Donnad97's Reviews
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(5 from 21 reviews)
Donna is excellent. She is caring, fun, enthusiastic, and efficient. Our boys instantly adored Donna and she can get them to eat, change, sleep, and get up again without any drama. She will also keep them occupied when with them. Whether it be baking, painting, days out or simple play, they are always tired and content after a shift with Super Donna. I genuinely cannot recommend her highly enough.
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Donna looked after our 18 month old on our wedding day in August and my only regret is that I didn't ask her to babysit for the whole weekend rather than just a few hours.
From the first time we spoke on video chat (due to being in different countries), I knew she would be easy to deal with and would work in with our little ones needs in a calm and caring way. She kept in really great contact with us in the lead up to the wedding which I was really grateful for as had 1001 other things to think about so appreciated her keeping on top of our communication. She also helped out when one of my other sitters pulled out last minute, Donna was able to find me another qualified sitter to ease the burden.
On the day she took charge and kept me in the loop any time we crossed paths, but I never felt the need to check in or check up as could see she had everything under control. I had two other sitters and a bunch of kids at the wedding and really felt like I didn't have to worry about any of it as Donna was so professional and conscientious and kept an eye on everyone in addition to focusing on my little girl. I would recommend anyone with kids at an event/wedding to hire a babysitter and Donna would be my top pick any day of the week. She really made the day go that bit smoother. Thanks Donna :)
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Donna looked after our 15 month old for our wedding in August, which was the first time we had ever used a babysitter. Whilst naturally a bit nervous, Donna calmed those nerves pretty quickly! Our boy took to her quickly and she followed our lead on how to do bedtime, naps, meals, everything, so that we felt calm and reassured that he was able to stick to his routine. She was very patient with us, such that it felt very natural and easy having her around on my wedding morning as we got glammed up- she was friendly, professional, and so sweet and fun with our little one. She was also really flexible and even helped out with our friend's little one who was also staying in the same house. We wouldn't hesitate to recommend Donna to anyone and only wish she lived nearer us at home so we got use her more regularly!!
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ILBS
about
Donnad97
on 17/09/2022
Response by
Donnad97
on 17/09/2022:
Awwww thank you. it was a pleasure meeting yourself, your husband and of course your little one.
Lovely and caring family and glad I helped ease your worries. Of you are ever up this way again you have my number please give me a shout.
Donna
Donna came to work with me for a few days to look after my 7 week old boy. She was very easy to communicate with and make arrangements with beforehand and was extremely flexible and accomodating to all my requests.
I was pretty stressed about the work I had to do and how I would manage feeding and pumping milk, but Donna made everything easier. She has a calm and caring manner, while at the same time being cheery and friendly. I could tell from the first second she picked up the baby that she knew what she was doing, it was obvious that she had years of experience.
I can honestly say that Donna looked after both me and the baby, she went above and beyond in every way. I really wanted to bring her home with me by the end of the few days. Any of my colleagues who met her commented on how brilliant she was, she was friendly and chatty to everyone she met.
I can't recommend her highly enough and I will definitely be using her again if I can.
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We have used Donna twice. The first time I was really impressed that she won my shy 4
Year old over in seconds of meeting him! The second time she visited the boys were excited to see her and didn’t look back as we went out of the door! She is a lovely lady who is kind and really good with children. We will definitely be using her again in the not so distant future!
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Donna looked after our 9 month old ar our wedding in June this year. We had spoken on the phone and then met the day before the wedding. When meeting on Friday I felt confident our little girl would be fine. She hasn't been looked after by anyone other than family for a short time but I knew Donna knew what she was doing and I felt quite happy handing over on the Saturday. I had planned on going to baby for evening feed and bed but on checking up on them around 5pm they were both fine and I left them to it. This was the best thing I did, I relaxed completely and wasn't worried in the slightest. I can be a bit of a worrier and mum does it best but I knew for a day Donna would really look after her and she'd be fine.
I gave Donna a little list of the schedule and any special bits. She listened to me, didn't make me feel like I was being an annoying mum which I probably was! She just asked what she needed to know and got on with it.
Donna was really professional, great communication and very polite. Would highly recommend her.
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Donna is an absolute gem. Excellent at communicating. Warm and professional. And such a hit with my kids. The first thing my five year old said was “I had such fun with the lovely babysitter!” He is usually quite shy with new minders but Donna put us all at ease. We left her reading both boys a story in our air bnb whilst we disappeared to a wedding for 12 hours.
She brought extra play items I had forgotten to pack and really helped us out. The boys walked, played and were fast asleep when we got home.
Could not rate Donna highly enough. She is an expert in her field and you can just tell how much she loves children. Definitely recommend and would use again in an instant!
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We had Donna come to our house to babysit our 18 month old boy while we went to a wedding.
We had a phone call with Donna and felt very comfortable with her, she reassured me on any worries I had.
Donna came round for a visit prior to the wedding to ensure our little one was comfortable with her, he's never had a babysitter before and warmed straight away. He was comfortable handing over his favourite toy within minutes of first meeting her and happy being held while we did a tour of the house so she knew where everything was.
This was a complete shock as our wee boy is cautious of his Grannies when they visit every fortnight.
We had arranged for Donna to come over to allow us time to get ready, our wee boy was clearly having a great time singing songs, reading and playing. He hugged us goodbye when we left and happily went back to Donna.
He did struggle to settle in bed but Donna gave him some extra cuddles and he slept right through until 7am.
I highly recommend Donna, I will definitely contact her again when I next need a babysitter.
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Donna is the quintessential embodiment of professional dynamism beyond the qualities training can bestow upon an individual…
We were visiting Scotland with our three children for business. Having contacted this marvellous lady on this platform, she promptly replied and the wheels were in motions. We met in our hotel where we spend few minutes acquainting her to our three children. Our worries were always on the 16 months old who is very apprehensive for having never really been exposed to anyone besides his close family because he was born in the middle of the pandemic.
But having slipped out of the hotel, we came back few hours later to signings and dancing and drawing with yes, Donna conducting the proceedings like “Mr tumble”. Our youngest son was the happiest we’ve ever seen him and amazingly in the company of a stranger who’s become his most revered friend.
I only wish we could sway this impeccably well versed lady in the art of educational entertainment while looking after children to move to London to look after our children.
What a talent Donna is!
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by
Aura
about
Donnad97
on 21/05/2022
Response by
Donnad97
on 22/05/2022:
Thank you so much for your review it was a pleasure to meet your family and children were fab we enjoyed lots of fun and singing. Hope to you see you all again when you come back up this way.
Donna was absolutely fantastic. We went up to Scotland for a wedding, I hadn’t left my 7month old with anyone before. But from the moment we booked Donna she was brilliant. Great communication and put me at ease about leaving him instantly.
Donna is very experienced and is absolutely wonderful with babies, my little boy was instantly happy to be with her, I don’t think he even noticed we were there, he was having such a lovely time.
I couldn’t recommend her more.
Thank you again Donna
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