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Jenny has been childminding our son since February 2024 and she has him 4 days a week.
We had enrolled our son into a nursery from the moment we knew we were having a baby. Sadly he had a rocky start with a few health issues, and we knew from then on we wanted that extra loving touch for him. We interviewed and searched high and low for the right childminder in the right location but just never felt we found the right fit. We had provisionally signed up to a childminder but still dreaded sending him so we carried on looking and stumbled across Jenny’s profile.Jenny was living at the time in Ashford but was soon to be moving around the corner, a month before we needed our son to start.
Everything seemed to line up and we booked a visit in. From the moment we met jenny we just knew she was the ‘one’ and we are so glad we stuck to our parent intuition to find her!! ‘a parent always knows’
she had a massive smile on her face, she asked to give our son a cuddle and asked about his character and wanted to check not only it was right the choice for us, but also the right fit for her and her family too. I knew then she was a caring mother! She talked us through a typical day, told us about all the adventures she had with her past children and made us feel at ease.There was no pressure to ‘sign’ up it all just felt very natural.
From the moment he started with her he has been extremely settled and happy in her home and smiles when I hand him over to her. In the beginning he wasn’t really eating or in a routine at home and was quite weak, within a few weeks/ months of being there he has developed massively not only in confidence but in his gross motor skills such as crawling and walking, feeding himself, babbling and learning to interact with the other children in her setting.
He now loves eating and Jenny provides home cooked healthy meals from scratch no fast food or pouches - which he loves to eat and was important to us. She also provides healthy snacks such as fruit and rice cakes if he is exceptionally hungry or keen to eat what the older children are eating. I am also aware that she ensures good personal hygiene in encouraging all the children to wash their hands before eating and after playing outside.
Jenny has not only looked after our son but also myself and my partner! There have been a few visits to hospital for since he started and she has always checked in on him, visited him in hospital, given us advice when asked, given us regular updates when he has gone back to her setting after a week or so off ( knowing that we were worried about him) checked his temperature regularly for us, just the extra touch we were looking for and knew he would need! When he is hurt or feeling under the weather I know that he feels happy to be comforted by her and I am confident that she can administer either first aid or medication following all the correct procedures and completing the necessary records to ensure his health and safety.
She has always been very flexible especially on the days we’ve rushed to pick him up early when we can, by letting us know when he’s ready or trying to feed him a little earlier so we can have those extra special evenings with him!
On top of all the love and care she gives him he has most amazing adventures ! visits to the farm, Windsor castle, various parks, playgroups, Chessington, wisely, arts and crafts and in the summer lots of paddling in the water in a safe environment She provides a wide, fun range of activities including plenty of outdoor exercise. I know he has recently enjoyed sand and water play, drawing and sticking, reading and puzzles as well as outings to the park, trips to feed the ducks and walks in the woods.
She is a great communicator and has no trouble in gaining our sons confidence and therefore encouraging good behaviour and kindness and compassion to others, both skills which are important to us at home.
All in all I am extremely happy with the level of care our son receives from Jenny and I’m certain that being in such a positive and happy environment is helping him develop into a confident and self-assured, loving little boy.
I would absolutely recommend Jenny as a great, professional, fun, caring and reliable childminder and we are so grateful to have found her after searching high and low!
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