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"This nanny is really terrible, like some pretentious old princess. Her age and other information were all altered and fake, and the real facts differ by a lot. She is actually over 60 years old. She kept going on about how great Americans are, in an extremely fawning way. While taking care of the baby, she was always on her phone. She would not even put it down when feeding milk, and she choked my child twice. I told her about it and she did not change. She also dressed very sexy and revealing, walking around my house like that, and wore a sexy transparent nightgown while video chatting with men, flirting with them, deliberately using a cutesy voice, and talking for one or two hours at a time, saying a lot of disgusting vulgar things. I really do not understand how someone in her 60s can still be so flirtatious. Her mind was not on the baby at all. In the end I truly could not tolerate it anymore and kicked her out."

"Our five-month working relationship has come to an end. Thank you, Sister Jiahui, for your wise service. From when the baby was two months old, he kept crying and needed to be held to sleep. Now he has become an excellent baby who can successfully sleep independently, keep a regular routine, and even self-soothe to sleep. The key point is that he gets very sufficient sleep. His fine motor and gross motor development are also ahead. She also shared with us many of the latest parenting methods and successfully weaned him off the pacifier. Now our baby is the kind of angel baby everyone thinks is super easy to care for. During this time, humane sleep training, careful observation, preparation of complementary foods, movement teaching, and language teaching were all handled single-handedly by Sister Jiahui. Every time the little baby sees her, he is very happy. Also, the baby’s attention span is quite stable. These are all greatly due to stable training and a regular routine, and they also helped us avoid developing bad caregiving habits. Besides that, the key point is that Sister Jiahui is also very loving and truly likes children very much. If you want a baby who will be easy to care for in the long run, a baby who is ahead in development, and you are willing to listen to the caregiver’s advice, you are welcome to book quickly. Many of my friends couldn’t get a slot and felt very regretful about it."

"It was only when we became parents for the first time that we truly understood that postpartum confinement is not something you can just “push through and get over with.” The period after our baby was born was almost complete chaos for us. We couldn’t tell day from night. Feeding, changing diapers, soothing the baby to sleep—every single task felt like a test. Especially in those first few days postpartum, the atmosphere at home was very tense. Everyone was exhausted, but we didn’t know how to adjust. Later, after Auntie Li came, the whole household gradually became stable. On her first day, she didn’t waste time on formalities. She naturally started arranging routines for both the baby and the mother. When to feed, how to monitor jaundice, what bath water temperature was appropriate, how to reduce the baby’s startle-waking at night—she handled everything very skillfully. What was most valuable was that she was very detail-oriented, but never made people feel pressured. When the baby cried, she could quickly tell the reason; when the mother felt emotionally low, she would patiently chat and comfort her. Many problems we were encountering for the first time, she had already anticipated and taken care of, which saved us from a lot of unnecessary detours. What I remember especially clearly from that time was the sound from the kitchen every morning. She would get up very early to prepare postpartum meals. The soups, hydration, and nutritional balance were all carefully planned, and she would adjust them according to the mother’s recovery. Our home finally no longer felt like a battlefield, and slowly began to regain a rhythm of daily life. Under her care, the baby was doing very well the whole time, sleeping much more regularly and becoming stronger and sturdier. As first-time parents, it was also through her step-by-step guidance that we gradually built up our confidence. What truly matters about a postpartum nanny is not just knowing how to care for a baby. It is that during the time when a family is most exhausted and most prone to anxiety, having an experienced and emotionally steady person by your side makes so many things feel much more reassuring. Auntie Xu is exactly that kind of person. Serious, dependable, and patient; responsible toward the baby and also very caring toward the mother. After spending time with her, she no longer felt like “someone we hired,” but more like a trusted elder in the family. Looking back now, those hardest days really were much easier because she was there. We are also very grateful that she accompanied us through such an important period in our lives."