Gigi

About Me

Hello Mums and Dads

Thanks so much for reading my profile. My name is Gabrielle. After raising my own beloved children, and an extremely busy career (in the NHS, and international health) I am now fulfilling some of my long-shelved plans, which included becoming a professional Nanny :) I met my ideal and perfect ‘nanny family’ in late March 2021 - and it’s been everything I could have hoped for. I absolutely adore my two darling little charges, and am so proud to be their nanny. And I’m grateful every day to work for such an inspiring pair of parents, who are also the most thoughtful, kind and considerate employers I could ever have wished for. My’ (their!) littlest one is now 20 months old and has just started nursery part-time. So we’re now busy adjusting days and hours around, and I’m going to have some more availability for daytime nannying once or twice a week from August - and/or some overnight nannying, and babysitting on weekends. I already babysit every month for another wonderful local family.

I genuinely love children and find them delightful. I’m a devoted mum myself (my boys are now in their twenties) and have learned a lot from my long experience of caring for children. But I certainly don’t style myself as a guru or behave like a militant nanny who lectures or tries to boss the babes’ parents around. I definitely don’t claim to have all the answers, to be perfect at child rearing, or to be infallible. But I can honestly say that I always do my absolute best; and that I always try to learn from and reflect on my own experience; to keep abreast of new knowledge and positive approaches, and to improve my own performance. I’m a friendly, caring, warm, patient, cheerful, resourceful, sensible, and extremely responsible and dependable person. I was fortunate enough to have had absolutely incredible, doting and nurturing parents, and several loving older siblings - along with a Montessori education. All of which led to me taking a very creative and child-centred approach to little people. I’m very loving and affectionate, and firm but fun with children. I think it’s really important to provide and encourage lots of stimulating activity for them. But I firmly believe we should allow them to (safely!) explore, imagine and invent naturally for themselves - with boundaries, but without excessive direction. I try to focus on learning and development through fun: reading, arts and crafts, plenty of music, movement and physical activity, baking, etc - and love planning, and taking the children on, adventures and fun discovery outings. I love cooking and enjoy the challenge of preparing meals that little people will enjoy - while ensuring that they get as many nutritious ingredients as possible (even if disguised/camouflaged ;-) One’s efforts aren’t always a success (as every parent knows… ). But in my experience: engaging and involving children in sourcing ingredients, preparing food - and making it fun - is a good start. I’m very proud that both of my boys grew up very healthy and active - and that they’re now both excellent cooks (who absolutely love vegetables ;-)

I was a single mum, and I had to work full-time to support my boys, so I know EXACTLY how sad (and scary!) it is to entrust your little treasure to the care of anyone else. And how challenging it is to find that special someone who will provide your babe with the same degree of tender care, fun and learning that YOU do, while you are out at work in the daytime, just out for an evening, or overnight if you need to go away. My aim is to be able to offer just that: excellent, safe, happy and nurturing child-care, with total peace of mind for their parents.
Both my nanny family and my babysitting family are ready and happy to provide references for me; as well as other character referees. I have my British Red Cross paediatric first aid training certificate; and comprehensive Nanny insurance cover. I live in M16 (on the borders of Whalley Range and Chorlton). Please get in touch if you would like to chat about your needs. Please be patient as I don’t check messages or take calls while I’m looking after my little ones, so I might not be able to respond to you straight away - but I will get back to you as soon as I can.

With thanks and very best wishes
Gabrielle