Liz's Reviews
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5 out of 5
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Below are the latest reviews for Liz. Please note that reviews represent the subjective opinions of other Childcare.co.uk members 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.
Liz came to help us with our second baby when she was 6 days old, we had her three nights a week for 12 weeks. I honestly couldn't speak more highly of Liz, she was everything I wished we had with our first baby. Not only was she so knowledgable but kind and caring to our daughter and also to us. Liz went above and beyond to help and advise us wherever possible, we trusted her whole heartedly we left the country on a couple of occasions as we knew our daughter was in the best hands. She had our daughter sleeping through the night from 11 weeks she is now 16 weeks and is consistently sleeping through the night anywhere between 7pm-7/8am! I was genuinely very upset when we had to say goodbye to Liz as we loved having her around the house, we still speak often as when I need advice she is my go to.
Any family and baby will be very very lucky to have Liz! :)
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nicole
on 22/09/2024
Liz came to us for 3 nights when I was having difficulty with my 5 month old’s sleep at night. She was waking every few hours wanting to be fed which was exhausting for all of us. Liz was very warm and friendly on arrival, she immediately put me at ease. She explained what she would do clearly so that we felt comfortable leaving our daughter in her hands and were able to actually relax and get some sleep! She wrote down what she had observed during the night and let me know how to keep it up during the day. She came the second night and then was flexible to come for a third night when we needed a bit more help. She continued to observed my daughter so that she could advise us on other ways to make her sleep better based on what she saw. Not only that but she followed up afterwards on WhatsApp so I was able to ask follow up questions and felt able to deal with her alone. My daughter now sleeps through the night 7-6ish without wanting feeding at all, and we are all feeling so much better for it! I definitely couldn’t have done it without liz and her knowledge, and calm attitude.
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Victoria
on 04/07/2023
We contacted Liz for early evening babysitting as had tickets for a show in town and needed someone to do the whole bath and bedtime routine for our 5 month old (we unfortunately don’t have any family members to call upon!) When speaking with Liz she asked about sleep patterns and our daughter was waking frequently in the night for short periods of time for what we thought was food. Liz suggested using our babysitting evening as a stepping stone to try and get her to sleep through the night along with moving her into her own room and larger cot at the same time. I thought ambitious but let’s give it a go!
Liz came the week before to familiarise herself and to meet our daughter. She stayed on the first night and we took advantage of having a sneaky night away knowing our daughter was in good hands having read her references and documentation along with the meet the previous week. Liz had run through how it would work explaining that a child of 5 months can go through the night without feeding and the cry outs had become habit induced as rewarded with a cuddle and food. She would monitor how often she woke and for length of time listening out to the type and frequency of cry. Liz provided updates throughout the evening with pictures of a happy child when we left and on waking in her cot and playing in the morning.
We returned home after the first night and Liz provided a night diary of the wake periods and length of time for each, and our daughter had gone the whole night without a feed and with one longish period of crying coupled with a few other wake ups at similar times as usual.
Liz returned the following night whilst we were home after bedtime routine and she was asleep. Again we were told to go to bed and she would be on watch. Another night this time with minimal crying/wake ups.
The following night we were flying solo…we did bath and feed then put her down at 7.10pm. Throughout the early part of the night before we went to sleep ourselves she cried out a couple of times but did not wake. Liz had explained not to go in and disturb her so you do have to be steely! The following morning I went in to an awake smiling baby at 7.20am!
From the moment we made contact with Liz she has been on hand answering questions via message quickly and following up on how the sleeping has gone after the initial night in a really helpful manner. This has given peace of mind and also allowed for baby brain forgetfulness for all those questions for when she was with us to get answered.
Amazing! A happy baby and even happier parents….just need to catch up on the 5 months lost sleep! Can’t recommend Liz highly enough 😃
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22Rabbit
on 05/06/2023
We were having trouble with our five month old sleeping pattern. He was waking every two hours for feeds and his last three hours of sleep required us to hold him for him to sleep. He also refused to sleep in his cot. We engaged Liz for a few nights and she worked her magic. She’s very personable and our son warmed up to her immediately. She explained what she was going to do and provided reassurance along the way. During the night she kept us informed and was a pleasure to have around. She also provide us with support after she left and we would highly recommend her. We’ve seen the results immediately and he now has a much better sleeping pattern - last night was our first night without Liz and he slept throughout and we are absolutely delighted. He now sleeps independently in his own room/cot and his afternoon naps have also significantly improved.
