I met with Shelly after finding her profile on here, and my 4 month daughter Evie will be starting with her in January.

Shelly put me at ease straight away, as a first time mum I was completley clueless but she managed to answer all the questions I hadn't thought of without me having to ask. Her home is a warm and firendly environment, and I was particuarly happy with the way she interacted with Evie... as other childminders I had met had been more interested in telling me about their fees and holidays!

Returning to work and leaving Evie is going to be so hard, but in Shelly I have found a childminder who I feel comfortable leaving her with and it makes it that little bit easier :)