My son is 21 months and has been going to Denise for 3 days a week since he was 11 months old.

Originally he was due to go to a nursery however i was never 100% comfortable with this so decided to look at child-minders as well. I met with 4 different child-minders and Denise stood out from them all. She was very welcoming when we first met and very good with my son who was only 6 months old at our initial meeting. I loved that she told us she read to the children as this is something i really enjoy doing myself and that all her meals were home cooked which compared to the nursery who have to bulk cook mainly processed food was a real bonus. The space that she offered the children within her home was also far more substantial to the other child-minders i met with a big conservatory area, huge garden and even a fully heated log cabin at the end of the garden giving the children plenty of room to run around and play.

I was very nervous about returning to work and leaving my Son but Denise made this process much easier than it could have been by meeting up with myself and Son on a few occasions before I returned to work so that I could get to know her more and also see how she interacted with him. We also did a few settling in days before I went back so I would leave him with her for a few hours at a time which I found very beneficial.

My Son loves going to Denise which as a working mum is what you want and I have complete confidence in her childcare abilities, I always get a full update on the day when I pick him up and he is always happy and smiling and loves playing with the other children. Not only does Denise offer plenty of space in her home she also takes the children out to playgroups, the park and library etc. which my son loves.

Denise is kind and caring and you can see that she genuinely cares for all the children that she looks after and that the children . I would highly recommend her to anyone who is going back to work and needs childcare.

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