Alison is a wonderful childminder, who I would thoroughly recommend to any parents.

My wife and I were first time parents, and understandingly, we were really nervous when we had to look for childcare for our baby son, who was just 9 months at the time. The fact that this happened with lots of uncertainties around Covid going on at the same time didn't help at all.

However, we were really lucky when we found Alison's childminder service. The original communication, which was really quick and clear, helped to reassure us somewhat. Then our son started childcare, and the settling period wasn't too bad even though he had strong stranger anxiety before that, thanks to Alison's expertise on how to handle the situation.

The 10 months when our child was under Alison's care was great as well: He had lots of activities (nursery rhymes, playgroup, dancing group, visiting parks etc...), and he made lots of friends with many kids at the childminder. I believe the whole group feels like a family to my son, with a few older brothers and sisters who were always really gentle with him. Alison also kept a consistent communication channel with us, so we could follow most of the activities he had or any issues he encountered (thankfully there weren't many).

Oh, and our son loves Molly the dog as well!

Overall, we (and we believe our son as well) really enjoyed the experience at Alison's place. At 19 months now, we believe our son has learnt a lot of things, and now enjoys interacting with other people a lot more and starts talking a lot. Unfortunately, due to personal circumstances, we have to travel away for an extended amount of time, and we can't send our son to Alison's place anymore. Our whole family will miss Alison & her childcare, and we really hope that we can come back at some point.

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