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Brenda The Nanny

Maternity Nurse in London

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Female Member since May 2013 Last Updated May 2025 Last Login 09 May 2025

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My Summary

Brendathenanny

Night Nanny
First Aid Training
Special Needs Experience
Multiple Birth Experience
DBS Check
Baby Sleep Expert
I'm Covid-19 Vaccinated

About Me

Hello,

As a qualified and experienced Nursery Nurse I have dedicated over 30 years of my working life to caring for babies and children in various capacities. I have worked with newborns and children up to 10 years as a private nanny, in a nursery, in a hospital, teaching in schools, and as a night nurse. Ten years was spent working overseas with children from other countries whose English was their second language. Therefore I try to be sensitive to families of other ethnic minority’s and different cultural needs. The last 16 years I have worked as a night nurse and successful sleep trainer. I visit families during the day to do consultations, give hands on support, and follow up each family with help remotely afterwards until we have sorted everything.
I have also worked with many sets of twins, troubleshooting, night nursing and have a twin sister myself.
I am as enthusiastic working with children today as the day I qualified. I work with each family's individual needs on a personal one to one level so I can get to know the family and what works best for them.
I am honest, flexible and hard working.


Best wishes...

My Experience

I currently work full time as a night nurse, maternity nanny and sleep trainer. I worked in a special care baby unit in Abu Dhabi for 3 years so I have experience with premature babies, jaundiced babies, babies who don't feed very well, babies with reflux and any conditions that require monitoring and special care.
I have worked with mums who have post natal depression, complex medical needs or are recovering from a traumatic delivery.


REFERENCE 1
15 March 2019
To Whom It May Concern:

Brenda Hart worked for me as a night nanny from December 2018 to January 2019, taking care of my baby from the time she was 4 days old until she was 8 weeks old. During this time, she had sole night time responsibility for my infant daughter anywhere from 2 to 5 nights per week.

Brenda is professional, thoughtful and knowledgeable, with her extensive expertise in caring for babies and children coming through in all aspects of her work. She successfully established bottle feeding for the evening feeds (I breastfed during the day) and a sleep routine for our daughter. Brenda guided me through how to get baby into a daytime routine as well and was always helpful with any questions. It was a great comfort to be able to rely on her during the exhausting first few newborn weeks. By the time my daughter was 7 weeks old she was sleeping 7pm to 7am with just one evening feed, and by 11 weeks old sleeping straight through. The routines that Brenda helped me set in the early days have had future benefits - my daughter is a very contented baby getting the right amount of sleep, food and playtime, and I am able to better manage as a parent.

I highly recommend Brenda and would be happy to discuss further or answer any questions.

Kind regards,
Elizabeth
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REFERENCE 2
May 2016
Night Nanny, Cobham:

Brenda worked with us as a Night Nanny and took care of our daughter a few nights a week from her being 3 days old to her sleeping soundly 12 hours a night by 3 months. I was a very nervous first time Mum with no experience of babies and no family support locally, I was looking for someone to guide me and build my confidence during early days and weeks. Brenda was exceptional with her care for both baby Amber and myself, the routines and support that she has designed work and they work fast, Brenda was always on hand night and day to offer advice by phone or email and never made me feel silly for asking questions. I have a very happy, content baby that sleeps 12 hours a night and knows her routine and I am much more confident and we as a family have Brenda to thank. I cannot recommend Brenda highly enough, the foundations that she has set with Amber are already reaping rewards and will continue to do so for many years as she develops.

Annalie
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My Qualifications

NNEB CERTIFICATE IN NURSERY NURSING - 2 Years full time study
MONTESSORI TRAINED -1 year part time study
TESOL CERTIFICATE (TEACHING TO SPEAKERS OF OTHER LANGUAGES) - 6 months part time study
SLEEP EXPERT AND EXPERIENCED SUPER NANNY solving parenting issues like behaviour, sleep, fussy eating, sibling rivalry, weaning, multiple birth management, breast to bottle and routine.
MILLPOND SLEEP TRAINING - 1 day course.
BREAST FEEDING - 1 day course
UP TO DATE PAEDIATRIC FIRST AID Certificate
Car driver with a clean license.
DBS checked.

