Sad having to leave this review but feel it's appropriate to warn any potential parents engaging with Antoinette. Whilst i can't comment on her quality of care, her reliability is lacking. Antoinette reached out to me after posting the advert. We interviewed Antoinette and following week, invited her to spend a few hours with our baby boy. He seemed to like her from the get-go, so we offered her a job then. She accepted and sent us the contract, which needed some minor tweaks. We agreed to iron these out during her next visit. A week or so later, and just under 3 weeks before my return to work (FTM), Antoinette informed us she took a job elsewhere. At such short notice, we are left scrambling with very limited options and in position where instead of having a preference, we are having to take what is left available (only 1 childminder in the area with space). We hoped to keep our boy in familiar environment to soften the blow of my return to work, but are instead feeling he is unprepared with very little time to adapt to a long day away from home, familiar people and myself (the childminder available is pending a visit!). As far as Antionette is concerned, this is still reasonable notice which only highlights her lack of empathy and understanding towards parents facing their first return to work and consideration how big of a change it is for the baby.

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