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Norland Nannies

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bertieboo · 02/05/2007 10:01

Has anyone on here ever employed a live in Norland Nanny?

Any advice they can give me about them?

Thanks

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butterflywings · 05/05/2007 00:48

Our new manager, when I was working at a day nursery, was once a Norland Nanny.

Colleague: She used to be a Norland Nanny, y'know..

Me: Really? What's one of them then?

Colleague: I've no idea!

No-one I worked with new what it meant to be a Norland Nanny at the time but she (the new manger) practised in exactly the same way as the rest of us

mozhe · 04/05/2007 23:54

Our nanny is also a registered sick children's nurse which personally I always found much more reassuring.

NurseyJo · 03/05/2007 20:30

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LadyG · 03/05/2007 20:24

Oh and of course she doesn't wear a uniform-jeans like any normal person!

LadyG · 03/05/2007 20:23

My nanny who we share with another family is Norland trained and she and all her Norland friends are lovely. From what I can gether the training is very thorough-they are good on the practical aspects of caring for small children but to be honest I think she is just a lovely person who has a real affinity for little ones and would have been great trained or untrained. We didn't get her through the agency btw but through an ad in Simply Childcare. Oh and she is live out-they have to do live in as probationers but a lot of them prefer to live out after that and I totally understand why.

ThePrisoner · 03/05/2007 20:18

I once knew a Norland nanny, but she refused to wear the uniform - she said she would have looked very silly at soft play. She came across as a very normal person!!

Eleusis · 03/05/2007 20:12

Oh Nick, do tell. What is your uniform like??

nannynick · 03/05/2007 18:10

I have a uniform... but nothing like the norland one. Would be interested to hear from a Norland trained nanny... do they really know more than I do?

thelittleElf · 03/05/2007 11:07

Not sure the uniform would suit, and tbh my charges would be sooooo embaressed by it i reckon they would refuse to go anywhere with me . Heck, i get 'told off' for singing "brown girl in the ring" at the school gates ! Could you imagine me turning up in a uniform PMSL!!!

KezzaG · 03/05/2007 11:04

I just looked on their website, the uniform is very Mary Poppins. But apparently Mick Jagger swears by them so that is ok

thelittleElf · 03/05/2007 11:02

Oh, it's so boring when we all agree.

Oh in that case, i reckon a norland is the way to go...i hear their uniform is devine

Eleusis · 03/05/2007 11:00

Oh, it's so boring when we all agree.

thelittleElf · 03/05/2007 10:57

You'd be paying through the roof for something which any good qualified and experienced nanny can provide!

Sorry i have never understood what all the fuss is about tbh?

PrincessPeaHead · 03/05/2007 10:54

get yourself a nice aussie with good experience instead

KezzaG · 03/05/2007 10:53

Never used one myself, but dont they have a some kind of regime where they get your baby sleeping through by 8 weeks? I dont see how they can do that without using some methods I probably wouldnt agree with.

themildmanneredjanitor · 03/05/2007 10:52

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thelittleElf · 03/05/2007 10:51

Why a Norland? IMHO they are no more qualified/experienced than an NNEB. I think some people (not suggesting you) often employ them as a kind of status symbol

Eleusis · 03/05/2007 10:46

No experience with a "Norland" nanny. Never understood what makes them more expensive.