I feel blessed to have found Annette. I stumbled across her profile on here and I'm so glad I did. My son, who first went to Annette (Netty!) when he was 13 months old, has been full-time with her (7:30am-5:45pm, Mon-Fri) for 1 year and 4 months. The ONLY reason we are moving him is because we've moved out of the area. If we could take Annette with us we would.

Settling-in was very easy, and my son took to her environment very well. My initial impressions of her home were that it was perfectly safe and comfortable for children, and it was clear she puts them first. She constantly keeps her children busy, always out and about (which is really important), and is very keen to get them mixing with other kids at playgroups. She provides all meals and baby wipes (you have to provide nappies), and even spare clothes when there are sicky incidents.

There is discipline too! We've learn the art of "time-out" from Annette, and it works. Her house rules and regulations are utterly reasonable, and our son adheres to them just fine.

I've often said to my friends and family that Annette is like having a second mum (my family live far away). I always ask her advice (I am a first-time parent), and she has so much experience that there hasn't been anything she hasn't encountered before. Very useful!

She's flexible, happy, comforting, and my son adores her. Not to mention his love for the rest of her family! We are moving to a new childminder in a couple of weeks, and I'm very sad about it! We really don't want to lose Annette, and I can highly recommend her to anyone looking for a well-experienced, lovely childminder.