Dawn
Maternity Nurse in Shedfield
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Female Member since Jul 2011 Last Updated Oct 2025 Last Login 17 Oct 2025
My Summary
About Me
I am a highly experienced, qualified and fully insured Maternity Nurse / Night Nurse from Hampshire with over 35 years experience in the childcare industry.
My passion is working with newborns.
I am a hardworking, caring and an efficient practitioner who is enthusiastic, as well as someone who uses initiative and has the ability to adapt to their surroundings.
I have found that it is important to develop strong bonds with the parents to assist the family as a whole, communicating effectively and providing daily/nightly routine diaries.
My main roles are to teach and guide new parents on how to look after their baby on a daily basis giving breast feeding support if required, setting workable routines that suit the family, sterilising and bottle preparation if necessary, bathing, nappy changing, winding and settling after feeds day and night.
Sole charge of night feeds if bottle or expressed feeding.
I also provide the client with details of what to expect going forward with the development of their baby ( babies).
I am available for FaceTime consultations.
All bookings are under contract with a deposit taken upon confirming required dates.
Welcome Home Package consists of 3x 24hrs crash course after leaving hospital. For an additional fee, remote support - unlimited messaging directly following the 3 days is available for 2 wks (14 days).
Ad hoc and emergency bookings are also available depending on my diary.
I have excellent references and full CV with career history available to share.
I look forward to hearing from you
Kind regards
Dawn
All counties covered.
My Experience
As a Maternity Nurse / Night Nurse, I hold a MNT Level 4 certificate
I originally trained as a nanny (NAMCW)
I have over 35 years experience in the childcare industry.
I had my first Maternity position in 1988 and worked solidly until 1994. I then worked as a part time nanny to 6 month old twins from 1994 - 2000 whilst I had my own children and returned to a previous client as a maternity nurse for her 2nd baby 1995.
I had been Childminding, Ofsted registered since Dec 1994 until April 2013 for babies from 2 months to 2 years old, plus continuing to consult on breastfeeding issues and sleep behaviour whilst my children were young.
2013 - present I work solely as a Night Nurse/ Maternity Nurse.
Many of my previous clients were HNWI
I have many excellent references available on request and uploaded in my documents.
I have currently been a Maternity Nurse / Night Nurse to over 150 babies.
Multiple sets of twins.
Multiple premature babies
Reflux/ Silent Reflux
CMPA
Colic babies
Sleep behaviour
Trouble shooting
Emergency bookings
My Qualifications
MNT Level 4
NAMCW
Paediatric First Aid
Essentials of Safeguarding for Child Abuse
Safehands Child Protection
DBS
My Availability
various dates throughout the year. Please call for an update on my availability.
Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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Before School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
Morning | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no |
Afternoon | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
After School | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no |
Evening | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
Overnight | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
Last Updated: 07/10/2025 |
My Fees
- Maternity Nursing from £25.00 per hour (gross)
Fees vary depending on whether the booking is for singletons or multiples or trouble shooting
Please call or message to enquire.
My Documents
- DBS Check (added 03/05/2019)
- Reference: Maternity/Night Nurse Baring Jul 25 (added 13/10/2025)
- Full CV (added 12/09/2025)
- Reference: Maternity Nurse Byers Oct 24 (added 18/07/2025)
- Reference: Night Nurse Garrad May 25 (added 27/06/2025)
- Reference: Night Nurse Rance Mar 25 (added 31/03/2025)
- First Aid Certificate: First Aid March 25 (added 14/03/2025)
- Reference: Maternity Nurse Gledhill Jul 24 (added 29/09/2024)
- Reference: Night Nurse Harding-Gelbard Aug 24 (added 29/09/2024)
- Reference: Maternity/Night Nurse Miles Apr 24 (added 27/05/2024)
- Exam Certificate: Essentials of Safeguarding from Child Abuse (added 23/02/2024)
- Reference: Night Nurse Hooper Jul 23 (added 18/01/2024)
- Reference: Night Nurse Foden-Pattinson Dec 23 (added 18/01/2024)
- Reference: Night Nurse Bennett Jun/Jul (added 05/09/2023)
- Reference: Maternity Nurse Baring/Coombe Mar 23 (added 04/09/2023)
- Reference: Maternity Nurse Maspero Oct 22 (added 13/10/2022)
- Reference: Maternity Nurse Chandler Aug 22 (added 27/09/2022)
- Reference: Night Nurse Davies Apr 22 (added 26/08/2022)
- Reference: Night Nurse T Mar 22 (added 20/04/2022)
- Reference: Night Nurse Travessolo Higham Dec 21 (added 09/02/2022)
- Reference: Maternity Reference Cassavetti Dec 21 (added 05/02/2022)
- Reference: Night Nurse Eagles Nov 21 (added 29/11/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Pople Nov 21 (added 27/11/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Howson Oct 21 (added 05/11/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Hepburn Jun 21 (added 12/08/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Lamb Jul 21 (added 27/07/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Crosthwaite Eyre Jul 21 (added 26/07/2021)
