Sophie and family are wonderful. Finding Sophie was a happy accident as we were new to the area.
My daughter Nancy loved her time with Sophie and we felt very happy Nancy was with such a caring, warm childminder. Everyday was special and the activities were wonderful, from days out in Richmond park to a whole calendar of events from world book day to celebrating seasons. Even in the winter Sophie would wrap Nancy up snug and go for walks and play outdoors, this was very important to us. The activities they did at home were great from baking to arts & crafts. Everyday I would pick Nancy up with something she had made. Social skills, speech, manners were all encouraged and Nancy's development came on leaps and bounds. Everyday Sophie would send photos and she kept a very detailed diary of Nancy's day. Food was healthy and not processed-a food diary was kept. Sophie lives next-door to a childminder and the children would play together, this was so special as the children formed very solid friendships. A group of childminders Sophie knew would spend the day together and go on outings. Just wonderful and created a real community feel. Sophie is also a trained midwife and is very good when it comes to responding to child's health, if they are feeling under the weather. Nancy became incredibly close to Sophie's little girl and boy and they still see each other today. We were very sad to say goodbye we started the relationship being childminder and mummy but left as friends. I cannot recommend Sophie enough, the quality of childcare is first class and you will be hard pushed to find anyone better. I wish Sophie all the best.

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