We needed someone to look after our little boy several days a week from a very young age (about 8 months); Tina was the childminder we chose for the job, and we're very glad that we did. Tina is genuinely exceptional at her job and we cannot recommend her enough, so much so in fact, that we recently moved to a new town and briefly considered seeing if we could convince her to move to that town too so that she could continue to look after our son!

Tina spends a lot of time out of the house with the children she looks after. Our son would regularly be taken on trips to farms, parks, nature reserves, playgroups, and soft play centres which we loved because our son loved it. He was always so happy and full of stories and excitement about his day.

Her communication is excellent, we'd be updated every day with photos of our son out enjoying himself with his little friends somewhere with stories about where he's been and what he's done. She's always on the end of a text or a call if ever you need her and she's very flexible too, working hard to help out wherever she can with extra days from time to time if the need arises.

We were quite upset when we realised moving town would mean losing Tina as our childminder. She was a huge part of our Son's upbringing for several years. He loved going to Tina's and always had a wonderful time, and perhaps more importantly, always came home having learned something new and valuable. He grew so much as a person with Tina and we cannot thank her enough for her dedication and time spent with our son.

In short, I wholeheartedly recommend Tina as a childminder and I genuinely believe you'd be hard-pushed to find a superior one.

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