What I built

I kept thinking about a woman who runs a babysitting agency in Lagos. Business was good, which sounds like the dream, but it was burying her. Parents sent voice notes from morning till night. She flipped through handwritten notebooks to remember who was good with toddlers, who knew about allergies, and who lived close enough to beat the traffic. Then she called sitter after sitter, and half of them didn't pick up. Meanwhile the parent kept texting, "Any update?"

She wasn't doing anything wrong. She was just one person holding the whole thing together.

So I built NurtureNest to take that weight off her.

Now a parent just types what she needs, something like "I need a sitter for my two kids," and the app shows the five best matches in seconds. She can see each sitter's experience, what she's good at, and exactly when she's free. She picks a day, adds a note about allergies or bedtime, sees the price upfront, and books. No waiting and no back and forth.

The sitters manage their own calendars, so the availability you see is real. Parents keep their kids' details in one place, so the next booking is even faster. And the agency still reviews every sitter before she joins, because trust matters more than speed when it comes to someone's children.

What I care about most is that the founder gets her days back. She can spend her time on the families and the sitters instead of chasing phone calls.

If you've ever run a small business on WhatsApp and a notebook, you probably know this feeling. That's who I built this for.