My partner and I had a funeral to attend and our babysitter let us down at very short notice, we were over 100 miles from home and anybody that was a friend was attending, we were left stranded with no hope.
We decided to ring a chilminder on the off chance that we would find someone available with less than 48 hours notice.
We did a lot of research and found Daniela. We decided to ring her and hope. We explained the situation to her and she couldn't have been more understanding and helpful. We visited her the day before and she made us feel very welcome and was brilliant with the children. She agreed to look after them for a short while on that day so the children would be familiar with her for the next day when they would be with her for 4 hours. When we got back, the children didn't want to leave! They had enjoyed themselves too much. On the day itself, the children were a little upset when we left but we felt very comfortable that they would be very well looked after.
When we collected they had again had a brilliant time and din't want to leave. Daniela's house is very child safe, she has a brilliant play room for the children that I was very impressed with. She provided lunch which the children must have enjoyed as they are usually fussy eaters!
Overall we felt Daniela had gone out of her way to help us and we instantly felt our children would be safe with her.
We would not hesitate to contact Daniela again should we need childcare and we would recommend her to anybody who asked.