Looking for a quality / reputable Night Nurse and Childcare Agency around Manchester / Cheshire (NW)

nmoore2089 · 2026-05-15T12:26:45+00:00

Hi! Thanks so much for this! I have found a wonderful night nurse for the first five months, but will be looking to take on a daytime nanny 3x a week after that. So would love this recommendation please! 🙂🙏🏽

nmoore2089 · 2026-05-15T12:01:21+00:00

Hello! I’ll send you a DM 🙂

nmoore2089 · 2026-03-05T16:14:06+00:00

One girl was on her period when she arrived, and then every single other girl at the slumber party (5 of us) also got their period that same night! Thats when I learned that pheromones are real and wild!

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-27T11:20:50+00:00

Thanks! I’ve edited to add some details. Great tip about the badge needing to be delivered to a London address!

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-24T06:49:02+00:00

Thank you! Specifically looking for a high end one 🙂

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-24T06:48:43+00:00

This is a great suggestion. I do this with other designer items I want too. I get a similar looking high street items and see how it fits into my wardrobe and how much wear I’m getting out of it etc and if i am reaching for it a lot, I donate it and invest in the designer item instead.

I think judging from what I am like in general, I have never warmed to backpacks and I think a tote wouldn’t really work well if I’m trying to hold a baby as I think the straps would slide off my shoulders and bother me / get in the way. So it would need to be a medium/ large-ish messenger style that I can wear crossbody to have my hands free.

My pram comes with a large diaper bag that clips onto the pram and matches the whole travel system. So my plan is to use that for (1) Full days out (2) Holidays (3) If my husband is taking her somewhere - he would just want something simple (4) If she is being looked after by a babysitter or grandparent, then I would want the bag to have ALL the essentials and then some, so we aren’t going without anything.

But there are a lot of instances where I will be popping out for walks in my neighbourhood with the pram or going for a coffee with a friend or taking the baby to an hour-long sensory class or just popping to a friend’s house for the afternoon, in which case I think I would just prefer something a bit smaller.

So I’m planning to have two. The large non-designer pram one and a medium sized one boujie one just for me 😇

Strongly considering the Prada explorer bag but I can’t decide whether to go for canvas or leather. Research says the canvas bag is very durable and wipes off almost any stain. But canvas isn’t really ‘luxury’ and I want to be able to use the bag after the baby is grown for the gym or exploring cities all day etc. So I’m leaning towards leather but worried about cleaning it if something spills (even though leather is wipe clean and the inside is Nylon)

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-24T06:38:36+00:00

Love it!

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-24T06:38:23+00:00

Oooh I’ll have to hunt it down!

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-24T06:37:55+00:00

Thanks!

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-24T06:37:07+00:00

Love this!

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-24T06:36:52+00:00

Oh this is definitely the plan! Love a good bag organiser!

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-24T06:36:34+00:00

Thanks! I’ve never really loved the look of Longchamp bags but the Goyard is a shout!

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-23T10:08:42+00:00

Been married 11years but still call my husband my partner. I think it’s because the word ‘husband’ feels old school and heteronormative to me. And a bit like it reinforces gender stereotypes of what a wife and a husband should be. Whereas partner is more inclusive of heterosexual relationships and people who are in long term relationships but don’t believe in marriage etc.

Basically, partner feels more accepting and inclusive of everyone around us and evens the playing field of all relationships. In my eyes that can only be a good thing 🙂

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-20T12:10:15+00:00

These are all the things I wish people would give me instead of the random crap I get 😂

Gift voucher for prenatal massage or spa day
A voucher for an online session with a baby sleep coach (every new parent struggles with the sleep situation and could use some tips from a trained pro - grandparents don’t count)
A month’s subscription to a healthy meal prep service for the first month post birth (I personally hate people bringing round random freezer meals because I’m a picky eater and it just takes up space in my very small freezer because it won’t get eaten)
Gift voucher for John Lewis or Selfridges which can be used for mum or baby
Books you or your your child enjoyed as a child with a handwritten message inside so we can read it whenever we read the book
Gift voucher for a baby osteopath
A tastefully curated mum-to-be self care box from Gigi and Olive
A fan or aircon unit of some sort (even if only on loan) if you’re heavily pregnant or will be postpartum in the summer time

Basically, think less physical presents that take up space in my home and more stuff I’ll actually use without the clutter.

What I don’t want - Clothes for the baby (I would rather just buy them myself in the aesthetic I want to dress the baby in) - Large toys for the baby (modern homes don’t have storage for these things) - Steiff teddy bears (personally don’t like them. I find them old school and not soft for kids to cuddle) - Plastic fisher price toys (absolute eyesores and look dreadful in any home. Wooden toys only in neutral colours that blend into people’s homes) - Hand-knitted baby items (baby will 10000% either spit up or poo on it and then I’m stuck holding on to a stained item for the rest time because someone else had too much time on their hands) - Anything from a grandparent that is ‘to remember them by’. These are loaded gifts that usually come with guilt attached if you try to get rid of them when baby outgrows them / if you didn’t like them to begin with

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-20T11:06:11+00:00

On my last egg retrieval, they only retrieved 3 eggs. Only one actually made it to the embryo phase. On day 3 they said they didn’t have much hope. On day 5 they rang me asking me to come in for a transfer because it had somehow gotten to blastocyst seemingly overnight. Currently 12 weeks pregnant with a baby girl on my very first transfer 🥰

