Hintons

About Me

We are a family living in Minchinhampton (recently moved from near Bristol). We have three beautiful sons, James who was born in May 2015 and Rupert who arrived in April 2017. Teddy was born in August 2022.

When our older boys were babies we had some wonderful nannies who looked after them for us when we returned to work. Then both boys were in full time nursery and both loved that too.

James is at secondary school in Stroud, where he has settled really well and is in year 7. Rupert is in year 5 at Amberley Primary school. We are both in professional job roles that can put pressure on pick ups and drop offs. At present we are using a combination of a child minder and after school club but the timings can be challenging and we feel a nanny would be a better fit for our professional arrangements We would therefore be interested in having a nanny to help with or wrap around childcare arrangements on certain days. There could be flexible additional hours too and we would be keen to explore extra hours to help with some housework such as laundry or prepping meals for the kids.

A little about the boys...

James is a wonderful 11 year old. He is sensitive, chatty and fun. He loves learning new facts and reading books. He plays football and this has been a real love of his. He enjoys numbers and code breaking puzzles. He needs some direction for entertainment sometimes but will get stuck into gardening and walks with a bit of persuasion. He has a real fascination and interest in travel (despite our paltry holiday record) and he is desperate to go to far flung shores. He can get emotional as he can be very sensitive so we are looking for someone who will really take interest in him and help us build his confidence. He needs a lot of input to feel valued in our rabble and it’s clear he will need someone who will set boundaries and take a firm but fair approach and make an effort to include him too.

Rupert is our nine year old. He is totally crazy in a good way. He is full of beaming smiles and tries to make everyone around him laugh and smile. He desperately wants to be like his big brother and copies him all the time. They wind each other up but are lost without each other. Rupert is relentlessly positive, bright, active, resourceful and is amazing at entertaining himself and thinking of new things to do. He’s also a little stubborn. His imagination is awesome. He makes up games all the time, loves art and writing. He is writing several books and always has a notebook or reading book on hand.

Teddy is four years old and is our little boss. He loves his older brothers and is at the stage of wanting to do everything and repeating words and sentences. He’s happy, bouncy and loves to sing. He is interested in everything and engages with everyone. He’s friendly with people. He is trying so hard to be independent at the moment and has just started reception despite only turning 4 at the end of August. He has a great Paddington stare when he’s displeased.

As a family, we love being outdoors and are always busy when we have time off together; visiting family, walking in the woods by our house, or even going further afield up hills and on coastal walks. We take our children out to the local parks, national trust properties and to local classes and enjoy camping trips. We love food and all things that bring people together. We try and make dinner times a social time for the family although midweek its often not possible. Also the art of dinnertime conversation is a little lost on James...How was your day? Ive forgotten, is the usual response! But we still want to encourage this.