Nikita
Mary Poppins Needed in Kentish Town!
About Me
My husband and I live in Kentish Town with two gorgeous little girls (aged 9 and 7) and a spirited little boy (4 and a half) in a house with a small garden. We are both professionals. Our family is warm, considerate and straightforward. Our children are lively and fun but also kind and considerate. They are happy and chatty and enjoy reading, singing, drawing and having fun outdoors.
My Requirements
We are looking for an experienced, reliable nanny that could help us before school (7.30am to 9/9.30am). This would involve:
1. helping the girls plait their hair and pack their school bags and snacks before they leave with my husband or I at 7.45am;
2. helping our little boy finish breakfast, getting him dressed with hair and teeth brushed and then walking him to school (5 mins walk from the house) for 8.45am;
3. returning to the house to tidy the kitchen after breakfast, straighten the children's beds and rooms and put some laundry into the machine.
We currently have help with the children after school and have a separate cleaner for our main cleaning and ironing.
We are looking for someone that is patient and kind and will love our children like their own; someone that is creative and inspiring but can also be firm when required; and someone that is a self-starter and is flexible to household needs at any given time.
Our last nanny stayed with us for 10 years - we are hoping to find similar!
If this sounds like you and you could accommodate a December 26 or January 27 start, please get in touch!
Reviews I've Written
Reviews written by Nikita. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members and not of Childcare.co.uk.
Zdenka Nigosova worked for us as a part-time nanny to our two daughters for 3 months between April and July 2020. The circumstances were difficult. Our girls were 28 months and 8 months old when she started, the youngest had spent very little time away from me and we were in the midst of lockdown, my husband and I both working from home. Zdenka was a consummate professional, getting to grips with a difficult role with confidence and enthusiasm.
Zdenka built relationships with both girls such that they were happy to spend the day with her, despite knowing that mum and dad were just upstairs. She developed a routine for both girls that involved pre-planned activities, often focused around a book, which she brought with her every day as well as trips out to a different local park each day for games and exercise. She cooked healthy meals, helped wean the baby and encouraged the toddler to try a wider variety of foods. She trained both girls to have more regularly timed naps than they had been having and the baby to self-soothe herself to sleep. She also helped the baby crawl and take her first steps and the toddler potty train.
Throughout the time that she worked with us, Zdenka was punctual, well-prepared, imaginative yet structured, loving yet disciplined and very much a self-starter, able to work well with limited direction. We could not have asked for a better nanny to help us through this difficult period.
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