Natasha from day one has been understanding and willing to adopt to my daughters situation if needed.
This review may help other parents with CMPA children or children with intolerances / severe reflux or feeding issues in general.

Our daughter started with Tasha at 6 months old. She was due to go into a nursery, but given her mistrust of people from hospitals she needed a constant person for care. She had also recently come off an NG feeding tube at 5 months old and we really struggled to find someone who was willing to work with our daughter (or learn tube feeding if needed later on). Thankfully our child got better with the milk ladder, reflux and severe food aversions (all of which Natasha has aided us with and helped). Natasha has a personal understanding of allergies and I knew our daughter was in safe hands.

Natasha was very understanding of our at home strict “lullaby trust” safe sleep practices. In fact, Natasha (out of her own funds) bought a new cot / mattress for our little infant daughter so it was ready for the first day starting. Natasha was really understanding too of our daughters severe reflux and never complained about the mess, even when Ayla went through at least 4 outfits at care due to reflux / sick.

With now 1.5 years of Natasha’s kind care (twice a week) my daughter has grown emotionally and intellectually, she’s made bonds with other children and she displays kindness to other children. I put my child’s social kindness down to Natasha modelling calmness and mediating problems with a gentle nature. I.e rather than use harsh discipline, I’ve seen how Natasha will crouch down at a child’s level and use gentle parenting techniques to help a child learn “why” something shouldn’t be done (rather than being told off not to). The children listen, learn and know boundaries without fear tactics. Natasha’s calm approach has helped us nearly end the tantrum stage early as her approach mimics ours at home.

My little girl (2 years, 3 weeks old) always tells me how much fun she had with Natasha, from the toys she’s played with and even can’t wait to ruffle through her bag when home to proudly show me crafts she’s made with Tasha.
Her speach is quite advanced, and as Natasha engages and talks with children (rather than talking just to them) I’m sure she’s helped boost my daughter learning as well as the other children.

Overall, if you can have Natasha as a childminder for your family then the suns is shining and smiling on you!
She’s a wonderful person and my daughter truly adores and trusts her.

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