Maria started looking after our DD when she was 7 months old. DD found it difficult to be without me. However, Maria's gentle and caring manner soon won her trust and, if I may say so, her affection too.

Maria has a vast experience working with children of various age groups; therefore she was able to create activities that were engaging and aided DD’s development. Maria is a calm person and was confident in her interactions with DD.

Her duties included feeding, nappy change, playing and putting Mia to sleep.

Maria worked for us on regular basis until DD started full time nursery when she was 14 months old. After that, Maria would occasionally babysit DD during the weekends/evenings when we were out.

Maria is responsible and conscientious; she has made a great contribution to DD’s development. We have moved to Kent and it took us a while to find a babysitter, we found it difficult to find someone as good as Maria; she's set the standard high. I wish I could have brought her with us!

I highly recommend Maria, and I have no doubt that you will be happy with her work.

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