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A professional qualified and experienced nanny offering consultancy and advice to parents of newborn babies and children. The advice and support is non judgmental, easy, straight forward, supportive and practical. After a lifetime of working in a career with babies and children I have a wealth of experience to share. An additional 3 years experience working in a special care baby unit with sick and premature babies and 21 years supporting parents overnight as a night nanny. This experience has enabled me to condence my knowledge and share it with parents who may have become parents for the first time. The advice, support and practical help in most cases takes place in the parents home. If the parents are overseas the help can be shared in an online meeting or phone call. Advice is very much a personal approach to the individual child and the uniqueness of that family life. Ethnicity and cultural backgrounds are always taken consideration as many families live overseas and parents come from diverse backgrounds. Above all I respond well to communication and support each family with the same enthusiasm with my job today as I did the first day I became a trained nursery nurse.
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Brenda is brilliant (even magic).
We had her for both of our daughters, 2.5 yo and 2month-old. The older one had difficulties to go to bed during the night and kept waking up and cries for us during the night. After the visit of Brenda, she started to sleep by herself and rarely cries during the night.
Our youngest took only 2 days to get on the routine Brenda gave us, and slept from 7pm since the day of Brenda’s visit. And now slept through the night.
We got our life back post 7pm, both kids sleeping sound until morning.
Thank you Brenda!

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Brenda helped us establish a routine with our 8 month old, giving us more structure to our day, and hugely improving overnight sleep and naps. We’re in a much better place now. Brenda was very supportive and easy to get hold of / ask questions throughout the process. Thanks Brenda!

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we used brenda as ur two year old son was having trouble sleeping, specifically waking up several times during the night, and crying. which was causing alot of stress to both myself and my wife, as well as not being great for him. WE had Brenda come over and talk us through her experience and what we should do. Whilst her service was not exactly cheap, it was effective and within 2 weeks or so our son was sleeping much better. Brenda's approach has aspects of "tough love", and if you cant be tough, it will take longer to sort out, but it works

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Brenda did a number of nights for me and my newborn from the age of 3 weeks. She is extremely reliable, professional and communicative. She allowed me to get some much needed rest and provided guidance around an outline of a routine. I never once heard my little one cry and was able to get some rest with complete peace of mind. I'd definitely recommend Brenda as a night nanny.

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Brenda visited my family four nights ago and already our lives are all immeasurably better. The first night after Brenda’s visit my 12 week old son went from multiple wake-ups and night feeds (we had been using a very qualified maternity nurse) to a very peaceful night. My son is happier during the day on Brenda’s expertly suggested routine as am I.
My only wish is that I had found Brenda sooner.

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Not sure what we would have done without Brenda. Our son was a terrible sleeper and following Brenda’s advice and her personalised daytime routine he is now sleeping through the night. Brenda gave us the confidence to allow him to self settle and was always available if we ever had any questions or just needed some reassurance. Her firm nature worked perfectly for our family and we couldn’t recommend her more if you want a no nonsense fix to your child’s sleep issues.

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We highly recommend Brenda! She was our night nanny for the first 2-3 months after having our son. She was fantastic at getting us into a routine which gave us some very valuable predictability in a very unpredictable period of time. She also seamlessly got our son sleeping 10-7 very early doors (without any distress for him) and was invaluable in giving my husband enough sleep to be able to work!! She was also a pleasure to have around and has a cracking sense of humour. Thank you so much Brenda!!

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We reached out to Brenda to get help with our toddler for feeding issues. Brenda was amazing! She gave us great advice and tips, things to implement, and her recommendations were showing effect from day 1! It was magic! We had been troubled with her feeding issues for a while, had seen doctors and feeding therapists previously with no success. Then we met Brenda and it seriously changed our life for good very quickly as our toddler began eating solids the day we started implementing her methods. Within the time of a week, we had a toddler who began feeding herself and even asking for food! We are extremely pleased with the outcome and grateful to have found Brenda to help us!! Highly highly recommend to any family who struggles with feeding issues for their little one! Thank you Brenda!

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Brenda was very responsive and straight forward to work with. She is clearly very experienced, especially with babies. I’ve given 4 stars as her style of communication is quite direct and the grandparents didn’t like it…! I also thought she would give a little bit more advice with respect to my elder daughter and her behaviour (3 y.o.) but I think her specialism is really younger children. Nevertheless she does “what she says on the tin”. And both my children are now sleeping well.

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Brenda is absolutely a master in her field. Successfully helped both of our children sleep through the night (now 4 & 2 yo). Brenda is a wonderful person but uses the right level of authority/energy to assure we 'did the best by both children'. All advice given was not too invasive and within weeks we had pre 5am wake ups shift to post 6am, with both kids now sleeping well over 11 hours. Do not give it a 2nd thought, if you are experiencing any issues as Brenda will bring bliss back into your home.

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She was very thorough and with a few changes our son went from being a terrible napper to doing 2 great naps a day and sleeping from 7pm-7am and he had previously been waking up at 5:30am!

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Brenda's help was invaluable when it came to sleep training my four month old son. He is quite a heavy boy and I had resorted to rocking him up and down in the dark with music and a dummy at every nap and bedtime, with limited success. Naps were 30 minutes long and he was waking up every 45 mins from 2/3am. My back was killing me and I was in a permanent state of exhaustion.
Luckily Brenda swooped in and sorted us both out within 3 nights (she had to train me too!). Her methods are slightly old school (no holistic sleep training here) and there is a level of crying that you will not avoid, but mostly only the first night. I would say if you can't stomach it, perhaps this is not the right method for you, but my son is so much happier for it. He now sleeps through the night and he loves his bedtimes and sleeping in his own room. He is also a much easier baby during the day.
Brenda was always very sweet with him and the few nights she stayed over I'd come down in the morning to find him beaming at her.
I feel like Brenda has given us both the gift of sleep and could not recommend her more.