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Emy
on 12/02/2023
I reached out to Liz to help me with my 3.5 month old baby. We had fallen into bad habits post birth and at the point Liz joined us my daughter was screaming every evening, sleeping on me every night, going to bed at 9pm either by feeding to sleep or screaming herself to sleep and waking 3-6 times every night. I was exhausted.
My main hope was that Liz would be able to get my baby sleeping independently in their cot. She did that and more and within a few nights my baby was falling asleep at 7pm on her own in her own cot with minimal fuss and sleeping all the way through to 6am. Something I never thought possible! She even takes naps in the cot now!
Liz is incredibly friendly and warm and immediately makes you feel relaxed. She is very calm and confident and I felt safe leaving my baby in her hands. She guides you and passes on her knowledge but never comes across as bossy, she involves you in the process and checks you are happy and comfortable with what she’s doing.
I can’t recommend Liz enough and my 3 year old daughter keeps asking when she’s coming back ❤️
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Johanna
on 22/01/2023
We employed Liz to look after our newborn from day 2 (as soon as we got home from the hospital). Liz provided care for our daughter 4 nights a week for a period of 12 weeks. Liz is reliable, enthusiastic and takes great pride in her work. She takes her professional responsibilities very seriously. My daughter suffers from allergies and Liz was always thinking of ways to make her feel more comfortable. Even when off duty, Liz was always just at the other end of the phone with tips and ideas to help with my daughter's care. Our main priority was to get our daughter into a good sleeping and feeding routine, which Liz clearly and confidently implemented and helped us to maintain. Liz was very communicative with both me and my husband, as well as the other nannies who covered the rest of the week. Liz made sure that everyone was up to speed and on the same page and was consistently motivated by what was best for our daughter. Liz was the only nanny that we chose to retain for the entire 12 weeks of our daughter's night care. The other nannies fell significantly short of Liz's high standards and dedication.
Liz extended her care to me as a new mum, which I am eternally grateful for as I was fairly new to the area and have no family or close friends living nearby. As well as being a constant source of encouragement and support, Liz has been a fountain of knowledge, sharing wisdom gained from her own experience of motherhood as well as her 30+ years of working in childcare. Liz is an extremely intuitive nanny and very quickly built a strong relationship with our daughter. Liz seemed to instinctively know what was best for our daughter in every situation and was able to tailor her care in response to our daughter's personality and preferences.
Liz exhibited great enthusiasm for her role as a nanny - she clearly loves what she does and it was a pleasure to share this most special time with her. At 12 weeks our daughter was sleeping from 6:30pm to 6:00am and so we no longer needed Liz's help. I was delighted that we had achieved our sleep goals and that our daughter was in an excellent routine but I felt a little sad that Liz would be leaving our home, since I really appreciated her input into our family life. For the 12 weeks that Liz was with us she gave me no reason to question her abilities or professional integrity. I trusted her completely with my daughter's care and was able to sleep soundly at night, knowing that Liz would always do the right thing by our daughter. I cannot recommend Liz highly enough. She has had such a positive impact on our experience as new parents and any family would be very lucky to have her. Thank you Liz!!! :)
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Daisy22
on 13/01/2023
Liz worked with us for a few nights to help our baby learn to sleep on his own cot. She was amazing and made us feel calm and supported through the whole process. She also provided tips on our overall day routine and continued to offer support via whatsapp even after her worked finished with us. Our 4 month old baby has now learned to sleep on his own bed and is sleeping through most of the night!!!
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meli21
on 27/09/2022
Liz has been an absolute superstar! Her support, guidance, advice and calm and friendly nature helped us guide our little boy through the challenges of night sleeping. We have gone from 6+ wakings a night to 10hrs of straight sleep!! Cannot recommend Liz enough….thank you for saving our sanity!
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Kaz
on 06/09/2022
We have just used Liz to help us get our 15 month old boy into better sleeping habits and help with my choice to end my breastfeeding journey. He has been waking every 2 hours to feed. Within 2 nights he was sleeping soundly in his cot and only waking only once (5.30am) and is able to resettle himself even at that time. This has a made a big difference to our whole family’s wellbeing.
Liz is calm and supportive and easy to have around. She has been fabulous, I would thoroughly recommend her to anyone. I found having her stay throughout the night was so much better than some of the remote sleep consultant services.
