Overview
This highly respected course is for those wishing to work as Maternity/Night Nanny or those wishing to gain further understanding of newborn care. The course covers every aspect of the Maternity/Night Nanny role.
We believe that learning should be fun and informative which is why we have supplemented our online training with videos, additional resources, and diagrams. This training includes videos from industry experts.
Suitable For: Experienced Nannies and Mother’s help
The Course Structure covers:
- Breast/Bottle feeding and weaning
- Role and responsibilities of a maternity nanny
- The process of lactation
- Breast feeding including latching, positioning and difficulties.
- Expressing/using pumps.
- Colic and reflux Bottle feeding.
- First stages of puree and baby-led weaning.
- General Newborn care
- Getting new born experience and working in people’s homes
- Settling unhappy babies.
- Bathing and Changing nappies
- Cord, skin and eye care.
- Sterilizing
- The correct preparation of infant formula
- Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SID’s)
- Illness and temperatures
Routine in Newborns
- Most popular types of routine on-demand feeding
- How a routine changes in the first weeks/months
- Dropping milk feeds
Sleep Training in Babies
- Understanding sleep cycle’s and how they change
- Sleep associations and how to avoid them.
- Establishing sleep routines.
- Controlled crying.
CPR
- Unresponsive baby (breathing and not breathing)
- Choking baby and child
- Burns
- Baby Water Safety
- Raised temperatures
- Meningitis
At the end of the course, you will be required to sit for an exam. To qualify for your official Infant Specialist Nanny Certificate, you will need to have completed the theory class. The pass mark for the exam is 80%.
Course Features
- Lectures 17
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level Beginner
- Language English
- Students 150
- Assessments Yes
Requirements
- To complete the assessment candidates must ensure their computer meets the minimum requirements.
- Internet access and a working email address
- Up to date internet browser such as: Internet Explorer/Safari/Google Chrome/Mozilla Firefox etc…
- Ability to hear audio/video via your computer as our resource files include video clips
Features
- What items you will need to be a professional Night Nanny
- Understanding what a Night Nanny is and does
- New Born care and Baby Developmental Milestones
- Breast/Bottle Feeding and Weaning
- Routines in New Born's
- Developmental Stimulation
- Sleep Training
- Baby Massage
- Baby and Infant First Aid and CPR
Target audiences
- This course is open to Nannies, Domestics and Creche Teachers Assistants.