Chicago Daycare
Whether you’re going back to work after your maternity leave or you just want your child to have more socialization with other kids, daycare is a great choice for many families.
But how do you start your search? Find Chicago daycare providers that meet the criteria you’re looking for in our School & Daycare Directory, read articles about other parents’ daycare experiences and check out the Discussion Forum to post your childcare questions.
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If you are looking for a full day or half day camp for your preschooler or young elementary kid, there are still some spots available at Cook. It's a smaller camp that started last summer. DM if you'd like more info. https://www.catherinecookschool.org/campus-life/summerprograms/daycamps ...
Do any of the nanny/sitter agencies help with finding after care sitters? In short, we need two hours of after care 4 days a week after school/camp. I’m interested in using an agency: 1. to handle taxes 2. in hopes the person will be more reliable than finding a college stud...
What have been your experiences with an infant having hand foot and mouth? Did the adults or other young kids in the family get it? How long were people out of commission? Feels like we keep experiencing plague after plague in our house 😕 Anonymous poster hash: 9aa78...60a ...
Wondering what other families are doing now- my DH is sick with Covid. So far kids are negative but could change in the next few days. Our nanny would like to stay home of course until 5 day window of our positive tests. Do we pay her the full amount since we are sick? Do we not pay her on the days ...
Hello! I'm looking for help with potty training 3 yo son. His current daycare is not helpful. In fact, he does pretty well with potty training at home, but slides back every time he returns to school (he attends 2 times a week now). I was wondering if there are any intensive potty training classes/d...
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