Nannylu
Nanny in Allerdale
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Female Member since May 2012 Last Updated Sep 2024 Last Login 21 Dec 2024
My Summary
Daily Nanny/ Night Nanny/ Maternity Nurse
About Me
Dear families, my name is Lucia and I am an enthusiastic, mature, caring, and experienced Nanny/ Night Nanny and Maternity Nurse. Rest assured, I come with outstanding references and hold an enhanced DBS check in England, PVG check in Scotland and I have Paediatric First Aid training and insurance. Your baby/ child's safety and well-being are my utmost priorities.
What sets me apart is my ability to create a nurturing and enjoyable environment for children. I strongly believe in fostering their confidence, ensuring their safety, and promoting their happiness. Through my fun and creative approach, I aim to make each day a lovely and fun experience.
As I work, I always follow the principles of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) framework, ensuring that your child's developmental needs are met in various areas. From language and communication to physical development and personal, social, and emotional well-being, I will actively engage your child in activities that foster growth and learning.
I specialize in helping families with common challenges, including difficult behavior, separation anxiety, sleep problems, potty training, bed-wetting, and can offer weaning and newborn/ babies guidance.
If you're navigating the exciting journey of introducing solid foods to your little one, I can provide valuable insights and support to make the transition a smooth and enjoyable, more realistic and intuitive than a fashionable process that doesn’t work to every family.
I will prepare delicious meals and time permitting, for the whole family if required!
-I also do light housework children related ( Nursery duties) and keep everything clean and tidy as I have found, especially kitchen areas, children play areas etc..
In addition to my nanny services, I also offer reliable and professional “Night Nanny and time permitting babysitting “. Whether it's for a special occasion, date night, or simply when you need an extra hand with your baby and need to sleep, you can count on me to provide exceptional care for your baby or child. I will ensure their safety, and create a positive and a calm environment - Please, enquire as this is not always possible due my work commitments.
Furthermore, I approach each situation with patience, empathy, and effective communication. As a professional nanny with more than 20 years of experience in childcare, I am committed to working closely with parents to understand their specific needs and tailor personalised care for their children following their guidelines. Family input and feedback are important to me, and together, we can ensure that your child receives the best care possible!
I genuinely care about children’s well-no being ( It’s my purpose in life more than just a job) and their development, and I strive to provide them with a warm, loving, creative and stimulating activities.
Whether it's for regular nanny services including travelling abroad or occasional night nanny or babysitting, I want to create beautiful memories and help your child thrive in every way possible.
My Experience
I have had the pleasure of a diverse and extensive professional childcare journey, which began as an au-pair in the vibrant city of London. Over the years, I have worked as a proactive babysitter, dedicated mother's help, and a nurturing nanny in various locations across the UK and abroad.
What makes me different is not only my hands-on experience as a mother of 4 or my childcare qualification, but also my personal journey as a parent. Having raised my own four grownup children, I have gained a wealth of wisdom and expertise in nurturing and caring for children at various stages of their lives which aligns with my extensive professional experience too!
Even beyond my immediate family, I find joy in being a trusted resource for my nanny families and friends who are still navigating the baby stage. Whether it's soothing a crying baby or providing valuable advice when sought, I take pride in being the go-to person they can rely on.
With such a comprehensive background in childcare and a genuine passion for nurturing young minds, I am confident in my ability to provide exceptional care and support to the families I work with. I bring my experience, my love and compassionate approach to create a fun and nurturing environment for your little ones!
I am very well experienced with newborn/ babies and children of all ages!
Premature experienced.
SEN experienced.
Twins experienced.
I have a professional special needs, disability training & experience with young adults and children.
Montessori and Baby sleep training experience,
I am becoming more familiar with "the babies signing language or Makaton" which I think is a fantastic development tool for babies and toddlers, being able to express themselves through simple commands and music.
I did a volunteer job in an Montessori Infant School/Nursery - Durham.
My Qualifications
I believe it would be the best to meet you & your family in a video call, so you may assess my nanny skills, check my resume, references and certificates.
I am also able to do trials by arrangement.
I ensure I keep up to date with all current COVID guidelines.
Valid PVG and DBS check. Registration with Ofsted in need of update.
Full / Clean UK driving license.
OCN Postnatal Maternity Nurse Level 3 & 4
OCN Common Core Skills training level 3
Counselling studies at new Durham College. (2016).
CACHE Level 3 Diploma for the Children and Young People’s Workforce (QCF) England.
I was a Dental technician & hygienist also known as oral health practitioner in UK.
Whilst living in Portugal & Brazil, I was responsible for children advice and information on how to keep children teeth and gums healthy, repair and adjustment of dental devices. Period from (1992-2006).