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Angeline
on 08/04/2022
Liz joined us by helping out babysitting a couple of nights. When I explained the number of wake ups happening with my 5 month old daughter, Liz suggested some help with sleep training. Within 2 nights, she was sleeping from 6.30 right through. Liz was fantastic. Her manner was supportive and kind. And she has a lot of experience with all situations. Liz was so committed to getting my daughter in a good routine - she would text / call for days and weeks after to help me keep the routine which I really appreciated. Liz is incredibly calm and reassuring and I would highly recommend her. She is an asset to any family who works with her.
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SarahJ
on 24/03/2022
Liz was absolutely fantastic the whole time she was with us. She took care of our newborn 3 nights a week for about 3 months. She helped us to get him in to a good routine day and night and offered lots of advice to help improve his sleep. We learnt a lot from her! She was always reliable, caring and supportive.
Liz has a wealth of knowledge about babies, our son has had some underlying health issues and it was very useful having her input on how to make things better for him. She worked very hard to help him be as content and comfortable as possible. We highly recommend Liz!
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Phoebe
on 01/01/2022
Liz was incredible for our 9 month old who was waking almost every hour. Within just a few days our baby was sleeping 12 hours and going down with no fuss. Liz really was the miracle we needed to get our sanity back! Extremely highly recommended.
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ac100
on 22/11/2021
Liz has helped us as a night nanny since my son was 5 days old until 11 weeks old - when she left us our son was in a great sleeping routine of 12 hours with a quick dreamfeed. She has given us much needed rest and a full nights sleep but also given us invaluable advice and guidance as parents of a newborn, when this stage can be so difficult. Liz helped us make good decisions and was always happy to have a chat/share ideas about my son as she knew him and his habits so well.
On a practical note - Liz was helpful with cleaning and sterilising all bottles and preparing bottles for the morning. She is friendly but calm and relaxed - which is exactly what you want from someone in your house overnight! Also impeccable time keeping and so neat and tidy!
I will continue to use Liz for babysitting and look forward to seeing her again.
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Alison L
on 30/09/2021
We have been fortunate to be using Liz for the last 3 months since our son was one month old roughly 3 times a week. Liz is an excellent night nanny. We felt very comfortable leaving her with our son from the offset. She helped us in the early days settling to sleep and gave us some decent rest a couple of times a week (she would do one expressed feed for us and then would get me up to do next feed). She gave us regular advice and have us the confidence to do some sleep training resulting in our son now sleeping 12 hours a night (with a dream feed) at 4 months old.
Liz is warm and approachable and has a calm nature. She has been great with our older son (who will sometimes sneakily stay up just to see her!). She is always at the end of a message when I need advice during the day and even came to us one night within 1/2 hour when we were struggling to settle our son. We will continue to use Liz on an adhoc basis for the foreseeable future and highly recommend her.
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Hannah
on 29/06/2021
We are very grateful for Liz for all her support in the last few weeks with our newborn baby. We used her as a night nanny. She is very kind and provides great help. We will definitely ask her again when the need arises.
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Mounir
on 16/11/2020
Liz has been helping us for about 3 weeks now with our 6 week old baby boy at a time where both of us were struggling to find our rhythm over night. Liz fitted in the family very quickly and got us instantly a bit of breathing space over night to recover from our recently sleep deprivation. Her exceptional inter personal skills coupled with her professional allowed Liz to settled at home very quickly. Liz is more than a night Nanny. she enabled us to establish a routine by day and by night. Liz is full of good advise and would recommend Liz without hesitating.
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Peggy
on 12/01/2020
We have been fortunate enough to have Liz looking after my 11 year old severely autistic son regularly for a few months now . Liz copes Witt my sons special needs and challenging behaviour with understanding and compassion.
Liz is kind, reliable, responsible, respectful and easy to have around.
Liz clearly loves working with children . She is resourceful with a great sense of humour .
I have no hesitation in recommending Liz- she is Fab and your child will be in safe hands.
Sam
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Samantha
on 28/11/2019
I have used Liz for babysitting purposes on 2 occasions now, and both times she has been brilliant. I have an 8 month old daughter and 9 year old stepson. Liz was great at following our 9 year old’s bedtime routine, and excellent in routinely checking on my daughter as she slept upstairs.
Liz was very quick to respond to my messages and nothing was too much trouble. Would highly recommend her!
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Anna
on 18/09/2019
Liz came and babysat for us last Friday evening. She was punctual, good with children and has a good sense of humour. She bathed the baby and put her to bed, we came home to a calm and quiet house, yeah!
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polarbea
on 27/01/2018
