Our son was with Iona from 15 months and we were so happy to find her on here. We wanted our son to be in home setting for his start in childcare due to being a lockdown baby as we wanted him to socialise but experience that extra love and care you get from a childminder and my goodness did we get that and more!
Iona made our son feel so loved and part of the family that we had zero issues with him going in and leaving us, he’d run in happy and excited, in fact it was more of an issue that he didn’t want to come home!
Not only did he love her, so did we! She is a fountain of knowledge in all thing’s child development. She has helped us on our CMPA journey, the adjustment to socialising after lockdown, she’s given us sleep advice (as she’s also trained in babies sleep!) and really helped us to manage the introduction of a baby brother in recent months.
The development our son had in his time with Iona has been wonderful. She helped with concerns we had and worked on them at hers and also put our minds at rest when worried about what we thought was slow development in others, reassuring us that he was developing as he should.
She keeps in touch during the day with the odd photo and if not, at the end of the day she sends a detailed review of your child’s day, including meals and photos, in which you can witness the abundance of joy your child is having with her and the other children.
Iona’s children are also so loving and caring with the children in her care, they really make the children feel at home.
We recently left Iona, due to us moving out of the area and to say that we were all sad about this is an understatement! My wife cried leaving her as much as our son! If taking her with us was an option, we definitely would have done it!! For a 2 and a half year old, the ease to forget people easily when not around them often is normal but our son, he has not and talks about her and the family, including Hugo the dog! We have kept in touch since leaving and certainly will be visiting when back in the area.
Honestly, you won’t regret choosing Iona for taking care and loving your child as much as you do so I will finish this by saying CHOOSE IONA!

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