any helpful advice :-)

[stacie1985]

Hello my name is stacie im 21 years old i introduced myself a few months a go when i found this site although i havent bin posting i come on most days to get info and advice but thought as im just about to send my ofsted forms away i would join u all if thats ok!!!

I am still doing my course at college i have another 3 weeks left i believe but have got my forms ready and am sending them off at the start of next week. Im also having a pre visit from my co ordinator on 5th april so been getting all odd jobs done this week and probably rite up until the day i have inspection. bless my partner bin great getting stuff done for me round the house. so if anyone has anyone advice for me or tips etc on things i may not have thought about or what you have personally found usefull for yourselfs would be great. really looking forward to starting childminding now i have a little boy myself who is 4 and half months old and i will be looking after my neice who is two part time also so that one person at least will need a few more though to make a good income i believe there is quite a few childminders in my area so bit worried bout getting people but we will c love to speak to you all soon x

[heldraincloud]

Hi Stacie,

Nice to meet you, I seem to be at the same stage as you so hope we can bounce ideas off each other

Louise xx

[Pauline]

You are more than welcome to join us Stacie - lovely to meet you

You sound really organised already and it's great that you have already got your niece lined up

The garden is one area that seems to be very high on the list of the inspectors, safety of plants i.e. are they poisonous. Plus dangerous broken slabs or paths and steps.

Good luck

[stacie1985]

yeah that would be great louise would love to chat some more with you always nice speaking to someone in same boat as urself. do u have children yourself i have a 4 month old son called jack and luckily enough will also be def childminding my neice 2 and a half days a weeks so good starting point. im also in process of building my own website and have busness card too. just wanna get registered asap so i can get started!

thanks pauline for your info yeah funny u said garden we have bin doing it last week and finishing off today and the next few days i feel so happy coz everything nearly finished and house looks better and i can actually see things coming together now and working out. where as b4 when first started college was so overwhelmed with the amount i needed to do and buy seemed so far away amazing what a few nights of planning and few weeks of actual physical work can pay off

[angeldelight]

If you need someone to do your website ask Pauline she is very good and not expensive at all



Even if you do not know many childminders in your area do not forget you can come and chat here and make lots of friends and ask lots of advice too

Angel xx

[stacie1985]

thanks angel nice of you to be so kind yeah cant wait to get to know everyone a little more. yeah i seen pauline does websites thought i would have a go myself first im finding pretty fun to do at mo only just started mind lol but if i change my mind i will def ask for pauline help x