Ilona and her team have been looking after our little girl from when she was 8 months old, and our experience has been absolutely fantastic.

We decided to send our little girl E to a childminder because we wanted a more home-like environment where she could have some 1-to-1 attention when she was little. And she did! Before E started walking, every time I went to pick her up, Ilona or one of her assistant was with E and I could tell immediately that E was well looked after. Ilona would always alert me if E had not been herself. We also got a detailed daily description of how well E did each day, which is rare with nurseries (according to my friends).

Ilona and her team also looked after a number of kids which meant that E had the opportunity to play with other children and learn from them. This was important and we really felt that it had contributed to the development of E's social skills. Also within 2 weeks of being with Ilona, E managed to use a spoon herself and had been picking up new skills/words regularly ever since.

Ilona was also extremely flexible and had helped looked after E multiple times at short notice.

Most importantly, E absolutely loved Ilona and the team. She settled in quickly and was all smiles when we dropped her off. We would definitely have stayed with Ilona were we not moving - we can't recommend her highly enough.

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