, milestones and development. She answered countless questions for me, relying on her two decades of experience as a night nurse – specializing in twins – as well as relying on the countless books she has read. She stays up-to-date on current recommendations like those from the AAP as well as sleep training methodologies. If she wasn’t sure of the answer to a question, often she would research for me and report back in the morning.

Arlene was very patient with my interest in breastfeeding, which is challenging for twin moms, and was supportive of all decisions I made. She was also patient with my interest in providing a non-toxic/organic environment in our home. If the babies needed a certain product, she would help me research an organic version of the product. On that note – I thought I was prepared with all the baby things I needed prior to their arrival but boy was I wrong; Arlene guided us towards all the little and big things to make our lives easier, from recommending better bottles to twin-specific feeding gear.

Most importantly, Arlene was absolutely amazing with our babies. A tired, screaming baby would turn quiet and content once in her care. She expertly and patiently fed them every 3 hours at night those first couple of months. She was the first to notice when our son had a fever and coached this worried parent through what to do next. Thanks to Arlene’s sleep training methods, our babies now sleep 12 hours at night, wake up quiet and patiently waiting for us in the morning, and are very content with an easy-tomanage schedule of eating every 4 hours during the day. Even our friends of single babies are quiet jealous of this schedule!

Jessica