We only accept 0-4 year olds. Our state has full-day Pre-k at 4, so there isn't mush demand for daycare after 4.

We are a large home daycare license so we can have 12 kids with 6 under two.

Personally, I find that when by myself it it hard for me to manage infants and preschoolers. The immediacy ad unpredictability of their needs is hard for me to deal with while executing activities for the older children. Having only infants doesn't bother me nearly as much as a mixed age group.

Currently the way we are set-up, we have one adult who cares for the infants and toddlers in one room, and one who cares for 18m and up in the other room, kitchen and living room are shared space.

So while we currently have 3 infants and two toddlers, which sounds like a lot, they have one caretaker dedicated to them.

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