Shayla S.
Looking for work as a babysitter or nanny
- 2 years paid experience
- Babysitter in Athens, GA 30601
Meet Shayla
- Comfortable with pets
- Has a car
Hello, my name is Shayla Selon. I am a 21-year-old college student attending the university of Georgia studying to become a speech-language pathologist, or an audiologist. In both children and adults I am CPR, first aid, and AED certified with Red Cross. I am a fun, playful, lovable young adult, who loves interacting with kids and has been told she has a great connection of children. My experience comes from shadowing and helping my grandma babysit my sister and cousins over the summer since I was 12 to 18. During my sophomore and junior of high school, I was in an early education class where there was a daycare with 2 to 4 years old I would interact with them three days a week. We would do different activities with them For example, we would go on the go outside on the playground, make art projects, helped them with their Read more ABCs and counting. Since joining the site, parents have trusted me to watch their Two and four year old siblings. Occasionally, I also watch sisters that are five and 10 years old. Most recently I’ve been trusted take care of a six month old for the day and the allowed me to bring her to my apartment since the grandmother was at work, and the mother was traveling. I love the way their minds work. They are so smart and so intelligent at such a young age is very interesting. I will care and look after your children as if they are my own. I will actively report if anything happens and would love to be known of any allergies or any fears that they may have that prevent them from having good time under my care. I would love to get to know your children have fun we can build Legos or we can crochet anything you wanna do I’m down. I hope you have a beautiful day and hope that you contact me soon.
Trust & safety
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Enhanced Criminal
Never run.
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Basic Criminal
Completed 12/22/2024. Contact the caregiver directly to see the report.
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Motor Vehicle Records
Expired on 01/15/2025
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First aid certification
Certification is self-reported and not verified. Verify directly with the sitter.
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CPR certification
Certification is self-reported and not verified. Verify directly with the sitter.
Availability
Babysitter
- Generally available mornings, afternoons, evenings, late nights and weekends
- Daytime care availability during summer months
- After school care availability
Nanny
- Willing to consider working as a live in care provider
- Willing to consider either a part time or full time position
- Seeking Summer Position, Short-term (1 to 3 months) employment
- Available to start on 6/23/2024
- My availability is valid through 8/10/24
- Willing to consider working as a live in care provider
- Willing to consider either a part time or full time position
- Seeking Summer Position, Short-term (1 to 3 months) employment
- Available to start on 6/23/2024
- My availability is valid through 8/10/24
Caitlyn C.
1/30/2025
Shayla is such a blessing. She is so wonderful with my two boys ( 18 months and 4 years) and her experience in speech pathology has helped tremendously with my oldest, who currently attends special sessions. She is reliable, experienced, and communicates consistently. She can handle anything my kids have going on, from potty training to bringing fun, education activities when she comes over. If you get the ability to hire her as your baby sitter, you will be able to work/ go out with ease knowing your little ones are in good hands. And best way to know she is great- my kids love her!
Gussie P.
1/28/2025
Shayla is PHENOMENAL!! We have a 3 year old child with autism and a 1 year old with sensory issues. Both of them took to Shayla very easily… and they are very much “stranger danger” children who don’t usually talk to new people often. Our 3 year old was ignoring Shayla’s request to pick up something he threw because he was distracted. She stop the television, gave him the command and the consequence for not following the command (no tv). She made sure he followed through and then turned the tv back on. We appreciate her for being able to enforce the same way we do without even having to tell her.
Katherine D.
1/20/2025
Shayla was fantastic with our 7-month-old daughter and 3-year-old autistic son. She watched them for four days while our regular daily sitter was out of town and we will happily hire her again when needed. She was cheerful and friendly and also did great with our three unruly dogs.
Rachel O.
7/9/2024
Shayla helped us with our 1.5 and 4.5 year old boys for a full week while we were on vacation. Shayla was fantastic. We would not have enjoyed the vacation nearly as much without her. She engaged with the boys (as opposed to just "watching" them) and played with them in the water and the playground during the day, and was able to take my younger one back to the room and get him down for his naps. In the evenings, I felt comfortable leaving them in her care so my husband and I could have dinner together in the evening. I highly recommend her!
India V.
5/21/2024
Laura A.
3/31/2024
Shayla was fantastic with our kids (age 3 & 5). She knew how to engage each of them, and even brought Legos and art projects for them to work on. Highly recommend!
Experience
Willing to care for 4+ children per sitting
$15-$30/hr for the first child, $1 for each additional child
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Infants (age 0-11 months) expand
- Swaddling
- Feeding
- Changing
- Bathing
- Overnight care
- Mother's helper
- Occasional care
- Toddlers (age 1-3)
- Preschooler (age 4-5)
- Grade School (age 6-11)
- Pre-teen/ Teenage age (12+)
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Special needs expand
- Cognitive Disabilities
- Social/Emotional
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
- Autism
- Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder/Asperger Syndrome
Additional services
- Meal Preparation
- Laundry
- Light Housekeeping
- Swimming Supervision
- Crafts
- Potty Training
- Travel with Family
- Willing to run errands as needed
- Willing to drive children to events, school, appointments, or carpooling
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Homework expand
- Finishing homework
- Checking answers
- Studying for a test
- Proofreading
- Basic math
- Pre-algebra
- Elementary science
- Earth science
- Science
- English
- Essay writing
- Social studies