Nanny Poppinz of Orange County

I used this horrible company in Ft Lauderdale, FL, but did not see a listing there so I thought i would add to the other disappointed Moms here since it appears to be owned by 1 person.
Extremely disappointed with a nanny that was sent to care for my 9 month old twins. She ignored virtually every single instruction I gave her, insisted her methods regarding feeding, bathing and sleeping were better than mine, and overall did not seem to care for or even like children.
1) I asked her to feed the babies FOOD every 3 hours and she left a note that she only fed them formula once in a 6-​hour period.
2) I informed her they were on vacation & not at their own home & not yet not sleep-​trained. She insisted on starting sleep training that day and said she was helping me by doing this. Arrived home to see the nanny sprawled on the couch in the living room with BRAVO TV literally blaring. She immediately asked for payment & left when I arrived after telling me the twins were asleep. Only then did I discover that my son has been left in his crib covered in vomit. Vomit all over him, his clothes, the bedsheet, the crib itself and the floor!!! Spent the next 2 hours bathing him, washing clothes, bedsheet, sanitizing the crib and floor. When I contacted the agency and demanded they replace this person they did not seem apologetic at all. The next day I found out Nanny Poppinz lied to her, saying I decided to leave town instead of telling her she was a nightmare, negligent and incompetent. Another nanny was sent the next day and she was better than nurse ratchet, but I will never use this agency again.

I am a mom who is very concerned that this agency does not check the nannies references before sending them on interviews. My former nanny went on several interviews for jobs in orange county and they NEVER called me or her former employer to check references which is 101 Hiring. As a mother, I feel angry to think this agency is not doing what families think they are paying for. Now my nanny would have received glowing recommendations from me and her previous employer but how is it that they never checked her references. That is so fundamental in hiring a nanny it just makes me mad to think parents may be hiring nannys that interview well and look good on paper but yet are frauds. I am hopeful they would have checked references before hiring but doubtful as they sent my nanny out endorsing her to families all before reference checking. Careless at best.

This is a review for Nanny Poppinz, but not the SoCal franchise. I couldn’t find a listing for my local franchise in Richmond, VA. — But the overall company is owned by the same woman. I completely agree with the nanny who wrote a review here. The Richmond, VA Nanny Poppinz is run the same way. It is completely unprofessional. The «placement agent», Lourdes, is located in Florida, not Virginia. She never even meets the potential nannies face-​to-​face. Even the «nannies» she sent to us to interview complained that they never actually got to meet anyone from the agency themselves. We’ve worked with other agencies in LA, the Elizabeth Rose agency and the Help Company, both of which provided excellent communication, service, and potential nannies. We found a wonderful nanny while we were in LA. Unfortunately, Nanny Poppinz sent sub-​par applicants. The first nanny we tried through Nanny Poppinz said she didn’t smoke, but she took our daughter out with her for «smoke breaks». She also left our then 16 month old daughter unattended downstairs for several minutes, while she looked for something upstairs. We complained to Lourdes but did not hear back until we called other Nanny Poppinz agencies and left messages on their website. In fact, we also reported our experience to our local Better Business Bureau. They eventually sent us other candidates to interview; however, none of the candidates had very much experience actually being nannies. Most of them worked in daycares. I would say that perhaps we were expecting too much to find an excellent nanny in Richmond, VA, but that’s not true. We found a wonderful nanny on our own from
. Don’t waste your time or money $$$ with this agency.