As someone who suffers with anxiety, looking for childcare for my 6 month old baby when I was offered a new job filled me with dread. When I went to meet Kelly, my head was ready to pick out every fault and reason why it wouldn't work for my daughter - as soon as I walked through the door, all of these thoughts disappeared. From the second I sat down, seeing Kelly interact with the children in her warm and welcoming home, I knew this was the ONLY place I would be willing to leave my baby.

Kelly is nurturing, insightful and you can tell she cares about every single child she looks after. My daughter has come on leaps and bounds since she started with Kelly. She is so happy & sociable and I regularly have people approach me to comment on what a smiley happy little girl I have. I put a lot of this down to the activities Kelly does with her and also mixing with the other children Kelly looks after who again, are polite and happy due to the calming home from home environment Kelly has created. The regular updates and photos she sends to let me know what Freya is doing through the day are a lovely little ray of sunshine when I'm working but my mind doesn't need this as reassurance as I trust Kelly 150% with Freya and any other children I have in future will most definitely be going to Kelly.

The hardest part for me was the thought of having to walk away from my crying daughter and how guilty this would make me feel - it was a complete surprise to me that the tears would come when I pick her up and she's had so much fun she doesn't want to leave!

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