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Boxer's Daily Baby Question - Daycare Edition
How/where do you go to research daycare options? Is there something like consumer reports for daycare? Does Angies List review daycares?
I got recs from friends back in February, and we're on waiting lists for those places, but it doesn't look like we're going to get in before I need to go back to work. Now I need a back up plan, and I don't know where to start looking. Any ideas?
Re: Boxer's Daily Baby Question - Daycare Edition
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
well, sh!t. I don't know a single person here that uses a daycare. Everyone I know with kids has either a SAHParent, a nanny or a family member that watches their kid.
I have a feeling we're going to end up having to get a nanny until we get into one of the daycares we're waiting on. That was definitely NOT in the budget.
Baby Boxer is coming! 5.23.12
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I know that here in Texas, all accredited daycares (including home based centers) are on the DFPS website. We can sort by town, zip code, ages, programs offered, etc. For each center it gives the history of inspections and tells what deficiencies were found in the past 2 years.
This was helped me to narrow down my search, at least. I was able to see what was here, if they accepted the right age, if they were open early enough, and rule out the ones that had a lot of issues, or had any serious issues.
I think you are in Georgia, so I don't know what the agency would be that accredits centers, but if you haven't tried that route, it might help.
ETA: I meant licensed centers, not accredited - that is a whole different system. The state must license a center for it to operate legally; accreditation by an agency (NAEYC, for example) is separate and above and beyond minimum requirements.
National Academy of Early Childhood Programs
http://www.naeyc.org/academy/accreditation/search
I found the site for Georgia. You can see the visits that have been made, read the reports, etc.
http://decal.ga.gov/ProviderSearch/SiteSearch.aspx?prekonly=y&newsearch=y
Taken from a daycare website:
I'm just not sure how much I really care for my child's altitude...
Baby Boxer is coming! 5.23.12
www.focushunting.com
"That chick wins at Penises, for sure." -- Fenton
There are two daycares within a 2-mile radius of us, so we went with them first. Both are really good, state-accredited facilities, and we liked both a lot. Ultimately, it came down to cost, flexibility (one would let us pull Isaiah for the summer when I was off, one would make us pay for him throughout the summer), and which one would allow us to use cloth diapers there. Plus, the one we chose is connected to our doctor's office, and I know a lot of people who send there kids there (including my pediatrician) and a lot of people who work there (a lot of graduate students).
I think no matter where you pick, you are going to freak out the first few times you drop the baby off, and that's ok. Now that we've had Isaiah there for 6 months, though, I am so happy with his center. We might have lucked out with only looking at two places, getting in right away, and being happy with our first choice, though, too.