Jessica (24), mexicano/a, Estudiante actualmente en México quiere ser Au Pair & Niñera en Canadá, Estados Unidos, Francia, México & Suiza

I started taking care of my 4 year old cousins where I only fed them, helped them to go to the bathroom and played with them, later I took care of my friends' children who were around 1 year old until they were 3 years old, I used to take care of them in the afternoon from 13:00-19:00 pm, I bathed them, changed their clothes, fed them with formula, I had to sterilize their bottles and take care that the milk was not hot, I used to give them early stimulation exercises and I also put them to sleep. I only took care of 3 children of different friends. Then I was encouraged to take care of my neighbors' children in a formal way, since I saw that my neighbors had to go to work and there was no one to help them with the care of their children and I offered to do it, to which they accepted since they had time to know me and we lived nearby. I started with 5 year old twins whom I picked up from kindergarten, fed them light meals that their mom told me to, changed their clothes, helped them with their homework and when we finished we played with play dough or puzzles. I stopped taking care of them because their parents had to move from home to town but I still remember them with a lot of love. The first baby I took care of my neighbor was two months old and I had to learn to be sure of myself when doing the activities for his care, I bathed him taking care that the place was not cold and that the water was not too hot, I fed him with formula, I put him to sleep, she used to put him to sleep in her arms with low volume background music, I changed his clothes and we also did early stimulation exercises.
My expectations regarding the family, I know that I can adapt to a large or small family, I have no problem with that. With the ages of the children I would like to learn more about taking care of babies but I still enjoy taking care of older children. And if
you have pets, I can say that I would be comfortable with it, since I also like pets, especially dogs and if they are from a farm I would be open to learning how to care for them. I can adapt to whether it is a house or apartment and if it has a garden it would be very cool since we could spend fun times with your children but if they do not have a garden it would be incredible to be able to go to a park to be able to socialize with the other children. I have no problem with being included in family activities, in fact I would be delighted to experience things from cultures different from mine. I would also like to be able to explore the place where I arrive, as well as to be able to go to the gym and attend a course.