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.

Thank you for everything you did for us and all the children on the day. I imagine it was a little chaotic to say the least but it all seemed to be under control and we had a wonderful stress free day without having to worry if the children were ok and being looked after. You run such a great service and in particular all the work you do up front with the venue and individual parents leading up to the day is fantastic for busy stressed brides to be!

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 used Rock up and Play for our 2 year old and a few others are our wedding and Catherine and her team were amazing from start to finish. We met at the venue a few months before to get to know us and Catherine made contact with the other parents in advance to introduce herself and find out what the children like and don't like. On the wedding day we couldn't have asked for more. The children warmed to Catherine straight away, and loved the toys she brought. Catherine even baby sat until the early hours so we could carry on the party We rated Rock up and Play so highly, we used them again to look after several children for a day when we were staying in the Cotswolds for another wedding. Couldn't ask for any more

I just wanted to drop you a note to thank you (& your team) so much for looking after Scarlett so brilliantly on Saturday. You provided such a professional and caring service, we were able to relax and enjoy the wedding. I don’t take lightly leaving my daughter with new people but I felt completely at ease with your team, Scarlett responded so well to them all and I was very impressed at the patience and dedication shown by all. I know Scarlett had a great time with you all.

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!!

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!"

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.