Rock Up and Play

Catherine and her team helped us out at our daughter's wedding. Catherine personally looked after 10 month old Henry - our grandson and son of bride and groom. She was excellent with Henry and he was very comfortable with her. She looked after him fairly much all day from midday to midnight taking away all the stresses from us all. Her team of 2 more overly ladies also proved an activity / crèche for 4 other young children aged from 5 up to 9. It's a long day for young children at weddings and without this they would have been fed up and bored, instead they had an amazing time. I can certainly recommend Catherine and her services. Absolutely excellent.

Bringing up Rock Up and Play to our wedding was one of the best decisions we made. Catherine not only made all the children feel at ease (including one particularly shy 1-year-old, who took to Catherine almost immediately), but was so much fun that our 4 year old nephew was asking the very next day if he was going to be seeing her again! The parents appreciated the service greatly, and that Catherine was always close-by meant that they could easily drop in and see their children if they wanted to. Your guests - if they’re not familiar with this kind of nanny service - might be a bit apprehensive at first … but we guarantee, they’ll be thanking you for it afterwards. The adults get to enjoy a nice, relaxed wedding ceremony - and the kids have a great time too. Thanks again, Catherine.

I am so glad I hired you for the day as I felt Tommy was not only safe and being looked after but that he was also having fun and that the day was made special for him. Bella just woke up and asked if you were coming again today - I wish! Thanks again for helping to make my day so special and very relaxing!!

I just wanted to send you a quick note to say thank you so much for looking after Max and Harry on Saturday at Lucy's wedding. Max loved it and was quite upset that you weren't all there on Sunday morning! It was so nice that Harry could sleep in a cot for the evening and we didn't have to worry about him. All your staff were brilliant - all very professional and caring. They engaged with the children (and parents!) brilliantly - this is a skill especially when you have never met the kids before! You all listened to what we wanted and carried out our wishes, this put us at ease even more. Thank you so much!

Rock Up and Play was an invaluable resource for our family during our recent trip to England for my cousin's wedding. The nanny who babysat during the rehearsal dinner was terrific and she also provided extra-hours after the wedding itself. The onsite creche was a child's dream. They were attentive to the children and had many engaging toys for them to play with while we enjoyed ourselves. It provided us such peace of mind to know our children were well-cared for and just steps away during the celebration! I highly recommend Catherine and her team to anyone planning an event or seeking child care.

Some of the parents were a little cautious before the day but Catherine contacted them all beforehand so they knew what to expect and tailor made the crèche for the children attending. We have heard nothing but wonderful comments from all the parents – and even those that said that they might not use the facility ended up absolutely loving the fact that the children were so well looked after but not removed from the day, that they could all relax and enjoy themselves with the children part of it but looked after. The children have all said it was the best wedding ever, and we have recommended Rock up and Play to other couples who have now booked too. I found a few suppliers via the Internet but knew as soon as I spoke to Catherine that she would be the right person and company. She was so friendly, relaxed, personal but professional. We definitely made the right decision.

Now we are back from our amazing honeymoon, we would like to thank you so much for making our wedding day so perfect! You were such stars, the children absolutely loved their time with you and enjoyed showing everyone what they had made, they didn’t want you to leave! It was so great to feel the children were being cared for while everyone enjoyed the wedding breakfast, such a fabulous idea and we are so pleased you were there. We had a magical day and can’t wait to see the video and photographs! Thank you again

We asked Rock up and Play to look after our one year old daughter, Henrietta, during our wedding. From the moment we spoke with Catherine we felt confident that she would be in good hands. Catherine went out of her way to help and as our little girl had been a little clingy leading up to the wedding, at very short notice we asked if Catherine could drop by to meet her the evening before, she agreed without hesitation. As soon as Catherine arrived, Henrietta was immediately at ease, all clinginess disappeared and she just wanted to play with Catherine crawling straight over to her. It made such a difference to our day knowing that Henrietta was happy and relaxed so we didn’t have to keep checking up on her every two minutes. We had four other flowergirls at our wedding (aged 3-11 years) who Catherine also played with and was happy to keep an eye on, despite her primary care being for our daughter. All of the girls loved Catherine and were entertained to such an extent they forgot about the main wedding party. We checked up on them during the day and they were so engrossed with what Catherine was doing, on most of the occasions they didn’t even notice that we were there. Catherine judged the day perfectly, bringing the girls into the wedding for just the right amount of time that meant they were part of our special day, but didn’t get bored. In the evening, Catherine took the girls back to the house and put them to bed ensuring that whilst tired, we were left with five very happy girls. We would have no hesitation in leaving Henrietta with Catherine again - she really was fantastic!"

When we were organising our wedding we didn’t want to exclude children from our wedding day, we wanted everyone to enjoy it, so it needed to be fun for friends and family with children and those without. There were 22 children altogether ranging from age 2 to 11 at the wedding (with all the potential to be mayhem…).. It was important for us that they enjoyed the day too and didn’t get bored, as it was going to be a long day. So we asked Rock Up and Play to come along and set up a crèche for a few hours while we (all the adults) sat down for our wedding breakfast (a bit of sanity time too!). The children had a picnic lunch and snacks at the crèche and ate a hot meal later when the crèche had finished. Rock Up and Play were brilliant they set up the crèche in a separate room of the hotel, with a wide variety of toys for all the age groups, (plenty of dinosaurs for our son….) and a few craft tables which were very popular. As soon as the children entered the crèche, there was no looking back, they were off to have fun, and it was great to see them settle so quickly. Catherine and her team had made the space really inviting, safe and fun. All the children had a fantastic time and when the crèche was over they had great fun in showing parents all the amazing things they had made. My husband and I along with our guests had the most amazing day. We were able to relax and enjoy our dinner knowing that the children were happy, safe and being looked after by Catherine and her team. Thank you for providing such a brilliant service you really helped make the day a great success. All the parents commented on how great the crèche was and how much the child/children enjoyed it and really appreciated the wedding being child friendly. I highly recommend Rock Up and Play to anyone planning a wedding or an event. Thank you

We were really impressed with the service provided, it was wonderful that they took the time to contact all the parents in advance so that you could provide activities specific to each child’s interests. Every parent told me how happy they were with the service provided and could not speak highly enough of you and the team.