The prices are on the website
Every fee we charge is published. You should not have to call anyone to find out what childcare costs.
About
A childcare agency founded by a nanny.
Three Peas was founded by somebody who provided childcare, for ten years, for every kind of household there is.
Three Peas in a Pod is a Denver childcare agency founded in 2025 by Patrece Hodge, who has worked as a nanny since 2016. Every caregiver passes a criminal background check and a driving record check, holds current CPR and First Aid, has references checked, and is interviewed in person by her. It is one person and the caregivers she has vetted, not a franchise.
Ten years on the other side of the front door
Patrece grew up in Cincinnati and started looking after other people's children at seventeen. She has since been the babysitter, the part-time nanny, the full-time nanny, the mother's helper, the family assistant and the house manager.
In New York she balanced modeling, childcare and college, and at one point supported four families at once. She has worked with first-time parents, with growing households, and in 2022 with an NFL family, the year the Bengals went to the Super Bowl. She still nannies for a family in Platt Park.
When everyone plays their part, the kids win, which means we all win.
Why she started it
She kept watching the same thing happen from the inside. Families, especially first-time nanny employers, had no idea where to start: what to pay, what to put in writing, what happens about taxes, what is normal to ask for. And good caregivers were left to negotiate contracts, hours and expectations alone.
Three Peas was founded in 2025 to stand between those two and make the arrangement a fair one. That is why the prices are published, why every caregiver is checked before a family ever meets them, and why nobody here will tell a nanny to accept less than the work is worth.
- Career nanny since 2016
- Four families at once in New York
- Nannied for an NFL family in 2022
- Founded Three Peas in 2025
Three things we do differently
The checking happens first
Background, driving record, certifications, references and a personal interview happen before a caregiver is ever offered to a family, not after you have picked one.
One person answers
No franchise, no call center, no ticket number. When you text 720.245.5048, Patrece is the one who reads it.
What "vetted" means here
Every caregiver, before they meet a family.
The checklist we work from
- Criminal and county-level background check
- Motor vehicle record verified
- Current CPR and First Aid certification
- Professional references checked
- Personal interview with our founder
- Full caregiver profile sent to you before every booking
We also require payroll through a licensed service on every placement and will introduce you to one. How that works.
Where we work
The Denver metro area, and the neighborhoods in between. If you are just outside it, ask.
Denver · Aurora · Lakewood · Littleton · Englewood · Parker · Boulder · Longmont
Washington Park · Platt Park · Cherry Creek · Highlands · Hilltop · Bonnie Brae · Central Park
When you can reach us
- Monday to Friday
- 9am to 6pm
- Saturday
- 9am to 2pm, by appointment
Requests sent outside those hours get a reply the next business day. If you need a sitter tonight, call.