Childcare in Florissant/Hazelwood

Updated on June 18, 2008
J.J. asks from Florissant, MO
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I am looking into finding childcare for my 4.5 year old and a 12 week old starting in August. Our previous center has developed some issues that we are not comfortable going back to when our newborn is old enough. We are looking for a center in the Florissant/hazelwood area that is affordable as well as excellent. I don't know if i am comfortable with in-home care, it has always made me nervous, I like centers with trained caregivers. My 4 year old does great in a pre-k program and is working on writing letters and letter sounds at school. Any recommendations and personal experiences are great. PLaces to avoid are welcome also.

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A little erly, but with Jennifrs reponse, I felt it necessary. I was not putting in-home daycars down. I said I personally was not comfortable with one. I don't like there only being one adult who I don't personally know around, there is no accountability that way, and no way for me to know what is going on other that one stranger's word. It's just not for me, I know mothers who give in-home care love children, it's just not for me. By trained I meant in early childhood education, not child care, I know there is no training required for caring for children other than experience. I also know some centers are terrible, that's why i am looking for a good one, I have been with ones that were excellent for years, and I would take my child out of one where the caregivers sent her home with a fake fever, it would be very obvious if they had done so. I would hope someone would report that to the state licensing boards before they quit a place like that that obviously didn't care about children.

Right now I am planning on visiting Mother Hen and North County Children's Academy

Thank you, I saw the website for North County Children's academy and I planned on looking into them.

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J.B.

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Trained caregiver? I have a home daycare and I have raised 2 children and now have 2 young ones. I have also raised many other children so that their parents can work and know their child is safe. I have more training than some of these people in a daycare setting as I have been doing this for 21 years!!
I wouldn't put down a home daycare center until you have tried it. I've had parents pull their child out of daycare centers and bring them to me because their child gets sick all the time or there are to many kids and not enough teachers/helpers. Did you know that centers will "pretend" the child has a fever and call the parents to pick them up so that they can have an easier day and still get paid? Yes that does happen as a friend of mine works in a center and she is asked to hold the thermometer under the light or in hot water. But go ahead and send your child to a "trained caregiver"!!

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D.P.

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Try the one at Flo Valley Community College.

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S.T.

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I agree with Jennifer B on this one. My sister is a home daycare prodvider as well. Many people that run home daycares do so out of a love for children. They are inviting other people's children into their homes! I know from experience that a lot of people employed at "standard daycares" ARE NOT TRAINED!! I know this because I've worked at daycares, and all you have to do to get a daycare job is pass a background check and get a HEP A shot. Also, the employees make around $8-9 per hour, so they really have no incentive to do a good job, and there is a high turnover rate. If you do a well-rounded search for the best care for your children, you probably will find that a home daycare has the most experienced caregivers!

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M.M.

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Well, I think Jennifer could of taken the higher road and possibly promoted her business rather than accuse you-but I digress.....

In any case, I haven't tried this place, but just checked it out myself b/c I will need care starting in the fall(my kids currently go to a in-home sitter I LOVE, but she lives too far away and with gas prices, etc-you know...). It's called North County Children's Academy. It seems nice. The place looked and smelled clean (my kids have never gone to a facility b/c I'm afraid they wouldn't get ENOUGH care). I think for my soon to be 4 yr old it was $130.00 a week and for my soon to be 5 yr old it will be $72.00 a week for before and after care.

I don't have their number with me, but if you google that name, it will bring up their phone number. I think it might be ###-###-####.

Good luck!!

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P.D.

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These sites may be helpful.

The Child Day Care Association: www.childcarestl.org

TLC for Kids Nanny and Child Care Services: http://tlcforkids.com/

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