Nursery Furniture and Day Care

Try Orange County Childcare Assoc. referral line at 714/893/0390 . Give them the city you want, and they;ll you the phone #.
M., OCCCA, H.B.

Have you tried Craigslist? I bought a really nice desk off of Craigslist for only $30 for my daughter's room (I'm still beaming about the deal).

Hi N.,
THere is a consignment store with locations in Cerritos and Los Alamitos called Inch by Inch. They have a wide range of baby items with reasonable prices!
C.

I actually just purchased a crib and dresser through Craig's List. They were in great condition and I got a reasonable price in the bargain. Have you tried that? There's tons of stuff on there.

Hi N., I'm a licensed in home child care provide in La Mirada. I have been caring for children in my home for over 18 years now. Make sure you ask alot of questions when looking for care. Don't be afraid to ask for refrences and too visit early, I mean before you have the baby if you have time. Find out what they do during the day and if they go out. I love what I do and wont change it for any thing. I have three kids and have been able to stay home for them all. 18,16 and 10. As for nursery furniture I would look at babies r us or even Target has some nice stuff. My friend told me about a thrift store across from the La Habra Costo she said she found some nice stuff there. Good Luck T.

Hi N.,

I usually go to a place called Children's Orchard. It's a consignment store for children and they often have furniture. They have several locations in Southern California.

http://www.childrensorchard.com/

Hi N., I dont know any consignment stores but I know a lot of people list items on Craigslist. Most items are used but people to tend to sell brand new items on there as well. I would start looking around now since you are getting further along in your pregnancy, plus even though a lot of these Craiglist ads have pictures, I am sure it would be best to check out the items in person. Good luck!

Craigslist. Maybe a little cautious on the crib but a dresser for sure. sometimes there's new cribs on there too. I've bought a ton of stuff on craigslist

I'm partial to Bergstroms for baby furniture. Great selection, they actually know something about their product and their prices are competitve.

I live in South OC, so I can't help much on the daycare front, but good luck!

-M

Where do you live? My daughter-in-law does day-care in the Long Beach/Los Alamitos area and she is the NICEST person that I have ever met. (She is licensed.) She is EXTREMELY kind and gentle and her son is the happiest child you have ever met. If she is in your area, interview her. Her name is Kathy ###-###-####.

Regarding furniture... I was at Target the other day and they had some beautiful stuff for a very reasonable price.

I shopped around for furniture and ended up buying at Baby Depot (it's in Burlington Coat Factory). They had some that were good quality for a good price. It's worth checking out. I don't have any advice on daycare. You might want to re-post your question with a title that includes where you live to get more responses.

I am a daycare provider in the Lakewood/Long beach border and will have an opening after January of 09. Email me if you are interested.
M.

Hey N.,
If you call kidcare they will give you a list of licensed daycare providers in your area. I have had my own in-home family daycare for over 28 years, but I am in Anaheim. Decide if you want your daycare near your home, or office/job. The phone # is actually kid-care, ###-###-####. Good luck and God bless.
V.