My Availability

I am available for advanced bookings but whatever your requirements get in touch and I will do my best to accommodate you.

CV and references available on request.

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Last Updated: 07/05/2025

My Fees

  • Maternity Nursing from £20.00 per hour (gross)

Negotiable

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Highly experienced and effective

5 stars

Brenda has been an incredible support to us, her guidance and advice has helped us immensely with the routine and sleep of our 3 month old. She has decades experience and can anticipate every situation. Don’t think twice and reach out to Brenda for help!

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by Avatar for KarenS KarenS on 23/10/2024


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 23/10/2024:

Thank you Karen for your kind words.
Speak soon :-)

Weekend saviour!

5 stars

Brenda looked after our 12 week old baby over 24 hours whilst my husband and I attended a wedding. Our little girl was so settled and happy in Brenda’s care and she used the time to help settle her into a sleep schedule. She’s followed up with schedules for us to follow at home and shared loads of helpful tips and tricks for getting our girl sleeping not only through the night but in her own crib in the day too!

  • 5 stars Overall

by Avatar for Liam Liam on 01/10/2024


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 01/10/2024:

Thank you for your kind words :-) I am glad the weekend was a success.

Sleep and structure in a helpful way!

5 stars

Brenda came to help us in the first few days after we came back from hospital and continued her fantastic support until our son was happily sleeping through the nights (and she still checks in now to see how we are doing). I was impressed with how accommodating she was to our family needs and my preferences (e.g. she knew that I really wanted to breastfeed and she built our plan around this). We found her approach very clear and well adapted to our son’s age and stage. Thanks to Brenda’s help and structure, we’ve been able to navigate the inevitable ups and downs that come with being first-time parents and having a newborn. Investing in this way in our son’s sleep and daytime routine, and in helping us parent with greater confidence is already paying off in so many ways. Thank you!

  • 5 stars Overall

by Avatar for Gillian Gillian on 08/07/2024


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 08/07/2024:

Much appreciated!

Helpful sleep training

5 stars

Brenda has helped with sleep training my baby boy from when he was 8 weeks old, providing us with a detailed sleep schedule to follow and subsequent guidance on implementing it. He now has far more settled nights than he did before and wakes less frequently, which was achieved in a short space of time. Brenda checked in frequently as to his progress and was very responsive with any questions I had. Would definitely recommend.

  • 5 stars Overall

by Avatar for Vanessa Vanessa on 22/04/2024


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 22/04/2024:

Thank you for writing a review Vanessa.
Keep in touch if you need any more help x

Highly experienced maternity nurse

5 stars

Brenda came to help with my premature new born twins. She was able to look after them in the night as a night nurse (feeding them as I requested) and then as they grew up help us to get them into a routine and good habits to get them sleeping through the night as quickly as possible. She was happy to be flexible with her timings to suit me and was always available for extra support over the phone if required. The girls are nice and settled and sleep well through the night thanks to her help.

  • 5 stars Overall

by Avatar for Xanthe Xanthe on 12/07/2023


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 12/07/2023:

Thank you Xanthe x

Great support

5 stars

We had our baby girl during lockdown and our families don’t live close by either so we found the first few weeks pretty hard going as we had no support. After 6 weeks we were pretty frazzled so we sought Brenda’s help to come and look after our girl for a couple of nights a week to give us a break and re-charge.

Not only did Brenda look after our girl exceptionally well, she has also helped guide us with a day and night routine which has helped us all immensely. She also continues to help answer any queries that we have.

Brenda is very experienced, trustworthy and brings a wealth of practical support - I highly recommend her services and support.

