The person who holds your baby should know what to do.
Your nanny may spend more waking hours with your baby than anyone. The love and the instinct are usually there from day one — but knowing how to clear a choking infant, prepare a bottle safely, settle without cry-it-out or notice when something is wrong is learned, not assumed. Training is what closes the gap between someone who cares for your child and someone who knows exactly what to do.
Safety isn't instinct
When something goes wrong with a baby, the first ten seconds matter most. Infant CPR, choking response and safe-sleep practice are taught skills — the difference between panic and a calm, correct response.
Care that matches yours
A trained nanny works the way you work: the same feeding cues, the same gentle settling, the same routine. Your baby gets consistency whoever is in the room.
Confidence, in writing
Training turns an anxious “I think so” into a calm “I've got this” — and leaves you a dated certificate of completion for your household file and future references.
Three households I work with most weeks.
Most enrolments are booked by employers (parents) for their own nanny. Some are self-funded by nannies looking to upskill between roles. Both routes are welcome.
First role with a baby.
She's experienced with toddlers or older kids but the newborn stage is new. The programme starts with the essentials — feeding cues, safe sleep, infant first aid — and builds from there.
Years on the job, no certificate.
Capable with kids, but nothing in writing for your file or the next employer. The certificate of completion at the end is the piece that's been missing.
Newborn arriving on top of toddlers.
Your current nanny has handled the older one beautifully but you want her trained-up on newborn care, infant first aid and the early-weeks routine before the baby arrives.
What graduates walk away with.
Certificate of completion & sign-off
Each nanny finishes with a completed workbook, a group learning check and a certificate of completion — useful for your household file and future references.
First aid awareness & home safety
EFR-aligned CPR, choking, burns and emergency response, practised hands-on — plus a first aid / CPR take-away guide to refresh at home.
Feeding, sleep & routines
Latching support, bottle and formula prep, starting solids, safe sleep and age-appropriate routines. Built for the Dubai household reality.
Development, play & gentle care
Reading cues, behaviour as communication, the power of play and settling without shouting. No cry-it-out, no behaviour-chart shortcuts.
Nanny Training Programme
An evidence-based programme that gives your nanny the tools and confidence to care for your baby safely. Practical, hands-on training tailored to the realities of working in a Dubai household — feeding, sleep, safety, first aid, and responsive interaction.
The full module outline, everything each seat includes, cohort dates and the questions employers ask are all on the course page.
Upcoming cohorts.
Four things this programme is built on.
Taught by an NHS-trained educator
Designed and delivered by a registered NICU nurse, NHS-qualified in mentorship and facilitating learning. Certificates are dated, signed and useful for your nanny's file — not a printable PDF from a course mill.
NICU first, classroom second
I'm a registered NICU nurse with 20+ years on the ward. I lead the programme alongside a small faculty of trusted specialists I'd put my name to — each teaching the areas they know best.
Responsive, never punitive
No cry-it-out, no behaviour charts, no shouting techniques. The methods taught are the same I use with families directly.
Built for Dubai households
Multi-staff homes, household languages, the reality of 12-hour shifts and live-in arrangements. Curriculum reflects the job, not a UK textbook.
Nurse-led nanny training in Dubai.
Most nanny training in Dubai is run by generalist educators. This programme is designed and led by a registered paediatric NICU nurse, IBCLC and DHA-licensed nurse — the clinical depth is the point.
NICU ward, not a classroom
I have 20+ years as a registered paediatric NICU nurse — neonatal intensive care. When I teach feeding, safe sleep or emergency response, the depth comes from ward rounds, not textbooks.
IBCLC-qualified
I hold the highest internationally recognised lactation qualification (IBCLC). The feeding module is built on the same evidence base I use with breastfeeding families one-to-one.
NHS-qualified in mentorship & facilitating learning
The programme design and facilitation style comes from formal NHS training in mentorship and education — not a weekend train-the-trainer certificate.
DHA-licensed nurse in Dubai
I hold a Dubai Health Authority nursing licence — meaning I practise here legally and am registered with Dubai's health regulator. That matters in a city where many course providers are not.
Newborn care, taught clinically.
If your nanny specialises in the newborn and early-weeks period, the programme's foundations — infant first aid, responsive feeding, safe sleep and newborn hygiene — are taught by a NICU nurse and IBCLC, not a generic childcare trainer. It's the same clinical grounding Lisa uses with families one-to-one.
There's no newborn-only track — the full programme is what we offer — but the certificate covers the breadth that makes it useful across the whole first year.
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Properly trained. Proper care.
Feeding, sleep, safety, first aid awareness, development and play — taught hands-on by a NICU nurse, with a certificate of completion at the end. The training that turns a loving nanny into a confident one.