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Brenda is nothing short of exceptional. As new parents, the first months with our baby were some of the most challenging we have ever faced, from sleep difficulties to breastfeeding struggles and everything in between. Brenda brought a rare combination of traditional wisdom, practical strategies, and clear, direct guidance that cut through the noise and gave us confidence when we needed it most.
Although I wasn’t the one in direct contact with her day to day, I saw the difference her support made for my partner, and through that, for our whole family. She didn’t just provide advice, she gave us reassurance, structure, and the tools to get through what could have otherwise been overwhelming.
Her calm, professional approach, combined with her genuine care and deep expertise, made all the difference in helping us navigate the first year of parenthood. I cannot recommend Brenda highly enough to any parents seeking knowledgeable, compassionate, and truly effective support. She is a remarkable consultant, and we will always be grateful for the role she played in our journey.
And yes, all the rumours are true. Brenda has worked with some very high profile families, including a former UK Prime Minister, and it is easy to see why. Her reputation is built on real results and genuine care, and our experience only confirms it.
Thank you Brenda!!!

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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 of experience and can anticipate every situation. Don’t think twice and reach out to Brenda for help!

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Brenda was fantastic and helped our baby girl find a consistent schedule that worked well for us and got her to sleep through the night. She had decades of experience and portrays that experience in a stern but helpful way - you must trust the process, it works! She gave us the comfort that ‘we’ are the boss… not the baby. Our baby quickly caught onto the schedule, stopped cluster feeding and took in larger amounts at the allotted feed slots. This has helped her gain weight and fight the bottle less. She’s 3.5months old and now sleeps 7-7, after dropping the dream feed! Thank you Brenda - well worth the £££!!

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We contacted Brenda when our 3.5-month old daughter started waking up every 30 mins - 1 hour in the night and we’d entered into some bad habits, including needing to rock her or feed her to sleep and running to her during the night at any noise. We had no routine (even though we’d tried with some online) and life was very chaotic and sleep deprived! Brenda came to visit and gave us a routine to follow and, crucially, showed and told us how to make it successful.
For the midday nap, she showed us how to put her down and how to get her to self settle - and for the first time ever, that night she went to sleep by herself in her cot (after a tough 45 mins of crying), and after only a couple of wakes for a few minutes throughout the night, slept through to 7am. After that first night, it was smooth sailing. She went down by herself with very few tears for every nap and has generally slept from 7-7 ever since with the odd wake up here and there.
I can’t believe what a difference it has made to our lives - we have predictability and certainty in the day and our baby is so much happier. She smiles all day and rarely cries. She used to cry on walks or in the car and she now loves both and puts herself to sleep when she is tired without complaint.
Brenda was on hand to answer any questions in the first few weeks and was always extremely responsive. We knew what we were doing wrong but it was integral having Brenda to help us execute sleep training, which we’d tried to do ourselves and failed!
As others have said, Brenda was firm and direct. She believes in her methods, and how you have to teach your baby that tears will not lead to you rushing to them. This is not for everyone. I had always told myself I wouldn’t sleep train, and there have been some really really hard moments, but I’m a complete convert to the approach. We’re all much happier and our baby cries 90% less than before and thrives on the predictability of a routine and the ability to fall asleep by herself.

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Hiring Brenda as a sleep trainer was the best decision we made. Our 18 month old daughter was going through a sleep regression, specifically waking up multiple times at night. We tried many things ourselves but nothing seemed to work. We finally hired Brenda and within a few days, our daughter was back to sleeping through the night. Brenda's approach is strict but she delivers results if you follow what she says to a tee.
Our daughter is currently sleeping 12 hours straight through the night and we could not be more thankful to Brenda. We would highly recommend her for any sleep training needs.

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We were desperate when we called Brenda with a 5 month old baby waking every 1 to 2 hours. Brenda helped us to get back into control with a straight forward routine and troubleshooting, she helped cut through the conflicting information online, and kept us accountable which was crucial as our baby was more resistant than most! I’d recommend Brenda to all of my friends for "good" sleepers and "bad" sleepers alike because Brenda has a lot to teach and recommend starting around 8-10 weeks.

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Brenda was excellent with our 2 year old son. Her approach is strict but we quickly learnt that was necessary in order to get the lasting results we have. She was responsive and supportive at all hours of the day or night. Within a week, he was sleeping straight through. Would highly recommend.

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We hired Brenda for both of our children (a boy and a girl, so we've seen that her magic works regardless of the child!) and she is worth every penny. Her style is strict but clear, and produces very predictable—and seemingly effortless—results. We had originally booked Brenda well ahead of time for her sleep training expertise with our first-born, but for various reasons ended up with her as our night nurse from birth. She was so effective at understanding his needs and patterns that he naturally established a sleep routine by 8 weeks, and was already sleeping 12 hours at night by week 11. Unfortunately for Brenda, she had worked herself out of the job before he was even due to start sleep training proper! Our experience with our daughter was no different, and she took to Brenda immediately, matching our son's development almost to the week. Brenda's style is not for everyone, but if you're looking for the best in the business, look no further.

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