Nanny O

My Summary

My Experience

First, how I parent, I take a more positive approach where I say what I want the child to do, not what I don’t want them to do, for example gentle hands, walking feet and quiet voices. In my degree I studied children’s mental health and attachment, from this I prioritise being emotionally in-tune with the child through reading their body language, listening to their requests and taking time to understand why they do what they do in their behaviour. Supporting children’s emotional literacy development and emotional health.

Second area is food and eating, this I developed specifically with one of my families where with the children we talked about “everyday food” and “sometimes food”. We would identify what nutrients were in what food and what different foods we needed to get all our nutrients. Most importantly we would talk about listening to our stomachs to identify when to eat and when we are full to stop eating, this ethos I take with me to every family I’ve worked for since.

Third area, sleep training babies/young toddlers, I have developed skills and experience in supporting good age appropriate sleeping habits. Here are two examples, one baby and one young toddler: For a 4 month old I looked out for their tiredness cues: bags under eyes, rubbing of eyes and specifically certain grumbling sounds made. I followed a routine of nappy change, feeding, patting and walking around in my arms until lightly asleep, I would lay them down gently rocking until fast asleep. Keeping the door open and checking every 10 minutes or so.

For a 12 month old, there wasn’t a nap routine in place when I started the position, so I set one up. I would watch for cues and set a time for nap, I created a personal routine for the little one where we would go round the room saying ‘see you soon’ to certain objects, going on to read a chosen book, then a big hug to laying them down in the cot, patting their back or holding their hand. Within 3 weeks there were no tears at all, the parents were able to follow this routine with success and within 2 months the little one, wanted me to sit next to the cot until they fell asleep with no patting or holding hands. We even got to the point at the age of 16 months where the little one would pretend to go to sleep to tell me they were ready for an early nap and would fall asleep very quickly on the go in the pram or instantly in the cot at home.

My Qualifications

- Paediatric First Aid Certificate (12 Hr), Daisy First Aid Platinum+: January 2025
- Level 1 Fashion and Textiles, Salford City College Group: September 2024 - May 2025
- Full Paediatric First Aid (12hr), Tigerlily First Aid Training: June 2020
- GCSE Biology - Grade 5, Peter Symonds College:September 2019 – May 2020
- BA (Hons) Childhood, Youth and Community Studies - First Class Honours, University of Winchester: September 2015 – May 2018
- CACHE Diploma in Childcare and Education level 3 – Grade A, Truro College: September 2013 – June 2015
- Paediatric First Aid Training, Truro College:September 2013 – June 2015


Additional Certificates of Learning and Educational Talks attended
June 2026
• Brain Health and Dementia Research by Dr Ross Dunne, Clinical Director of Greater Manchester Dementia Research Centre
April 2026
• Completed Koru Kids’ training: `Children's mood and wellbeing at school pickup’ by — Dr Carolyne Keenan, child psychologist (BBC Radio 1 Life Hacks), Prof Sarah Pontefract, pharmacist, professor, and co-founder of We Are Chirpy and Lucinda Miller, naturopath and bestselling author specialising in children's brain health
December 2025
• Koru Kids Next Level Nannying – Online training
• Nurturing Little Ones – Online training
August 2024
• Introduction to British Sign Language - 5 Week Course

My Availability

Avaliable 2/3 days a week, ideally Wednesday and Thursday but can be flexible. Also those available days may change as I work wrap around/over nights for another family.

My Fees

• Nannying from £18.00 per hour (gross)

Nannying £18 per hr (gross)
Babysitting 15 per hr