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Do you care for infants?
If you do, what is your program age limit? If you do NOT, what starting age do you offer care for? |
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Oh she does? Hmm... Reopening in the late spring here and I'm debating.
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Same as Annalee I'm licensed from 6 weeks up.
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Dont tend to take them, but most Canadians if working have at least 12 months of mat leave. I get a couple that may start at about 10 or 11 months. I would take them as young as 6 ish months though if I had a parent requesting.
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I only keep 1 infant at a time and generally only a new sibling. Infants are a lot of work, unpredictable at times as far as schedules (bottles, naps, etc) and there's a lot of risk (SIDS) so I don't prefer to take them, but I only keep 4 children and I like to have 1 of each year, so it's kind of necessary at times.
I would have to really be comfortable with the family and desperate to fill a spot to take an infant from a new family though. I've taken as young as 8 weeks old and 4 months old from previous families. For new families, 6 months would be my minimum age. |
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I do! I personally love having infants. Plus, when they start that young, it's easier to get them on your schedule.
I've had several of my kids now since they were 6-7 weeks old. |
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I take children birth to six.
Few jobs here offer maternity leave. 3-7 days old is very common in care.
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Canadian here as well and the norm is 12 months, although now the mat leave has increased to 18 months so I am getting more of those requests so not exactly infants anymore.
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In Alabama we can take them at six weeks of age
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I am the odd one out, and don't accept infants. I am just too worried about SIDS.
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I do. Usually, they start at 12 - 16 weeks old.
They stay with me up to 5yo. They know me and my rules as well as their parents. I know them pretty well too. I love it. |
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I have an infant/toddler daycare.
I take babies 6 weeks to 24 months. I am just reopening after a 2 year break. Once we have enough interest, my husband will join me at the daycare. We can take 10 kids under 2 with the both of us. |
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we must have one adult for every two kids under 2yo.(((
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That's crazy! How would anyone make an income on that.
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I re-opened my daycare 3 days after giving birth (c-sections), too (twice). With $5800 out of pocket (upfront) per birth and $1500 per month bradycardia/apnea monitoring cost, even with insurance, (plus normal monthly bills) it simply made sense. I was as young, strong and healthy as I was ever going to be (24-26). ![]() Many of my clients find themselves in similar situations if they don't have family willing or able to share some costs.
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I have three adults here. So I can have 6 infants plus 7 toddlers.
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I take 0-school aged...
and I'll keep school aged if I raised them. I prefer to get a newborn that stays with me until they outgrow me around 2nd grade. |
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