Sarah has been a key extension to our family since our son was 8 months old and he is now 4 years old, she has taken care of both of our children! After endless searches for Childminders and nurseries, Sarah stood out from everyone, her kindness, warmth and loving nature towards our kids was instant and it shines through how much she loves what she does, this in itself is rare.

She is not just any Childminder, she has helped us as first time parents go through every milestone with our son, from weaning, walking, talking, teaching rights and wrongs, potty training and starting school nursery. You can imagine the emotion that is involved with every stage, however Sarah doesn't judge she takes it all in her stride, she listens, is empathetic and puts you at ease. She works with you to continue what you are doing from home like nap times for example and even goes to the extent of celebrating cultural festivities with our children. We loved the diva lamps Rian made for us and still have them.

Our kids loved going to Sarahs, her setting is spacious, homely and is shared with her husband, two sons, a tortoise and Lenny the cat. They would always come home just as happy as when they went in. It was lovely our children would always refer to Sarahs older boys as "my big brother". As professional working parents, it was comforting to know our children were going from a 'home to home'.

In advance Sarah would inform us of the activities she had planned from going to the zoo, parks, strawberry picking, farms. library, play groups and many more. Even when the weather wasn't great the kids would be baking, painting, writing, singing and dancing. It's such a joy to get videos sent to you throughout the day and then to come home to the childrens creations. She would provide healthy meals and snacks throughout the day and would take extra care around dietary requirements.

Every day Sarah sends home a Communication book, detailing everything our children did for the day, from nappy changes, activities, sleeps, food and drink so we were kept fully informed.

Sarah is a real credit to her profession, she has been amazing for our family and we will miss her terribly as we are relocating.

She comes highly recommended and your mini me's will be in safe hands.

Mrs R Sidhu

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