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"Sister Mei is very clean. After every meal, she tidies up the kitchen so nicely, which made me feel very comfortable during my postpartum confinement. Sister Mei is an excellent cook. Although she is an Inner Mongolian who used to live in Shenzhen, the Sichuan dishes she makes suit our family’s taste very well. The braised beef shank and the wontons she made with lotus root, pork, and shrimp filling were all delicious. She has extensive knowledge of postpartum meals, and the food she makes is both tasty and not likely to cause clogged milk ducts. Every day Sister Mei boiled postpartum herbal water for me to drink, which made it easy for me to meet my goal of drinking 2–3 liters of water a day. Sister Mei taught me the side-lying breastfeeding position, which made direct breastfeeding much easier for both me and my baby. By the time she finished her job, my baby and I were already working together very smoothly when it came to breastfeeding. Sister Mei is excellent at relieving clogged milk ducts. I had clogged ducts several times during my postpartum month, and each time she helped clear them in time, which helped me avoid getting mastitis. She really understands babies’ needs and has the skill to stop a baby from crying almost instantly. She accompanied us to see the ENT doctor and assisted the doctor in helping our baby get a tongue-tie release. We are very grateful to her! Sister Mei has a wide range of baby care skills—washing the baby’s face and bottom, caring for diaper rash, burping, doing gas-relief exercises, helping the baby do more tummy time, and soothing the baby to sleep—she is skilled at everything. Sister Mei has great energy and manages her time very well. She is highly efficient at both cooking and caring for the baby, and she also arranges her own rest time reasonably, which allows her to take good care of the baby both during the day and at night. We felt very at ease leaving our baby in her care. I highly recommend Sister Mei. She gave me a postpartum month with very little to worry about and enough sleep. She also cared a lot about my mental health, always encouraging me to rest more, sleep more, worry less, and keep a happy mood. This is very important for postpartum mothers!"

"I had my visa interview on January 8, 2024, and arrived in the United States on February 16. I only stayed with one client. Self-introduction: I am from Zhijiang, Hunan. I took early retirement from an educational institution in 2012. In October 2012, I started working as a maternity matron and childcare nanny, and I also studied home organization and various related skills. In the families I serve, I am an understanding auntie who notices what needs to be done and helps put your mind at ease. In 2022, I did vocational training in my city in China. I am proficient in every stage of a baby’s growth (including care for low-birth-weight babies and twins), introducing solid foods and understanding their needs, and I can cook tasty northern and southern Chinese dishes as well as flour-based breakfasts. I have worked in a postpartum care center in the U.S. as a maternity matron and cook. My cooking is light but flavorful, and I will definitely not disappoint you. Work experience: From 2012 to 2014, I worked in Huaihua, Hunan as a maternity matron and childcare nanny. In March 2015, I cared for a baby in Chongwenmen, Beijing, whose family had returned from the U.S., for one year. In May 2016, I cared for a premature baby and twin babies in Tongzhou, Beijing. In February 2018, I cared for a surrogate baby in the Qiantang River villa area of Hangzhou until the lunar new year. In December 2019, I returned home for the Spring Festival. At the beginning of 2020, when the pandemic started, I rested at home. From May 2021 to October 2023, I did vocational training at Huaihua Medical College in Hunan. At the end of 2023, I prepared for my U.S. visa. On February 16, 2024, I came to the U.S. to work as a maternity matron. In mid-May 2024, I worked in the San Francisco Bay Area as a maternity matron for two months. In July 2024, I worked in New York as a maternity matron for two months. On September 8, 2024, I cared for a baby from a Chinese-American family in Irvine, Los Angeles, for one month. In November 2024, I worked as a maternity matron in Arcadia, Los Angeles, and extended the job until the baby was 6 months old. In June 2025, I got a U.S. driver’s license. In July, I had a physical exam. In August, I worked as a maternity matron for 30 days at Three Mantou in San Francisco. In October, I worked as a maternity matron in San Francisco until December 16. In the process of caring for babies, I always focus mainly on building a foundation for growth. Prevention is more important than treatment. I pay close attention to babies’ development and growth, using the five major developmental areas in childcare as the foundation, and carefully observe each stage of a baby’s growth and development. If I discover a problem, I inform the parents and provide solutions. Gross motor development and language perception are very important stages, and every step of training must not be missed. A baby’s language training, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, and social abilities are all closely related to the parent-child activities carried out by the childcare nanny and family members. I will use all my lifelong energy to take good care of your baby."

"I want to praise my hidden-gem nanny~ Sister Sara took over as our daytime nanny after our baby was a little over 2 months old and the maternity matron finished her term. Since Sara herself also has experience as a maternity matron, she settled in very smoothly from day one. Her professionalism goes without saying—feeding, burping, bathing, baby massage, soothing to sleep, and playing with the baby are all second nature to her... We never had to worry at all. Every time we opened the baby’s room door, we would see Sara playing with her. She also carefully recorded the baby’s growth every day and kept us updated on how the baby was doing. While taking great care of the baby, Chef Sara’s daily cooking was also absolutely amazing—super, unbelievably delicious! Even though our main focus was the baby and she only made one lunch a day, we asked Sara to cook a bit extra so we could eat it for dinner too. We thought that might take more time, but Sara cooks so fast! Her record was making six dishes in a little over an hour, and none of them were sloppy—every single one was delicious! (It’s totally my fault for not taking better photos of the food... Sara really makes everything taste amazing! Compared to her, the cooking nanny I hired before was just terrible 😭) Later, when I started working out, she even kept changing things up and made me oil-free, low-sugar, low-salt, yet still super delicious fitness meals every day! Sara also has a super nice personality and is very comfortable to be around! Sincerely recommend her!"