We enquired with Julia about a childminding space not long after our daughter was born because we wanted to take our time to find the right place for her once she had to start childcare at 11 months. From all options we considered Julia was our first choice: she made us as first-time parents feel at ease straight away and was very friendly and open to answer the many questions we had. Her home felt like the home-away-from-home we wanted to find for our daughter. We were very grateful when she confirmed she had a space available. During the settling in sessions Julia provided us with lots of photos and updates on WhatsApp and a more detailed breakdown of how the day went in conversation on pick-up which reassured us that things were going well. Since then we joined her private Facebook group which updates the parents every evening with photos of the day. We are always looking forward to having a look on there after we pick up our daughter. In addition to taking excellent care of our daughter, Julia got to know her very quickly and has been able to give us some valuable tips based on her experience, for example how to improve naps at home which had been a bit of a struggle before and now work brilliantly. We would fully recommend Julia as a childminder!

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