Nicky is a gem! For 2 years my son was cared for by this fabulous lady. He was 18 months old when he started at Nickys and left when he was over 3 and a half.
Previous to this he had become unsettled at his usual nursery setting after covid lockdown. He’d stopped eating, sleeping at the nursery and had become extremely unwilling to be parted from me at the door all most unusual behaviour for him. I decided to start looking for a smaller, more home from home setting. Understandably I was very apprehensive and concerned about the whole situation as I realised it was all very disruptive for my son. Nicky sat with me, she was kind, reassuring, professional with her advice and I was immediately put at ease. Her extensive knowledge and experience makes you feel like you don’t mind handing over your most treasured person. He attended Nickys for settling in sessions initially and I was sent pictures of him interacting with toys, with the other children making me feel at ease. Within the first week I knew this was the best decision I’d made for my little boy. No more tears at handovers just ‘bye mummy’ and in he went. He really did enjoy his days at Nickys house. He would eat probably even better than at home, sleeping for his full naps like he would at home. He soon went up to 3 full days. What was particularly helpful as a full time worker is Nicky works most of the year. She’s definitely a grafter. But gives you plenty of notice when she deservedly wants some time off.
He learnt a great many things at Nickys and made many special memories. She would ensure they put on their little high vis jackets and venture out enjoying nature, make their way to the local parks and go for beautiful walks and I would receive lovely pictures of him enjoying himself. The highlight of many days was the bus ride into town to visit a pet store, go to the park, share a tea cake, and then back on the bus.
Nicky works so hard with the children engaging them in a variety of crafts and pictures which we got a lot of memorable keepsakes over the 2 years he was with Nicky.
She was definitely our Mary Poppins and it was a sad day and tears were shed when it was time for my son to leave to a larger setting. She even knew when the right time for him to do that was. Nicky absolutely prepared him well for the next stage of his education. He left Nickys a very confident, polite, courteous little boy. For his next setting Nicky had developed a detailed handover booklet/ account of all his milestones and stages of where he was at. They were very impressed that she had done this and it was a lovely keepsake for us once they’d finished reading through it of how far he had come. When it comes to your child Nicky has their best interests at heart. They are her priority and under her supervision they will thrive. Nicky is honest, open, reliable and will go above and beyond to help wherever possible. She is attentive and intuitive to the child and parents needs. I can wholeheartedly recommend her and if I were to rewind the clock with childcare, Nickys is where I’d be heading straight away.

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