Our daughter has been in the care of Mandeep for the past eight months, since she was 7 months old and it was the best child-care decision we could have made. After meeting a number of child-minders in the local area, Mandeep was the obvious choice due to her caring, professional and welcoming manner. Our daughter (and us) took an instant shine to Mandeep and her home is wonderfully set up to inspire learning and play. Our daughter has come on leaps and bounds with Mandeep and quite often waved good bye to me at the door - a really lovely sign that she was very happy to be there and wanted to get the fun day started! Fun activities were always taking place such as clay hand prints, painting, garden fun and trips out.

Mandeep provided us with a lovely learning and development journal to show our daughter's progress. As a teacher, I was really impressed with Mandeep's focus on building confidence and learning through fun play and interaction. Our daughter said many of her first words with Mandeep ('please') and really thrived with her and the other children in her care.

What I really liked about Mandeep was the regular and personal contact she made with us. We always had a chat and a catch up about our daughter's day, what she ate, any problems as well as messages during the day if needed about teething etc. Mandeep also provided lovely meals for our daughter so we knew she was eating well.

Mandeep obviously cares deeply about the children in her care and providing them with the best opportunities. I can't express how glad we are that our daughter had Madeep as her child-minder - as any parent will understand, knowing your child is being cared for, encouraged and made to feel welcome and loved is the most important thing and this made going back to work so much easier as I knew she was having a great day and was a very happy baby.

*The only reason we had to leave was due to our location.

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