My Availability
Please enquire about this.
Live out/ Live in
Temporary/Permanent.
Thank you for checking me here, best wishes!
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My Fees
- Nannying from £14.00 per hour (net)
** Please ask me. I offer flexible rate.
My rates vary depending on the circumstances, the region and the requirements.
Nanny from £14nph
Maternity Nurse from £22gph
Babysitting from £15gph
My Documents
- First Aid Certificate: Paediatric First Aid (added 12/10/2022)
- DBS Check (added 08/09/2022)
Reviews
Below are the latest reviews for Nannylu. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk users 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.
Lucia is a passionate carer of children, someone who demonstrates motivation and creativity in all aspects of her work. Lucia looked after our three children (one primary school age and pre-school twins) for two days a week, until mid May 2023, as sole carer as my husband and I both work full time. There is no doubt that Lucia is one of the most caring and loving people you could wish for to work in your home.
Lucia is a great cook and has been able to help us with some great tips on new or modified meals. Our kids can be quite fussy so this was very much appreciated!
Lucia coped with the differing needs of three kids, all at different ages and stages, admirably. She is an excellent communicator and offers suggestions as to how to manage different progressions. Lucia is motivated to look for different activities in the area and regularly took our twins in the car to play groups, or for trips out. They always had a great time with Lucia. Lucia, thank you so much for all of your patience, hard work and creativity while with us!
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jillyhb
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Nannylu
on 31/05/2023
Response by
Nannylu
on 01/06/2023:
I was overwhelmed by how friendly, welcoming and family-orientated your lovely family are. Your focus on education and “our children to be children”, were always a paramount and definitely made everything much easier. Most important, thanks so much for the amount of trust and for the open and honest communication we always had from beginning. I definitely will miss my time with my little ones, my stunning commute through the Lakes and the whole family including the grandparents!
All the best wishes, thanks so so much for my fantastic review here! 🥰
We have been lucky enough to have Lucia for the last year looking after our daughter who is now 19 months old.
Lucia is a very caring and kind person who brings joy to children and our daughter adores her. She is energetic and good natured, always coming up with good ideas for play and learning.
Lucia is health conscious and always makes nutritious meals and is a fantastic cook. Our daughter loves ‘the soup’ and Lucia always makes enough for the whole family.
Lucia will look for classes to attend and is a safe driver, we trusted her implicitly with our daughter.
We have nothing but praise for Lucia and wish her well in the next chapter of her life.
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Maryam
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on 18/04/2022
Response by
Nannylu
on 19/04/2022:
One of the hardest things a nanny experiences is giving notice to a family we LOVE!
Believe me, this was not easy for me to do particularly for YOU guys! I dread this moment more than almost any other in my entire Nanny career. Part of the reason it’s genuinely heartbroken to say goodbye to the children we love, to a family routine, and when we are lucky enough, we get along so well with the parents, but we still keep our professionalism and they see and appreciate that too. 🙂
I experienced all that with you and to look after your daughter, your other children sometimes and to support your busy lives were a real honour and I felt very blessed! Thank you so much for your review. Lucia
I cannot recommend Lucia as a Nanny highly enough. She looked after our 3 kids in 2014, as myself and my husband both worked full time. She immediately established a good rapport with us and most importantly, with our children. We can see how she really enjoys doing this kind of job as she took time and extra effort to get to know them well and spent a lot of time chatting and took a real interest on them. Lucia was extremely reliable, arriving at our home on time every day to drop off our kids at 3 different schools - which was a big challenge for me, but surprisingly not for her! and to pick them up. I would often come home from work to find them happily doing some (delicious!) baking, homework always done or any other fun activity with my little one, she loved to take our children and dog outdoor too. Our family could not have survived that period without her! I would be very happy to work with her again and we still book her as our babysitter, now and then. She is a real gem and her huge experience only speaks for herself. I would highly recommend her to other families without any hesitation! Lorraine
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Lucia has been an amazing nanny to our 3 year old daughter and 1 year old son. She has also provided evening and weekend babysitting also. She is professional, hard working, reliable and exceptionally well experienced. The kids adore her bubbly, fun and active nature. Lucia organises a great variety of educational and fun activities. She encourages the children with healthy eating (and even prepares meals for the whole family sometimes!) and general good routines. She is fantastic at dealing with issues around sleeping and has provided a wealth of advice and guidance upon a huge range of childcare issues. We cannot recommend Lucia highly enough!
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KeriV
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Nannylu
on 01/11/2015
Response by
Nannylu
on 25/11/2015:
They are so far my favourite family! It has been a pleasure to help this beautiful family with 4 amazing kids and I'm always happy to go when they call me. Thanks Mr and Mrs Vince! :-)
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