I wasn't keen on the idea of childcare for my children as I wanted to do it all myself. However circumstances meant that I had to return to work and I needed childcare at short notice. I was very nervous has my daughter had always been weird with other people (even family) so there was a concern that she wouldn't settle.

Karen was amazing and so so so calm and patient. The complete opposite to me which probably did my daughter some good, haha! Even though my daughter was only with Karen one day a week she settled within 3 weeks, so just 3 days! She loved being with the big kids before the school run and her development sky-rocketed with Karen. I had been trying to get her to High-Five for weeks but was doing it after just one day with Karen. It opened my eyes to childcare and where it is the right setting for the child then I am all for it.

Karen does various activities with the kids and has an amazing network of childminders who she meets up with to help socialise the children. She also takes the kids to baby/toddler groups. No day is the same.

Karen is very attentive and keeps a folder for each child with reports on how they are doing. I wasn't expecting this for mine as we only needed a short period (as I was pregnant again so wouldn't be using her while on leave), but lo and behold, we had a folder! This contained all development and reports which was amazing and assured me that my daughter was very well looked after and not just left to play on her own. There were also regular photos send through WhatsApp showing how she was doing and what she was up to.

Thank you, Karen :-)

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