About Mickell

Ages newborn-6 months: I have some experience with this age. From my past experiences with this age, I know how to hold, feed, burp, calm, change diapers, etc. With this age, I enjoy taking them on walks in the stroller around the neighborhood. Ages 7 months-3 years: One of the families I babysat, I watched the two children starting at ages 7 months and 3 years until they were almost 4 and 7. With this family, I got to see the children grow. I helped with the their early development including bottle feeding, nap times, walking, potty training, teaching the ABC's, transitioning into a two-wheel bike, playing pretend, and preparing them for elementary and preschool. Ages 4-6 years: I have taught dance and babysat for kids in this age group. Ages 7-11 years: During my first year of college, I watched two girls ages 7 and 10. I was in charge of carpooling, tutoring, feeding, and after school care. I watched them three times a week. On Tuesday, we would work on homework, so we could have fun the rest of the week. Since homework was assigned on Mondays and due on Fridays, the girls were always excited to be the first ones to turn in their work. On Wednesday is when the girls had sports, which I would take and pick them up from. On Thursdays, was the "free day." On "free day," we would go to the park, get hot cocoa or ice-cream, craft day, etc. The schedule was flexible if the girls didn't finish all of their homework on Tuesday, we would finish it on Thursday. With these girls, I made a star chart, if the girls got enough stars in the month they would get a special treat of their choice. Ages 12 or older: For two summers, I watched a family with twin girls age 12 and their older brother age 14. The two things I did the most with this family was swimming and taking their dogs to the dog park. Pets: All except birds and reptiles.