Micah Gilpin
Newton, MA
Activity summary
Weekday/weekend summer babysitting and petsitting
Hi! I'm Micah Gilpin, 21, from Newton, MA. I've been babysitting since I was 12 and have over 8 years of childcare experience with kids ages 1-14, across babysitting, sports camps, and sailing programs.
Until this summer, I was a camp director at a sailing camp in Orleans, managing 30+ campers daily — overseeing safety, supervising staff, and building lesson plans. I'm CPR, First Aid, and Stop the Bleed certified, and have experience with children with diabetes, hearing loss, food allergies, and autism. I've also coached field hockey, lacrosse, and soccer camps. I have my own car and a clean driving record, so I'm flexible for transportation needs.
A bit more about me: I'm a Biology and Global Health major at UW–Madison, involved in Alpha Xi Delta and club field hockey and lacrosse. I love the outdoors, arts and crafts (drawing, sewing, painting), and even have a graphic design certificate. I'm also a huge animal lover, so I'm completely comfortable with pets in the home too! I'm energetic, responsible, and creative, and I love connecting with kids in fun, safe, and enriching ways.
I'd love to meet your family!
Pet sitting $25 / hour
Pets I'm comfortable caring for:
- Dogs
- Cats
- Fish
- Reptiles
- Small animals (rabbits, ferrets, etc.)
Other pet duties I can do:
- Feeding
- Pet playtime
- Daily exercise for your pet
- Transporting pets
- Care for puppies
- Care for senior dogs
- Care for kittens
- Care for senior cats
Dog walking $25 / hour
- Small dogs (0—22lbs / 0—10kg)
- Medium dogs (22—44lbs / 10—20kg)
- Large dogs (44—88lbs / 20—40kg)
- Giant dogs (+88lbs / +40kg)
Other dog walking tasks I can do:
- Dog jogging (for energetic pooches!)
Other pet services I can provide
- Pet checker (home visits to check on pets)
Household duties I can do:
- Housekeeping
- Laundry / washing
- Grocery shopping
- Running errands
Babysitter, Parent helper $25/hour
Child ages I'm comfortable caring for:
- Newborns (0 - 2 months)
- Babies (3 - 12 months)
- Toddlers (1 - 2 years)
- Preschoolers (3 - 4 years)
- Small school kids (5 - 8 years)
- Tweens (9 - 12 years)
- Teenagers (13+ years)
Childcare duties I can do:
- Light meals
- Full meals
- Cooking with kids
- Bottle feeding
- Transporting kids
- Taking kids on outings
- Changing diapers
- Bathing kids
- Supervising swimming / water play
- Preparing kids for bed / sleep routines
- Before school care
- After school care
- Help with homework
- Care for twins/multiples
I'm available for events
- Special event babysitting
- Corporate functions babysitting
- Wedding babysitting
I can provide special needs care
- Care for special needs kids
- Food allergies
- Diabetes
- Asthma
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) / Conduct Disorder (CD)
- Anxiety disorder
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Down syndrome
- Intellectual disabilities
- Dyslexia
- Epilepsy / tics
- Physical disabilities
- Deaf / hard of hearing
- Visual impairments
- Sleep disorders
I can do tutoring
- Tutoring
- Primary school tutoring
- Reading writing
- Maths tutoring
- Science tutoring
- Cooking lessons
- Art lessons
Other services I can provide
- Cleaning
- Elderly care / companionship
My availability
I'm looking for Casual/temporary employment.
I can travel a few suburbs/towns away from Newton for work.
Here's my weekly availability:
Morn
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✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓I'm available for:
- Last minute bookings
- School holidays
- Public holidays
My credentials
I'm happy to provide written documentation of my qualifications and credentials:
- 10 years experience working with pets
- I'm comfortable with pets
- I have pets
- 8 years experience working with children
- Babysitting course complete
- CPR training
- First aid training
- First aid training for babies
- Asthma training
- Anaphylaxis training
- Water safety training
- General credentials:
- Email verified
- 21 years old
- Police check
- Driver's license
- I have a car
- Non-smoker / non-vaper
- Permanent resident
- Covid vaccinated
- Languages I can speak: English and French
Hi! I'm Micah Gilpin, 21, from Newton, MA. I've been babysitting since I was 12 and have over 8 years of childcare experience with kids ages 1-14, across babysitting, sports camps, and sailing programs.
Until this summer, I was a camp director at a sailing camp in Orleans, managing 30+ campers daily — overseeing safety, supervising staff, and building lesson plans. I'm CPR, First Aid, and Stop the Bleed certified, and have experience with children with diabetes, hearing loss, food allergies, and autism. I've also coached field hockey, lacrosse, and soccer camps. I have my own car and a clean driving record, so I'm flexible for transportation needs.
A bit more about me: I'm a Biology and Global Health major at UW–Madison, involved in Alpha Xi Delta and club field hockey and lacrosse. I love the outdoors, arts and crafts (drawing, sewing, painting), and even have a graphic design certificate. I'm also a huge animal lover, so I'm completely comfortable with pets in the home too! I'm energetic, responsible, and creative, and I love connecting with kids in fun, safe, and enriching ways.
I'd love to meet your family!
My skills and interests:
- Music
- Singing
- Dance
- Reading / storytelling
- Drawing / painting
- Arts / crafts
- Games
- Sports
- Fitness
- Swimming
- Nature
- Animals
- Gardening
- Cooking
- Design