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by Avatar for Jem Jem on 23/01/2021


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 24/01/2021:

....we will keep going until she sleeps 7pm to 7am :-)
Brenda

Gamechanger!!

5 stars

Brenda has been a godsend for us. She took the time to analyse our situation and tailor a schedule for us. My baby sleeps so well now. When we called her, we were at a stage where we thought a good night's sleep wasnt going to happen for us but Brenda gave us a plan and confidence to follow it through. She made herself available whenever we had a question or needed her suggestions. I cannot recommend her enough!! She changed our lives after 4 months of sleep deprivation.

  • 5 stars Overall

by Avatar for Jessica Jessica on 03/10/2020


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 04/10/2020:

Thank you Jessica for the lovely review. ☺️

No nonsense!

5 stars

When our son was born, we were keen to have an expert give us no- nonsense advice and to start good habits from the outset. Brenda came to help us on Josh's second night at home and has been a couple of night's a week since then. I'm delighted to say that he is now sleeping seven hours through the night, rarely cries and is a happy little boy!
Brenda's experience and confidence have hugely helped us - thank you Brenda!

  • 5 stars Overall
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by Avatar for Sarah Sarah on 09/03/2020


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 09/03/2020:

.....sleeping a 7 hour stretch and still only 9 weeks! What a good boy. It’s been a pleasure to look after G 😊 x

Life changing for the whole family

5 stars

I am the mother of four gorgeous and very active little ones (6, 4, 2, and 3 months old baby) and I thought by now I would be able to manage with the non-sleeping of the first few months. I had done it before anyway, right? But I was wrong. I was so exhausted with the broken nights that I could not cope with the days and the huge demands of my other little children. I was desperate when I contacted Brenda with a long list of issues I thought she could help with. The number one: could she make our 8 weeks old baby sleep through the night? She explained the importance of getting things right from an early start and the different ways in which she could help. She also gave me the contact of a mother of three she had just started working with so I could check her references, which was very kind, as she already has lots of great references, but I wanted to check how her methods worked with big families.
Brenda came home for a three hours consultation and stayed with us for one night, starting the sleep training with our baby. She set up a strict routine that we implemented from day one and our baby went from waking up 3-5 times to feed in the night to sleeping through the night (11-12 hours!) in just 3 days! But probably the most helpful thing was to have her on the other side of the line to share any difficulty or anxiety during the first weeks of the new routine. She would answer promptly telling me how to tweak the routine on those days when things did not go as plan. Our baby is now 3 months old has been sleeping through the night most nights for the last month. She is such a happy little thing and I feel like I have a life again.
We were reluctant to spend the money on this as, for us, a night nurse is something only rich people have, but looking back, I would do it again and again and again. Everything is easier when you sleep, so we can now cope better with our other kids' needs too. I recommend anyone considering getting help to talk to Brenda on the phone at least, then you can make a call. And if you have already decided to get help, I cannot recommend Brenda highly enough!

  • 5 stars Overall

by Avatar for Paula Paula on 16/07/2019


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 16/07/2019:

Thank you Paula, written word for word just the way it was and how it has changed things for the better. Love to all x

Expert in baby routine

5 stars

We were suffering from sleepless nights and days. Because my little one didnt want me to leave nursing or swinging. We didn’t have any routine at all and when we put him down into his crib, he was waking up after 15-30 minutes. And suddenly i said to myself we needed to do something and found Brenda, who is an expert of routines. From the first day, my 6 week old son started to get into the routine. Sometime it was difficult for me because he was crying for a while but he got used to the routine and he can sleep longer and at the end he s happy. I really appreciate Brenda because she was on the other side of the phone 24/7. Thank you so much.

  • 5 stars Overall
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by Avatar for Burcu Burcu on 06/02/2019


Response by Avatar for Brenda the nanny Brenda the nanny on 06/02/2019:

Thank you Burcu. I am glad everything is progressing in the right direction.
Regards to your family.
Brenda

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