Niki

About Me

Dear Family,

My name is Niki, 33 years old and I am a graduate of the Technical Institute of Epirus,Greece where I studied Early Childhood Care and Education for 4 years.London -based with an EU passport. I obtained my Cambridge Proficiency in English Diploma after a 9 year attendance at a private school for English and a maternity nurse diploma in London.
Professionally, I have enjoyed working with children of all ages for the past fourteen years, as a maternity nurse( for multiples, too!), a kindergarten teacher and a former nanny before, while and after my 4-year studies in the field. I have excellent experience working with celebrity or Royal and VVIP families of different cultures and travelling with their newborns, as well.

I immersed myself in childhood psychology and care. What I learned from my undergraduate years is the importance of fostering a warm and inviting environment based on pre/postnatal and pre-school psychology through an interaction between creativity/child-play and early educational experiences. As a firm supporter of the Montessori theory, that is the most valuable virtue I could offer on my behalf to your family.

Under my care, newborns have been gently- with respect to their needs-but successfully introduced and settled into a routine of healthy feeding and sleeping habits , leading to fully restful nights around their 3rd month.
Successful weaning and early introduction to potty-training for the bigger bubbas .
I am always happy to provide support with establishing breastfeeding and different techniques that could make the process a little easier.
Excellent experience with traveling with newborns on planes, yachts,trains or cars privately or not!Vast experience with newborns who have been challenged with different types of reflux or allergies.

Two of my most unique experiences, I would like to underline, is taking care of my sister who was born when I was 14 and has been my sole charge for her first four years of life, as well as being a maternity nurse for triplets before I enter the university!

As a character, I am highly responsible (I started babysitting when I was 9!), creative and very passionate with what I do. I have been working with prematurely born babies, experiencing severe reflux, tongue-tie and other medical issues and successfully managed to settle them into a healthy routine. My greatest value is being highly empathetic, to which I attribute my confidence and commitment with infants, as I do not consider myself working but creating and investing!

I enjoy Arts and traveling, socializing, exploring new cultures and languages, and devoting a lot of time in volunteering and sports (I’ve got strong sea-legs). My mother tongue is Greek and I am highly fluent in English, however I could communicate in French, Italian and Spanish at ease. I am looking for my next short or long-term commitment to provide guidance and support.
I hope this gives you a tiny idea of who I am.
Kind regards,
Nicky