My wife and I write this review with many fond memories of our younger son being completely settled every morning at drop off at Yvonne’s, and greeting us with a smiley face every evening at pickup (despite him not wanting to leave!!) From our son being barely over a year old to him leaving to start nursery at 3 years old, we went to work every day without a worry because we knew that he was in Yvonne’s experienced, safe hands, being cared for in a stimulating and nurturing environment by someone who is clearly in childminding as a labour of love. Yvonne always went the extra mile for her children and parents, and we particularly appreciated how easy it was to communicate and work with her.

Yvonne has a wonderful local network of other likeminded and loving childminders, who regularly meet up at each other’s homes, local parks, or other outings. As a result, children under Yvonne‘s care benefit from lots of opportunity to play and socialise with other children of similar ages. Generally in Yvonne’s home, we would find our son and all the children sharing with each other, playing and enjoying themselves in a calm and settled way, like a scene from Mary Poppins!

Since our son moved on to nursery, we recommended Yvonne to a couple of friends and they too have found the experience with Yvonne thoroughly excellent.

Yvonne has felt like a sister to us and been our rock during those challenging years of juggling two young children and full-on jobs. The fact that we still keep in touch, both our sons ask about Yvonne from time to time and look forward to visiting her during school holidays despite having moved on to “big school” is a testament to how much they treasure their relationship with “Nan Nan” Yvonne.

Our only regret is that we didn’t meet Yvonne sooner so that our older son could also have benefited from her care.

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