In-home daycare in MoCo?

veruca5839

A friend of mine is pregnant and is looking for an in-home daycare in MoCo, preferably Gaithersburg/Rockville area.  I didn't do any research on daycare while pregnant, so I have no idea where to look.  Is there some sort of website with listings or do you just find one via word of mouth?  Anyone have any recommendations of a provider or even just a place to research them?  TIA!

DCtoLowcountry

The best ways to search for childcare in MoCo are to use the LOCATE service provided by the county, or if you're interested in in-home providers, Monday Morning Moms. If you're looking for reviews of individual places, check out the forums at DC Urban Moms. Good luck to your friend!

vtkgirl77

<edited> Nevermind. I was going to send you a PM or a center recommendation in Rockville but then I saw she wants in-home.

DCtoLowcountry

VtKendra, would you send to me as well? I have a friend in NBethesda looking.

veruca5839

vtkendra:

<edited> Nevermind. I was going to send you a PM or a center recommendation in Rockville but then I saw she wants in-home.

I'd still love the rec to pass on to her!  She looked at a few centers (I'm not sure of which ones) and didn't like them.  I don't think she's opposed to centers but just got frustrated with the ones she saw and decided to focus on in-home.

vtkgirl77

Sending you both PMs now.

veruca5839

Thank you both for the recommendations!

biochemgirl

My daugther is at Goddard in Gaithersburg.  I too was frustrated by the daycares and this one makes our budget so tight (it's 1935/mth) but we love it and peace of mind is worth it for us. She is learning a ton and we are so happy with it.  If this one didn't work out for us we would have gone to in-home b/c I just didn't like any of the other daycare centers we saw.