Having never used a childminder before, we were a little nervous about leaving our boys with one.

From day 1 Julie was absolutely brilliant, it felt like leaving our 1 year old with a relative rather than a childminder.

She also picked up our 4 year old from Barton Primary and he always looked forward to 'Julie days'.

She had loads of fun activities for them and the communication was brilliant. We were sent lots of photos of happy children and were given a daily diary of what they'd been upto and eaten.

Can't recommend her enough!

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