Luiza's Reviews

Amazing Childminder –caring & reliable -the best!

I would not hesitate to recommend Luiza to any family. She looked after my twin girls, from when they were 13 months old, but during that tricky time of returning to work and the following months I saw the girls make significant developmental progress and my girls were always happy to go to her. As a mum herself of older children, she was also able to give me so much advice and support, that I was able to return to work confident that I was leaving the girls in the best possible care.
Luiza has a loving family, with amazing kids, which I think is testament to how she looks after the children she cares for. The girls loved her and her family from the start and we had little difficulty settling the girls as she is so caring. Luiza built on and helped develop the girls daily routine. Her home, is the main setting where she looks after the children, and it is expansive and not limited to a front room. There are lots of toys and stimulus to entertain them during the day. She takes the children to daily play groups and has a strong network of other nannies and childminders to arrange afternoon play dates. The meals she made looked healthy and nutritious and I've stolen tips and ideas from her of what to cook them. She provided great communication about what the girls had been up to. We also found her very professional, motivated and organised and therefore all the paperwork was in order and she followed the guidance available about encouraging our girls development.
Overall I think that Luiza is an amazing childminder as she is just great with kids, she only has a limited number of children so it felt like she provided individual care, she is really experienced as she has her own older children and she just felt like she was part of the family from the beginning as she is so kind and caring.
We were very sad that Luiza couldn't come with us when we moved to our new home.

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by TwinMama about Luiza on 17/11/2018

Great Childminder

My daughter is currently with Luiza and has been since she was 8 months old, she is now 2 years 2 months old. When I found Luiza I think we had visited around ten other childminders, considered a nanny and visited a nursery.
I saw how Luiza was interacting with the other two girls she had and that was the tipping point for me. I could see how happy and comfortable the girls were with her.

I did a few settling in sessions before my daughter started and my friends would see Luiza at local children’s groups with sienna and tell me they had seen her- it was always incredibly positive. I was quite anxious when I returned back to work and Luiza was very understanding of that.

Luiza works well with routine and has appropriate boundaries. She is a very caring childminder. Luiza has a good knowledge of appropriate age development and uses tools and games to support children to progress. My daughter has favourite books at Luiza’s and brings art work home every week.

One thing I really wanted was a childminder that actively did things with the children as my daughter really enjoys the outdoors. Luiza goes out everyday with her and I get photos of what they have been up to and a daily written report in her little book. Luiza has also taken her out for day trips which she has really enjoyed. My daughter talks positively of Luiza saying she would like to see her and gets excited on the way in the morning.

My daughter's social communication skills are really good and i really think this is because she mixes with the other children at Luiza’s, but also that Luiza takes the children to children’s groups. My daughter is very polite and I know that a lot of that has come from Luiza. She always says please and then thank you.

Luiza is also good at sharing if she is concerned about something and has an accident book for any little bumps. She also listens if you want anything in the daily routine changing. I am very happy with my daughters diet , I give my daughter breakfast but I know luiza has offered to do this many times, the lunch and dinner she has is very varied and all healthy. I’ve also had a sneaky taste when my daughters dinner has come home with her because she hasn’t eaten and the food is home cooked and delicious ! I specifically said I didn’t want my daughter having biscuits so Luiza will give breadstick as a treat instead.

Luiza has never let us down the whole time my daughter has been there, she is extremely reliable and is flexible. We are extremely happy with the choice we made to have Luiza as our daughter's childminder and if I had another child I would certainly send them to Luiza’s. My daughter is incredibly happy there.

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by lizC about Luiza on 13/08/2018

Luiza is reliable with loving environment

Luiza has been looking after my daughter since she was 11 months old and now she is ready for preschool from September 2018.

I will highly recommend her as she is great with kids , professional, caring and her whole family is so much part of my daughter ‘s life . I trust her completely to keep them active, feed them and ensure they are learning age appropriate skills .

She has never taken sudden leave and has always flexible with my needs and requirements.

She most certainly enjoys taking care of kids and have good clean , spacious place with loads of toys ..,

I can’t recommend her enough.
I have no issues in past 2+ years .

Thanks

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by aves about Luiza on 17/07/2018

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDMINDER

Luiza has looked after our daughter for almost two years and we feel we could not have chosen a better carer for our little one. Not only has she developed and learned quite a lot for her age as a result of days packed with a range of activities and outings but our daughter also felt that Luiza's place and friendly family was her second home. Throughout these two years, I can say that my mind has been at peace while at work and finding a happy child when picking her up at the end of the day was hugely reassuring. Luiza is quite flexible and often accommodated to our needs.
We highly recommend this childminder and if we are ever in need to look for childcare again in the future, we would not hesitate to contact her.

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by Stefania about Luiza on 16/05/2018

Fantastic Childminder

My son was looked after by Luiza from the age of 14 months in Oct 2013 until he started school in Sep 2016. Luiza was a fantastic child minder and my son loved going there. Even though he was only there 2 days a week, there were lots of regular trips to toddler groups, the library and local parks to name a few. My son had access to lots of different toys and resources to encourage his development - there were activities to develop his speech and language and also fine motor skills for example - He never even realised He was learning! He always came home with something he had made - Luiza is very creative with arts and crafts! My son enjoyed the home environment provided and loved socialising with the other children.
I would thoroughly recommend Luiza - She is friendly, trustworthy, reliable and most importantly - great with children. We were sorry to leave when my son started school and miss her a lot! My son still talks about his time there and has lots of happy memories which I think is perhaps the best review you can get!

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by Parent about Luiza on 01/05/2018