Curious About Childcare for My 9 Month Old!

Hello L.,

I hope you and you little one are doing well.

I have just opened a family child care facility called Crockett Kiddie Care and we are now excepting new enrollments. We are a state licensed facility, ICCP Certified and trained in pediatric first-aid and CPR. CKC is focused on safe, reliable, affordable child care for your little ones.
As of now, we have two children enrolled, one is 18 months and one is 12 weeks old. Your daughter will have the best infant care provided by myself (mother of two) and Ms. Tere (ex-nanny). CKC is located at Maple Grove and Lake Hazel Rd. in the Fiddlers Glenn Subdivision. If you have any questions or need more info. on rates and references please feel free to contact me at ____@____.com and I will e-mail you any more information that you might need.

Good luck and I hope you find the perfect place for your little girl :)

Thank you,
K.
CKC

It depends on what your priorities. I prefer in-home and they tend to to be more cost effective and flexible. Try qualistar.org to find a list of licensed inhome care options if your city isn't there, call Child and family services, they should be able to give you a list. If you are in Boulder County, check out BoulderRockNMom's yahoo group.. yahoogroups.com, search BoulderRockNMom's. There are over a 1000 Boulder County moms and they have lots of ideas on local places.

L.

Congratulations on a teaching position! Teachers everywhere are under paid and are such an important part of our children's lives!

If I were you I would drop in unannounced on some of the daycares that you are considering. You can see if the place is clean, are the children clean and happy and fed, are there enough staff members, etc. Then visit with the owner/manager for a few minutes to see if you like her. You will know immediately by dropping in on them unannounced if you like that particular daycare or not.

I took my daughter to an in home daycare that was licensed by the state and reimbursed for providing nutritious meals and snacks to the children. She had preschool activities for them, and was really truly in love with all of the kids. She ran a wonderful daycare, it was the first place that I took my daughter to that she didn't cry when I went to leave. She is 12 years-old now and still loves to see her Nikki! She even spent the night there once when I had to have surgery. Nikki was fantastic, and I knew I loved her the first time I came unannounced. She told me that she wished more parents would do that to make sure their kids were being taken care of properly.

So, ask all your neighbors and friends who they use, then drop in unannounced to see if it's what you would like for your children. Good luck to you! And thank you for being a teacher!

hi L., i don't know about specific childcares in you area but for a baby i would recommend a really good in home daycare. i have worked in large centers and now run my own in home childcare. i prefer small home based environments for babies because the caregivers are the same every time and the baby gets to know and trust them well, which for a nine month old will probably help with the transition and adjustment. also in larger centers i just don't htink the babies get enough individual attention. and like most moms i am sure you want someone to be able to hold and cuddle your little one if they are sad or upset. this doesn't happen as easily when their are lots of little ones around. but like another post suggested make sure the one you choose is licensed by the state. gl, N.

I would really look around at a lot of different places. I worked for a daycare while i was in high school so I know there are some really good places out there. The one I worked at even had cameras in all the rooms that was hooked up to the daycares website. So you could get on line and see your children while at work. All the parents loved that. But when you go to any childcare place talk to some of the parents to see what they think about the place. Also ask the works questions, like what is the teacher child ratio? What activities do they do? How do they handle accidents? Many childcare centers do allow part timers but they want it to still be scheduled (like every tues. & thurs. or whatever) So might have better luck with an in home daycare that is more flexible. Just make sure they have their license and that the worker child ratio is right.