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Night Nanny to be is looking for unpaid work experience

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NJE · 03/12/2010 18:09

I am a nanny with nearly four years experience and I will do the OCN Maternity Practitioner Award next February. I want to work as a night nanny and maternity nurse and therefore I would like to gain some work experience.

Mums, is anyone of you looking for some help? I do not expect to be paid and will offer my help for free in return for a reference. I have experience with children newborn to seven years old and have read several books etc. I can provide excellent references from my positions.

I am currently nightnannying for a family with a baby boy who is know five weeks old and I have started when he was one week old.

Please get in touch if you would like to have some help 1-2 nights a week or for a few hours during the day.

I am available from Mid January/February

Nadine

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ItalianLady · 03/12/2010 18:10

You have posted this before, did you get any work offers last time?

lollipopshoes · 03/12/2010 18:10

I think you probably need to put whereabouts in the country/world that you are... and you may also need to re-post this in non-member requests.

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NJE · 03/12/2010 18:25

@ItalianLady

Yes, I did. I am currently nightnannying for a family with baby boy who is now five weeks old. I did write it in the post above. He will probably sleep through the night just after Christmas and I would like to help another familt from Mid Jan/Feb.

I live in London and I am happy to travel in the London area.

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sarahscot · 03/12/2010 18:25

I'm betting London? (You lot always forget there's life outside of London!)

sarahscot · 03/12/2010 18:25

x-post

sh77 · 03/12/2010 19:24

Available in March?

Adair · 03/12/2010 19:36

Is it just me? Personally, I would quite like to look after my baby myself - especially at 5 weeks... And don't really have'sleeping through' as a priority for a new baby (or any baby, really).

Now, if you'd offered help with cleaning, I'd bite your arm off .

Adair · 03/12/2010 19:38

Hang on, just read you are offering just a couple of hours during day or night. So prob been a bit harsh. Need to eat dinner, sorry.

(but still think the sleeping through )

BreastmilkDoesAFabLatte · 03/12/2010 19:49

I think I'd feel more comfortable with someone I could pay, however token an amount.

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NJE · 03/12/2010 21:00

@Adair:

Yes, as I have other commitments I can only do 2 nights a week, sometimes 3. I never said that sleeping through would be a priority for me, but there is no point if the baby sleeps through the night and I still spend time there. The little one is doing very well at the moment so that family will probably won't need me as from January. I also would like to gain as much experience as possible with different infants.

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Adair · 03/12/2010 21:12

Sorry again (have eaten now and taken off my judgey pants ). I do hope someone sees this who will really benefit from a few hours of help - I do think tiny newborns need their mums 24/7 but someone else around could be invaluable to lots of mums with no other help. Maybe post in another section, or advertise in the nanny bit as the other poster said?

hobbgoblin · 03/12/2010 21:22

NJE I have worked with mumsnetters in the past doing sleep training and behavioural work in exchange for references for my (then) new website and also recruited on here for a TV appearance which never actually happened. I have to say, I got very few volunteers overall so you may find the same. Just to warn you!

The tide has turned rather and people don't generally seem as keen to get babies into a strict routine these days.

What I do observe from your replies is an element of defensiveness in your posting style. Sentences beginning "I never said" and "I did say..above..." don't come across well. You simply can't speak to people like that in this work as you will turn them off to you instantly. The client is always right, and any advice you give needs to be put across in the most sensitive way possible. Clients will misunderstand your advice and will also question your thinking - you can't reply to them in the way you have here.

You don't have to be a wet blanket, but you do have to be very, very gentle with parents who cannot see the wood for the trees and may themselves be a little abrasive with you.

I hope you succeed in this as the work is very rewarding. Have you thought about doing more general behavioural work if you feel you have the background to do so?

Snowfalls108 · 03/12/2010 21:24

If you're still looking in May - yes please! We're expecting twins then.

BagofHolly · 03/12/2010 21:46

Would you consider outside of London but commenting distance? We're expecting twins in early Jan and are in Essex, and am looking for a night nanny to get us established into a routine. Would that be of interest? We also have a toddler and need help combining life with all 3!

sh77 · 03/12/2010 22:34

NJE came on here with good intentions and not to judged. Suprised by the tone of the emails.

NJE - I would be interested in hearing more about your work. Would be happy to over costs. How can I get in touch?

sh77 · 03/12/2010 22:35

Sorry - I meant messages

NotanOtter · 03/12/2010 22:36

my friend had maternity nurse for her triplets we were all
BRILLIANT! good luck with it

Laska · 04/12/2010 09:59

Hi Nadine - I'm in London and due mid-march and would be very interested - we will be co-sleeping though so not sure how this affects what you do?

LisasCat · 05/12/2010 08:37

Dammit, if you'd been out Oxfordshire way, I'd have taken you up on that. DD (3) has some very bad night time habits, and we're now expecting DC2. We're torn between trying to fix the bad habits and risk her feeling like "stupid baby's going to change everything and push me out of mummy and daddy's bed", or letting it go on and ending up with 4 of us sharing a bed! A night nanny would have been perfect.

If you consider moving for your experience, do let me know!

snugglepops · 05/12/2010 08:44

Genuine question - how would you help a bfing mum through the night?

sotough · 05/12/2010 10:29

NJE I'm a bit dismayed by the tone of some of these replies! i'm not sure why some people appear to be finger wagging, and delivering lectures, at what sounds like a genuine offer of help in order to help you build up your experience.
I'm due in early january and would certainly be interested in talking to you.
please get in touch with me! we live in west London. i'm not sure how to go about private mailing you through Mumsnet but i will look into it.

Indith · 05/12/2010 10:34

Hell i fsomeone in the NE were looking for unpaid experience I'd bite their arm off! I'm not looking for anyone do do anything ot make dd sleep, she is about to turn 2, I'd just quite like someone else to get up 5 times a night to give her a quick cuddle so I can sleeeeeeeep!

Ah well, I'll just keep forming an addiciton to undereye concealer

sotough · 05/12/2010 10:37

hi again NJE i think i've managed to send you a private mail....

MumNWLondon · 05/12/2010 16:01

My SIL could do with help - she needs help with a 16 month old who is still waking up for breastfeeds in the night! (London) If this is something you are interested in send me a message thanks!

sailorsgal · 05/12/2010 16:35

NJE, once you do you OCN Maternity Practioner Award register with either Eden or another well known agency who deals with maternity positions. They will be able to place you with families easily even with limited experience. Many families are willing to take on trainees who want expand their CV for a reduced rate.

Good luck.

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