Barbara and her wonderful team has been a god send to us! We approached Barbara after having quiet traumatic experiences with our previous child minders; it broke our heart to see our very happy and sociable baby become traumatised, withdrawn and extremely clingy due to the previous experiences. We were at a breaking point, and I could not return to work.
Every time we went to meet another child minder the thought of leaving our child with another stranger and history repeating itself was gut wrenching, we found aunty Barbara purely by chance, and when we went to meet her, Barbara was very welcoming, we felt at ease straight away she made us feel at home and answered all our questions introduced all her team which put our fears to rest, to our amazement our little one who would not even shift an inch from us started roaming around her nursery and played with her and all the toys.
The settling in days helped our little one to get familiar with the environment and the team. We were still very anxious starting full time, little one cried for the first few days but settled very quickly with the one to one support, lots of hugs and cuddles from everyone and within couple of weeks was looking forward to going to Aunty Barbara’s every morning! We received lots of videos, photos and regular phone calls with updates during the first few weeks which put our minds at rest.
Our little one started having a steady weight gain putting back all the weight that was lost, stop being ill, nappy rash and broken skin was a history under Barbara’s care. Slowly the clinginess improved and little one started interacting, we could invite people home and visit friends and family which we could not do before.
I was able to return to work full time within a few weeks of us starting with Barbara. Even now we get updates about the day when we pick up and get videos and photos on a regular basis which lightens up our day!
Our little one is thriving in Barbara and her lovely assistants especially Sarah and Lily Rose’s care, and has become a confident, independent, happy child who continues to learn a lot from the wide variety of activities on offer.
There are no words to describe how grateful we are to Barbara and her team…. We thank them from the bottom of our hearts!
Keep up the great work Team Barbara!!!!

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