Giggles

My Summary

My Experience

I started my career in England as a live-in au-pair for a Franco-English family in Berkshire to look after their 2 boys who were 6 & 2 yrs old. My tasks were to do the school runs, preparing the boys meals, bathing them, helping with homework, taking the younger brother ( I was looking after him all day long) to parks, indoor play area, walks / tricycle, play with them both. Housework included changing the boys's beddings, washing, cleaning family bathroom & cleaning the floors & tidying up after the boys. *Once a week, I attended a course in a college to study English as a foreign language. I stayed with them for 18 months from August 1995 until February 1997.

My next job was in Surrey working again as a live-in au-pair for a single British woman who had a 4yrs old little girl ( I wanted to be in a only English speaking family to further improve my English). The tasks were the same really, the difference was that I had to do the evening bed times routines with a story. Also, I had the extra responsibility of having the sole charge for two weeks of the little girl while her mother went on a two weeks holiday abroad! I Was there for 8 months from February 1997 until October 1997.

My next job (in Dorset) was as a mother's help for a couple with 3 boys who were 3, 18 months & a 5 weeks old baby. The new experience was looking after a baby & looking after a third child, otherwise, the tasks again were pretty much the same. I Was there for 9 months from January 1998 until October 1998.

From October 1998 until December 2001 I was working for a battery manufacturer in Ilminster (Somerset).

My next childcare job (in Somerset), was as a full time live-out nanny for a couple with 3 boys: a 5yrs old & 6 months old twins. The new responsibility was looking after 2 babies, preparing the bottles, sterilising the bottles, feeding the babies, changing nappies, be on time for the school runs for their big brother, bathing, nap times and play with them while learning, preparing breakfasts & evening meals for the oldest when the parents were at work. working between 10-12 hours a day. I also looked after only the twins for two weeks while their parents were on holiday abroad with their oldest son.
Was there for exactly 3 years from January 2002 until December 2005.

I had to stop working when my husband & I adopted our 4 children in January 2006 to become a full-time mother, and, after thirteen years of looking after my own children, I went back working as a part-time nanny / babysitter for a couple with a 14 months old little boy for 3hrs daily Monday to Friday whilst mum was working from home. The role involved playing & having fun with him, having both educational & imaginative role-plays, walking to parks & recreation grounds, library, Mothers & Toddlers group, etc.... The position ended a week before the family relocated abroad. I was there for 12 months from September 2018 until October 2019.

Whilst, I was doing the above job in the morning, I also worked for another family also in Somerset on a part-time basis collecting a little boy from his nursery and driving him back to his house and staying and looking after him until one of his parents came back home. The couple had another little boy later on & once the mum’s maternity leave was over, I was collecting the baby from his nursery and his older brother from his school and again drove them back to their house looked after them until one of their parents came back home.
I was working for this family for 2 yrs from September 2018 until août 2020.

My following job was in Somerset on a full-time basis for 3 children; 5 yrs old boy/girl twins & 8 months old little girl. The responsibilities included usual nanny duties, driving them to nursery / school & also do the collection. Feeding them, helping with homework, bathing, occasional shopping, taking them to their activities & recreation parks, doing the laundry, preparing their sports bag for the following day, cleaning & tidying after myself ( the family had a cleaner ). Feeding the dogs while the parents were away. I also was doing some additional babysitting during weekends on a regular basis as well as staying & looking after the children overnight while the parents were away from home. I also looked after the 3 children & had sole responsibility for 10 days while both parents went to Dubai. I also went with the mum and her 3 children to New York State ( from June 2022 to end of August 2022 ) as she was doing some research at Cornell university. I drove them daily to their nursery / summer camp while we were there. I had (mostly) sole responsibility of the kids days & nights while we were living in America, as the mum was staying at the University for most of the time .
I was with them for a full 3 years from September 2019 until September 2022 ( They moved permanently to their flat in London on the 14th Sept. 22) .

My Qualifications

All my school education have been in France equivalent to A levels study.
Fluent in both French and English languages.

My Availability

I am available from June 2023
I can provide some babysitting services in the evenings and overnight stays during the week / weekend.
I can prepare meals for children, do baths-times & bedtimes, school-runs, help with homework , do kids laundry, change their beddings, take them to their activities.

Ideally, I’m looking to travel daily to Taunton /
Bridgwater areas but I will consider other areas.

My Fees

• Babysitting from £10.00 per hour
• Nannying from £13.00 per hour (net)