I have been leaving my 17 month old daughter with Vanessa for over 10 months now and I am more than happy with my decision.

At first like most parents I had worries about leaving my child and about how she would cope there, but I needed have worried as Vanessa is a extremely hardworking, caring and creative childminder!

She takes the children out to the local children centres and parks, and every few months all the children complete a theme on a display board such as spring, easter, chinese new year, christmas where they create wonderful pieces of art which have included a pasta shell necklace, a father's day trophy, rabbit paintings made using hand prints to name a few things! Of course I know my daughter is quite young to actually make these things herself but it is so lovely to know that she is learning and having fun at the same time! Best of all I get to keep her lovely work!

Vanessa is very easy to communicate with and she respects my wishes to use organic food and products on my baby and when I pick her up I always have the opportunity to ask her any questions about my child.

Vanessa also keeps all parents updated by keeping daily diaries of each child which includes photos of their day, what they've eaten, what activities they did and logging any developmental milestones they have made via the megaminder website which I can log into and check anytime. Vanessa also keeps a lovely picture book on each child for parents to have a look at anytime.

I've said an awful lot here but I just wanted to put across that if your're a parent who wants a childminder who is hardworking, attentive, caring, considerate, calm, creative, has excellent communication skills and will promote your child's development and will let them have fun at the same time, then look no further than Vanessa!