Katieks's Reviews
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Kat was my childminder for my son and daughter for over a year until the military required her to move away. She was super flexible, even with minimal notice, always went the extra mile and with reasonable rates to boot. My kids loved her dearly and still refer to her and her son with fond memories. She did lots of activities, had plenty going on at home for the little ones and kept a lovely relaxed home environment. Fortunately Kat is now returning to the UK and childminding so some lucky families will have the pleasure of using her services.
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Becky has been a wonderful nanny to my son, aged 2, and daughter, aged 3, and her son, aged 1, has been a pleasure to have around. Becky has that rare quality of patience and endless enthusiasm and energy that is required when looking after children. She helped around the house, without me asking or expecting her to, and was flexible with out of hours childcare. She took the kids to playgroups and softplay during the week so that I knew they were getting a chance to socialise. Unfortunately we are now moving away, but were it not for that, I'd have held on to Becky forever. Trust me, every house with kids needs a Becky!
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We chose Lottie Lynn's because I thought they struck the perfect balance between my kids (aged 1.5 and 2.5) being isolated at a childminder with only each other and being swamped in a nursery. I think the care they received was loving and good, but I got the impression that the bigger number of children (and they took on more than usual due to extra siblings) made it harder to care for so many. The television was always on when I was there! They are very strict on sickness, which is fair enough, but stricter than I'd previously experienced. I also found that the lack of them driving limited the opportunities for days out, so there weren't many. Their home parties were good though and the reports are enjoyable. My kids were only there a couple of months when Lottie had to stop due to personal reasons so I was given notice to leave, which was a huge upheaval, to bring numbers down. All in all a good setting, but I've experienced better.
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Katieks
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on 27/06/2013
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on 09/07/2013:
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Ali is the loveliest, kindest, most patient and flexible childminder you could ever hope for. She looked after my little boy when I returned to work and he only left because we moved away for work. Despite him being less than a year old, Ali nurtured him and loved him and completely reassured me that he was in safe hands. She has yonks of childcare experience behind her and a lovely home and her demeanour is such that you can't possibly have any doubts that your children will thrive in her care. It's rare to find someone so special and it was a privilege to know her and have my little one in her care.
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