I only have positive things to say about Elettra, her “nursery” and her staff. I found her by chance and, although she was the furthest away from us, I had a feeling she was the best choice - and indeed she was.
She is and has all the obvious things you expect a competent and prepared childminder to be (clean setting, which I hadn’t found at others I visited, appropriate activities for the children, good food cooked from scratch - she is Italian after all! Etc...) But most importantly: she is caring and truly connects with the children, which is what made her special to me.
Worth mentioning She has an online journal per child, password protected, that updates daily with pictures and “vital info”: such as foods they had and toilet trips.
She runs a clear and structured routine based day - but is also very open to accommodate the child’s individual needs

My daughter started at Elettra’s she had just turned 6 months. She is a strong minded baby, who doesn’t like strangers, is VERY attached to me and, when I started to leave her, wasn’t settling very well at nap time. Well, she quickly grew fond of Elettra and would happily move from my arms to hers when leaving in the morning - which she wouldn’t even do with my husband (and still doesn’t sometimes!) - moreover she started to go down to sleep like a dream - that, to me, is enough said.

Unfortunately, as I returned to work full time and my oldest couldn’t stay with Elettra - I had to find a different arrangement to keep both children together, otherwise I would have happily left both in her care ... until uni! She is a gem and I will truly go back to her in a heartbeat would I need it.

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