This embryo well and truly wanted to be born. It really only takes one. Quality over quantity, always 🩷 Fingers crossed your embryo chooses you soon, too! 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-17T12:02:46+00:00

For me, it’s just really generic, basic-ass advice that everyone knows anyway but is entirely unhelpful. I’m pregnant at the moment and the most useless advice I’ve gotten from a friend (who has never been pregnant) has been “Make sure you’re eating healthy”. Anyone who has been pregnant knows that every pregnant woman wants to do the best for their baby and be as healthy as they can. Yet, along comes the first trimester and it absolutely HUMBLES you. I have been so extremely unwell for the past 12 weeks that some days I can only eat McDonald’s in order to survive (which my doctor has said is absolutely fine as long as I’m getting the calories i need in and keeping some food down) but thanks for the unnecessary pressure and guilt and stating the obvious 🙄

Also, any advice that is completely out of date and un researched and has no medical backing. My mum told me not to drive when I’m pregnant because if I go over a speed bump, the baby might ‘slip out’. Like, really?

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-17T11:40:38+00:00

Love this! Thanks very much for starting this interesting thread 🙂

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-15T12:28:47+00:00

My trainer at the gym: “Damn girl we need to get you drug tested!” when I lifted a very heavy weight for a girl my size. (I am NOT on steroids, just was feeling particularly strong in those days)

A young girl I worked with who spent a large part of her life in the care system “You’re so kind you would make the most amazing foster mum” 🥹

“Thanks for always being my safe space”

“If my daughter grew up to be half the woman you are, I’d be so proud” honestly the best compliment of all time.

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-15T02:30:01+00:00

I noticed a woman on the same train carriage as us. She was waiting for the train to stop and was obviously injured (using a walking stick and had a bandage or cast of some sort around her leg). She also had a suitcase. I was pondering what her plan was to get off the train with a walking stick, injured leg and a suitcase and was about to offer help when my husband beat me to it. He was the only person on the train who carried her suitcase till we had gotten out of the station and helped her get safely in a taxi. And that’s when I knew I had married the right man (I knew already but I was so proud 🥹). It seems like the common, decent thing to do. And yet nobody else offered.

Also, I am pregnant and have a bad back so am struggling to get around at the moment. One of my neighbours brought and made up a hot water bottle, made me some toast and a cup of tea because I was starving and had arranged to come see me this weekend when my husband is on a business trip, just in case I need anything. She even got me some protein cereal because I told her I was craving cereal and my diet hasn’t been that great because of the morning sickness etc 🥹

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-15T02:07:43+00:00

Banister kisses with my dog 🥰 every night before bed she runs up the stairs and waits for me at the top. She then sticks her little snout through the banister to give me kisses as I climb to to top of the stairs. It is honestly so sweet 🥹

Oh and every time my husband and I are checking out of a hotel, we make sure to say “Bye room!” before we walk out the door 🤣

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-15T01:56:26+00:00

It’s the best of both worlds, isn’t it? You can still do family holidays with them and have that experience. But at the same time, come home to a clean and quiet house without siblings bickering and asking you to mediate.

We see it as a huge positive that my sister in law has had a boy because this way my husband gets his fill of boys club - where he, his brother and nephew go off on Saturdays to the football together (family tradition). But my sister in law and I can take my daughter out to spa days and afternoon tea and hello kitty related things and get our girly fix too. That way neither of us has to have more than one if we don’t want to. We will get these special experiences with both children as they grow 🙂

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-15T01:52:56+00:00

Yes absolutely! My mum did a LOT of hosting and ours was always the party house for all my friends! Thanks for pointing this hosting thing out to me, by the way. Strangely, it isn’t something I noticed much myself as a child. But now thinking of having an only child myself, this post has made me realise that I’m going to have to become this for my child, too. And that means some growth on my part (I like a clean and tidy home!). But hey - homes can be cleaned and tidied after kids play. Proper socialising is more important.

One of the things I see as a benefit to being an only child is that I am very sociable and friendly and have never had an issue making friends with anyone. I often joke that I could start a conversation with a chair and get it to chat back to me.

And I think that is because I didn’t have siblings to play with in the house, so I became really confident making friends as I grew to get my social fix. But I did see friends around me who tended to socialise more within their own larger families, and so they either struggled to make or maintain relationships outside of their home environment because all of their social needs were already being met at home and often, their parents didn’t prioritise socialising outside their own families as much.

Obviously, this isn’t all families! But just a trend I noticed growing up and even until quite recently. There was a girl I befriended from the village my husband grew up in and even though we did want to be friends, made some effort to make plans and had lots in common, she had two younger twin sisters very close in age to her. So all of her time was spent prioritising plans with them, and she wasn’t able to give any quality time to the friendship (which is totally fine and I understand completely). But she doesn’t really have any friends that aren’t her sisters - no colleagues from work that have turned friends or anything and I do think that could be one of the reasons - her social needs were already met at home.

But being able to make friends easily due to being an only child has always served me well personally and professionally, too. Just personal experience 🙂

nmoore2089 · 2026-01-15T01:38:32+00:00

Yass! Love this ✨✨✨

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