Syeda has looked after our son, Felix, for over a year now, and we could not be happier with the love and care that he has received from her and her family.

Felix settled in very quickly, due to Syeda's gentle and warm approach and welcoming home from home environment that she has lovingly created. Syeda takes real pride in her job, and works hard to ensure the children are kept busy and engaged; be it learning about the body, messy play with sand and water, baking, creating artwork and cards, free play etc.

Syeda is ambitious and aims to achieve the highest standards in care and education appropriate to this age group. She sets clear expectations of how the children should treat each other and we've been very impressed at how good Felix has become at sharing and waiting his turn etc since being there. His manners are also improving! She also encourages them to be responsible, tidying up at the end of the day for example.

The children always seem to be having lots of fun, and whenever I arrive to pick Felix up the house is always filled with laughter. Felix really loves it there and often talks about Syeda, her family and the other children.

Syeda cooks a delicious variety of home cooked meals every day and shares my interests in healthy eating, which was important for me when looking for a childminder for Felix. She is also great at accommodating for Felix's vegetarian diet, which we really appreciate.

Syeda is very good at communicating with the parents on the progress of the children and each day writes down information on what they have eaten, their nap time, nappy info, what they've been up to and any other information that she feels would be useful for the parents to know, including any concerns she may have. In addition to all of this, she puts on parties at special occasions and invites all the parents so that they can get to know one another which is great (again, more delicious food provided!).

We wouldn't hesitate in recommending Syeda and really feel she is one of a kind.

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