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Jenna has been sitting for my two children for the last several weeks. She is always punctual and cheerful and the children enjoy her very much. She is responsible and reliable and communicates clearly. Highly recommend her. --
Barbara O.
Jenna has been babysitting for my three kids since January and has been great. She has been responsible, reliable and my children really enjoy their time with her. Jenna is working with several families and she has always been upfront about other obligations and let me know promptly if she was available for times that I needed coverage. I highly recommend Jenna as a babysitter. --
Susan I.
I had emailed Jenna asking if she was available for a particular date. She emailed back stating she was available and interested in sitting for us. We talked on the phone to set up an initial meeting to meet our family and exchange reference names. She called back a day later stating she was now not available and cancelled our meeting. Again, this sitter is unable to make and keep a commitment. --
Michelle L.
• User Response: Michelle left out the very important fact that I already had a job scheduled for the day she needed me. I let her know this and told her that I had to check with the first family to make sure the times wouldn't overlap before I could commit to working for her. When I found out that the times did conflict, I of course honored the original commitment that I had booked. I immediately let Michelle know, both via a phone message and email, that I would be unable to sit for her so she could have as much time as possible to find a sitter. I think that it is unfortunate when families use the review feature to leave negative comments for sitters that they have never met or had sit for their children. I think my responses in this situation were nothing short of professional and hope that parents look to my other reviews for a more accurate portrayal of my reliability :)
Jenna was great! She sat for our 3 kids and they really liked her. We will definately ask Jenna to come back again. --
janet b.
We hired Jenna and we are very pleased with her. She is extremely reliable, and she has our three boys under loving control. she is very flexible and easygoing and has an easy-going charachter. She loves to do games with the kids and makes sure they have fun without putting them in front of the TV... also she is really committed to do her job as good as possible. she is responsible and open for suggestions. --
Susanne v.
Jenna is a great sitter! She is responsible, responsive and great with kids. My daughter loves having her to our house and each time she has been to our house asks if Jenna can stay. I highly recommend her. --
Colleen B.
Jenna babysat for my 2 girls, and they loved her. She was prompt, and entertained them the whole time she was here. We would absolutely call Jenna to sit again. --
Vikki K.
Jenna has been very professional and completely reliable since the first time we spoke on the phone. I have been nothing but impressed with her upbeat attitude, her ability to deal with my 3 kids, and her punctuality. I know my kids will miss Jenna as we will soon have a new aupair arrive, but I am certain that if I needed Jenna to housesit or in an emergency, that she could be there for us. She is a quick learner and willing to take the kids different places to have fun. She is a pleasure to have in our home! --
Debbie F.
When we contacted Jenna we thought we had a initial agreement and agreed to wait a week to firm up details. She then said she could not fit us in our schedule. At the time she told us she just graduated college and had no job. Hopefully she is more willing to make a commitment to someone else. I have to say she was very polite and nice. --
John & Dyan K.
• User Response: Initially, John emailed me and asked if I could sit for his kids a few days a week for two hours a day. I knew that this job would not work for me since the roundtrip commute would be close to an hour and a half, and I couldn't justify that kind of travel time for such a short job. I let him know that the job wouldn't work with my schedule, and he still called me to try and push me into taking the job. I continued to let him know that I was not interested, but he persisted. He let me know about other babysitters that had sat for him and he had only negative things to say about multiple sitters. This tipped me off that this was definitely not someone I wanted to even be speaking with, and I tried to end the conversation. He wouldn't let me off the phone until I had agreed to at least think about the job. I reiterated that I was not interested but agreed to just think about it and get back to him in a week, because - short of hanging up with him - it seemed to be the only way to get out of the phone call. I never made a commitment of any kind to his family. John lives in a secluded somewhat rural area and in my opinion was having a difficult time finding a sitter and felt that bullying me into sitting for his family would be the only way to find someone. I was worried about calling him back because I felt he would continue to try and pressure me into taking the job, so I decided to email him instead. I let him know again that I would not be able to sit for him as it didn't work with my schedule. He emailed me back telling me that he was shocked to hear this because I had committed to sit for him. This seems impossible to me because I can't think of any way that I could have been more clear with him that I was not interested. He also attempted to continue to guilt me into taking the job by implying that it was my fault that I had let his family down and saying that now they'd have to start all over again. I emailed him back to apologize for any confusion, but explained that I felt I was fair and clear with him, telling him multiple times that I was not interested in the job and had agreed to only think about it after he insisted. He emailed me back agreeing that there had been a misinuderstanding but implyed that I was the one to blame for it. I didn't respond to this, figuring it was best to let it be at this point. I thought the situation was done until a few days later I received a request from him to view my background check. I thought this was very strange, as we had clearly established by now that I would NOT be sitting for his family. Upon signing onto the sittercity website, I saw that he had left this comment on my page, and was extremely frustrated because it is entirely inaccurate. First off, this man has never met me, I have never sat for his family, and have spoken to him on the phone only once. My job situation at the moment is a little complicated, and I don't appreciate that he says that I "have no job" because that is not true. I have connected with many wonderful families via this website. I can provide plenty of references that can attest to my reliability, experience, and personality and I'm happy to share these references with interested parents. I support and understand the value in parent reviews, and find it unfortunate that people like John abuse the system by writing whatever they want with no regard for the truth. Again, I encourage parents to get in touch with me for a more accurate reflection of who I am as a person and a caregiver :)
Jenna M. is a child care provider and nanny. Her skills include performing CPR. She is capable of doing laundry among other things. She is experienced working with kids who have ADHD. She is one of many child care providers and nannies in New York, NY. Jenna M. is interested in babysitting and nanny jobs.
