Linda has been caring for our son Sam since he was about 12 months old (he's almost 3 now) and we can say for certain that we have not been disappointed with the level of care. We knew from the first visit that Linda's home would be the right environment for Sam as it felt so much more personal and homely compared to other nurseries we had visited. This view has been confirmed by the real excitement and complete comfort Sam shows about going to Linda's which for a first time parent has been a huge relief and made leaving him a lot easier. We love hearing about all the things Sam gets upto with the other children also in the care of Linda and Connie, certainly the days seem to be full of fun! Linda and Connie always make sure to give us a run down of Sam's day so that we're aware of the good (and the not so good!) but we have most certainly seen Sam's development progress in a very positive way. Although we also have the online baby diary for the extra level of detail and lovely pictures of how he spends his days. Whilst the paper diary that Linda kept was really thorough, the change to the online baby diaries has really strengthened the level of detail available to us as parents and allowed us to be able to share this detail with grandparents and we really enjoy reading through it. Having recently had another baby, we have no doubts about where we hope to send Sam's brother in the near future.

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