She has been taking care of by two boys since the older one was 4 and the younger one was just 10 months old as full time childminder (whole day, 5 days/week). They both love her so that they ask me to have her doing babysitting in the evening as well.
My little one is now almost 2y and during the summer holidays he has been asking for her: he obviously missed her a lot during the few weeks he did not see her.
The settling in for my little one was easy because of the constant and lovely care she provides to the kids. My older one during term break enjoys all the trips to the farms, parks, London museums, and all the other different activities she can organize.
Although I pick him up before dinner he sometimes asks me to stay there with his friends to eat together. More often that not, when I pick them up they are happy to see their mum, but they would like to continue playing there, instead of coming back home with me.
You can't be happier with childcare than seeing your own boys happy to say bye-bye to mummy because they want to go and play with their childminder. I am lucky enough that this is happening to me every day!