My son has gone to Kath's from being 3 months old, he's now 19 months old and very happy there. He has cow's milk protein allergy, GERD and is soya intolerant, Kath has been great at dealing with my sons allergy's, she always discusses any foods with me before giving them to my son and she gave me the option of providing all of my sons food or she was happy to provide him all allergy safe foods whilst in her care. Every now and then she'll tell me she's found another 'safe' food for my son at the supermarket, I think it's awesome that she takes the time to read labels in the supermarket for my son even though she doesn't have to as I have chosen to provide all of my sons food for now, but this just shows me she genuinely cares and takes my sons allergies seriously. My sons GERD is very much under control now but it’s been great to have a childminder who gets it as not many people (in my experience) know what GERD is but Kath does. when my son was three months old his GERD was quite bad, up until he was around ten months he would choke on his vomit often so I was scared to leave him with anyone but after reading about Kath’s many qualifications and experience on here I thought if my son does choke then Kath is qualified to deal with it and has had the proper training where as I haven’t so I knew I could trust her. Kath is very easy going and really does put me at ease. A few months ago I needed an extra day for my son and thought it would be good to use a nursery so my son would get some variation but during the induction period they fed him dairy knowing he is severely allergic, I phoned Kath crying my eyes out and she was great, calmed me down and said she’ll have my son on that extra day! I was and still am so grateful to have such a wonderful childminder who takes great care of my son and I never worry if he’s ok because I know he is safe. My son will stay with Kath now until he goes to school as I don’t want to use a nursery ever again. Nine times out of ten when I collect my son he doesn’t want to come home, when I pick him up he’ll reach out to Kath and as much as i’d like my son to have missed me, it’s a great reassurance for me to know he enjoys his time at Kath's that much.