It has been our absolute pleasure to have Sarah care for our son. Sarah has been an absolutely brilliant support and wonderful influence on our son and an importantly reassuring character for first-time parents facing the difficulties of an early return to work and living away from the support network of family.

Our child is absolutely thriving in Sarah’s care and he is very excited every morning to be going to her house. Since being with Sarah he has made great progress and development through the stimulating activities that Sarah does with the children each day.

Sarah has fun and exciting things for the kids everyday which she kindly photographs so we can see what they have been up to. She is acutely attuned to our child's personality and needs so that his care is tailored to his needs.

Due to his young age (he started with Sarah at only 3months), as would be expected, we have had several challenging periods related to his health (first colds and illnesses) and eating – all the sorts of things that cause great anxiety for new parents. Sarah has been a great support and help in these difficult times and we could not fault her response and the way she handled these critical moments in our infant's care.

We could not be happier with the environment that Sarah has created for the children and have absolute confidence in her capacities as a Child Minder, we feel very luck to have found her - she is part of our family.

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