Our daughter was with Nicky from the age of 6 months until she was just over 1 (at which point Nicky went on maternity leave). Our little girl was very happy and settled at Nicky's house and she loved the interaction with the other children too. Nicky is calm, very capable and caring with all of the children and I would thoroughly recommend her to anyone looking for a childminder. Nicky did lots of arts/crafts with the children and visited the local playgroups. She gave our daughter a great start and a caring, homely environment which she loved.