- Reference: Maternity Reference Quazzo-Zinser Mar 15 (added 29/06/2021)
- Reference: Maternity Reference Privett Jul 18 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Cousins Oct 19 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Maternity Reference Winser May 17 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Crawford May 21 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Hackett Apr 21 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Maternity and Night Nurse Toogood Mar 18 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Giles Jun19 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Randall Oct 19 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Maternity Reference Lady Hay Nov 18 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Maternity Reference Wilkes Sept 18 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Spice Jul 19 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Bastian Mar 20 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Night Nurse Prof Wakefield Aug 19 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Maternity Nurse Hazlerigg Jun 18 (added 28/06/2021)
- Reference: Maternity Reference Leach (added 22/06/2020)
- Training Certificate: MNT Level 4 (added 28/03/2018)
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Parents say
The maternity nurse provided invaluable support to new parents, offering expertise in infant care, sleep training, and feeding routines. Her calm and professional approach helped establish effective schedules, boosting parental confidence. Clients praised her knowledge, patience, and ability to create positive changes in sleep patterns and overall care.
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Below are the latest reviews for Dawn. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members and not of Childcare.co.uk. Parents must carry out their own checks and references on childcare providers to ensure that they are completely happy before enaging in the use of their services.
Dawn provided support whilst my partner and I moved house with our 8 week old baby. As soon as Dawn arrived she shared so much knowledge with us on how best to support our baby’s feeding & sleep schedule.
I would definitely recommend working with Dawn if you’re looking for an experienced professional to learn from and to feel that you’re leaving your baby in safe and knowledgeable hands.
Thank you Dawn for all your help !
by
Zoe
on 27/09/2025
Response by
Dawn
on 27/09/2025:
My pleasure 😊
We wholeheartedly recommend Dawn, who provided us with invaluable overnight support as a maternity night nurse during late January and early February 2025.
She came in when we were at our whit’s-end after weeks of sleepless nights. She provided much-needed overnight respite, and guidance on sleep training. With that she brought both professionalism and warmth to every shift.
From her first night with us, Dawn demonstrated deep expertise in infant care and sleep routines. She approached our baby's sleep training with a calm, confident, and compassionate manor that immediately put us at ease.
She was consistent, patient, and gentle with all of us in our sleep deprived state, and we quickly saw positive changes in our baby’s sleep patterns under her guidance, using the systems she put in place.
Dawn was also a wonderful source of reassurance and support to us as new parents. She offered practical advice, answered questions with care, and maintained a reassuring presence during what was a very overwhelming time. We trusted her completely, knowing our baby was in safe, experienced hands.
I would not hesitate to recommend Dawn to any family in need of night-time support, sleep training help, or postpartum care.
We feel incredibly lucky to have had her with us during those early weeks.
by
Will D
on 08/04/2025
Response by
Dawn
on 08/04/2025:
Thank you so much for such a lovely review.
2nd June – 31st August 2024
Returned 6th – 11th October 2024
Dawn arrived the night we got home, having been in hospital for a week with our little son. As soon as Dawn arrived, she instantly made us feel at ease, and helped settle us into life with a newborn with her calm approach.
Dawn helped our son get into a routine by week two, which was incredible, so we knew when to feed him and when to let him sleep, which therefore enabled him to sleep well at night and eventually sleep though! As she was with us during the day (as well as nights), she was so helpful teaching me various tips, and the constant reassurance was invaluable. Whether it was help with breastfeeding, bottle feeding, how to bath our baby for the first time, or even coming with us for our first lunch out of the house, Dawn couldn’t have been more helpful and gave us the confidence we needed.
I can’t imagine where we would be now if we hadn’t had Dawn to help guide us through those early days. Having a baby who sleeps through the night and in a structured daily routine is something we had wished for, and Dawn has made it happen.
I would highly recommend Dawn to any new parent looking for some guidance and help with their newborn.
by
mlpott
on 14/11/2024
Response by
Dawn
on 15/11/2024:
Thank you for your lovely reference. I loved every minute helping you all x
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