Addy

Excellent childminder. Excellent environment.

Adele has been looking after my daughter since April this year. I was returning to work after maternity leave and my daughter was 9 months old and had never been away from me. Adele was really patient with my daughter who initially found it difficult to be separated from me. She also helped to calm me and my husband and assured us that our daughter would settle in time. Within a couple of weeks our daughter was settled in with Adele and she reaches out to Adele upon arrival eager to spend the afternoon with her.
Adele provides support with lots of aspects of childcare. She has helped my daughter to learn to hold her own sippy cup. Provided encouragement with her learning to walk and talk. The first change I noticed with my daughter was her improved speech, this was instant! Adele also speaks French to our daughter and she is developing a great understanding of the French Language. Also my daughter used to struggle to sleep on her own preferring to be carried when sleeping, but since going to Adele she can sleep on her own for 2 hours which is wonderful.
Adele lets the children play in the garden or takes them to the local park very often so my daughter now has a great love of the outdoors. The children always seem to have fun and creative activities to do each day. On father’s day Adele helped my daughter make a present for her father which was so lovely.
Every time I pick up my daughter, she is well looked after and positively happy. I never have to worry about my daughter when I am at work and my mind is at ease.
My husband works shifts and Adele has been so flexible to our needs with the days our daughter attends which has been an incredible help.
I bring food for my daughter daily however I know that Adele would provide a healthy snack like fruit for my daughter if needed.
I would absolutely recommend Adele to any parent and especially parents with young children who have never been away from their mothers. I couldn’t have found any easier transition back into work while being assured that I did not have to worry about my daughter.

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by Van on 10/09/2019

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!!

My boys came from a Day Nursery as i was not getting much from the Nursery and not much improvement on my first boy especially so i decided to try a childminder. Adele (we call her TATA at home Aunty in french) is a lovely woman that looks after children like her own...her home is warm and children friendly. The first day i went to few, i just know this is the place for my boys and then Bam!! they are in her care and i am very proud of how far my boys has been so far. There has been a lot of changes in both of them compare to when they started.

My eldest son is getting better with his potty training and also on everything i mention to her at the start.

If you are looking for a childminder that you will be rest assured that your kids are in save hands then do not look far away Adele is the one for you. At the end of everyday she always keep detailed feedback of how the boys did throughout the day and i'm always very pleased at the amount of effort she put into things.

THANK YOU TATA.

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by Parent on 30/05/2019

The BEST childminder by far!

My 2 boys (2 & 4) have been with Adele for almost a year now and they absolutely love her!

I had a lot of problems in the the past with other childminders that were either 'too busy' or had 'too many' other children to look after, to actually provide the right care for my boys. Luckily I found Adele and they have both come such a long way!

I struggled a lot with my eldest at 3 with potty training as previous childminders weren't willing to help, but working together with Adele's support and encouragement, he was fully potty trained in no time at all! I even managed to get him out of night nappies too within a month of no nappies during the day, with only 2 accidents overall! The dummies have also gone too :)

Adele provides a lot of support and encouragement with all aspects of childcare. She is very warm and welcoming and my boys are always excited to see her in the mornings (sometimes I struggle to get them to come hame haha!) She has a lovely home from home setting with all the toys and activities any child could need and wish for. Unlike my previous childminder's, Adele has just the right amount of children at anyone one time, so that she can give each child the proper attention and support they need! She speaks to my boys in French and they can both now understand what she says. She works together with me and has helped build both my boys speaking and listening skills along with their confidence. Adele is also a great communicator and gives me an update at the end of each day of new skills learnt, what they have eaten, if they have slept etc. which really helps when we get home to continue with the same routines.

Adele takes the children out to park (literally just at the end of her road), they also go to the library and mini montessori regularly. They do painting, drawing, arts and crafts, story time and baking together. Adele's home is very clean and tidy and she has great personal hygiene which she teaches the children with washing their hands before eating. Both my boys have been very healthy with their eating too which is getting better each day with eating their fruit and vegetables and along with Adele's cleanliness, has also resulted in both my boys being much healthier and bug free!

To anyone ready this and considering Adele to care for your children, I would highly recommend her as THE BEST childminder I have ever met and I will be forever grateful to her for the amazing job she has done and continues to do every day with helping raise my boys! x

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by Parent on 04/12/2018