I can't recommend Ylva highly enough - she is an excellent childminder.

Ylva took care of our daughter from when she was just a baby until she was a full-blown toddler, and we have all adored her the entire time. She is just as wonderful with babies as she is with toddlers and older children. Ylva is warm and loving and incredibly experienced and knowledgable. She pays careful attention to your child's specific needs and she tailors her care for them. She's both warmly attuned emotionally and always thinking about helping to promote their development in age-appropriate ways - play, song, movement - and she manages to somehow create an evironment that is fun, filled with learning, clear & helpful boundaries (our daughter would sleep at Ylva's and do things like take off her shoes with Ylva, even if she wouldn't at home), and the children just flourish. Ylva is also super communicative and clear, which makes working with her very easy, and she's so thoughtful about things like the children's food.

Our daughter was always wanting it to be an 'Ylva day', she always went to Ylva's with enthusiasm, and we always felt confident that she was in excellent, caring hands. As first time parents, Ylva was also incredibly helpful and supportive for us, while we learned to navigate parenthood!

We wish our daughter could have continued with Ylva forever. We only finished because we were told if our daughter didn't start at the nursery now, she wouldn't be able to have a place when she was older. I wholeheartedly recommend putting your child with Ylva, she's the best.

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