Coast to Coast Nannies
Four years ago, Gold Coast Nannies was a fledgling nanny agency with big dreams. We envisioned an agency that parents trusted and nannies wanted to be represented by. We did not want to be a revolving door of clients and candidates. Instead, we vowed to build our network based on genuine connections and true understanding of what makes a nanny-family relationship flourish.
We are an agency fully owned and operated by former career nannies. We have been the nannies overwhelmed with the bittersweet emotions of having to move on from the little hearts and minds you’ve poured unending love and patience into while simultaneously excited to find the next kiddos to take under our wing.
Now, we are the working parents that have felt the gravity of hiring someone to care for the most important part of our lives. To welcome a stranger in to our homes and share the joys and stressors of child raising alongside them. To crave the balance of a caregiver that will respect our wishes as a parent, but also enrich our children’s lives in ways we hadn’t considered.
The name Gold Coast Nannies has served us well in the initial stages of building our dream, but we have grown bigger: geographically, personally, professionally. We have more to offer our clients than securing quality nannies. In 2021, in the midst of a pandemic and adding second children to both of our families, Sarah and Bridget realized that our clients need and deserve so much more from us. Why do we routinely get emails from clients at 3:00am when they are up feeding their newborns? Why do we routinely read those emails at 3:05am when we are also up feeding our own babies? Because the nature of our job is not 9am-5pm. The nature of parenting is not 9am-5pm. New, growing, and busy families need many levels of support and we feel an overwhelming sense of responsibility to fill that void.
Our candidates are just as near and dear to our hearts. It feels disingenuous to place a nanny or household manager and send them out in to the world without continuing to shape their career. We want to offer our candidates opportunities for career growth. Opportunities to connect with other professional domestic workers. We know how isolating the job can feel, especially during a pandemic. Everyone needs a sense of community and support at work even without having direct coworkers. Furthermore, we want to celebrate and encourage all domestic workers, even outside of our direct network.
And now without further ado, we are extremely excited to introduce you to Coast to Coast Nannies: Household Staffing and Support. We will continue to offer the same core services of nanny, household manager, and night nanny placements, but will be expanding both the client and candidate sides of our agency.
For clients, we want to support you from pregnancy through parenthood. Services such as post-partum doulas and prenatal through post-partum personal training will be offered. Entering in to parenthood and growing your family is equally beautiful and stressful. Coast to Coast Nannies does not want parents’ needs to slip through the cracks while all of the excitement is focused on the new baby.
For nannies, we want you to feel empowered and supported in your career. Coast to Coast Nannies will be implementing affordable monthly professional development and continuing education opportunities. We value the work you do day in and day out and will continue requiring our clients to offer fair market wages, guaranteed hours, paid vacations, holidays, and sick days. We appreciate you entrusting us to be your advocate and allowing us to be a vital part of your working life.
Coast to Coast Nannies directly services the Chicagoland and DMV metro areas with plans to expand further. We have been honored to have such wonderful clients and candidates thus far and are truly humbled to be a business running primarily on word-of-mouth referrals and personal recommendations. It has been an amazing ride and we are just getting started. Onward and upward!
-Sarah Meadors and Bridget Roden, Coast to Coast Nannies: Household Staffing and Support