Daycare Help

Michele& Keith

I am a FTM looking for daycare for my LO. Does anyone have suggestions or previous experiences (good or bad) for daycares in the area? I live in the Intracoastal West area (Kernan Blvd). Thanks for any help!

trueblue85

Sorry, wish I could help.  Try a site that reviews your local daycares.  Reviews mean a lot to me when it comes to things like this.

MsCraftsy

I'm not any real help for you as I don't have any kids but in my search of trying to make a budget I found a few local ones that interested me for newborn day care as I will most likely have to return to my current employment after 12 weeks since we will not be able to live off of a single income.

Guiding stars voluntary review list (a little dated but could give you some info or point you to a more current review list) 

https://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-11-04/story/rating-best-child-care-focus-guiding-stars-duval-program

 and

 https://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2011-04-03/story/finding-right-child-care-jacksonville-ratings-reports-hunches

 An older story but has some good questions to ask centers while you're looking. 

Hope that helps you.

golfbride44

I am in the exact same situation and starting to look into daycares... please let me know what you were able to find.  TIA.. I also live in the Kernan area.

taralynnglenn

I had to put my older kids in a daycare when I was working. I looked for a learning daycare, and made sure to visit the daycare twice. Once I was scheduled and the other time I came unannounced so they would not be expecting me. Both times I got a very good impression of the place and the workers, and considering it was the fourth daycare I had looked into, I was pretty thankful. It was also a learning daycare, as they were both pre-school ages. We only had minor normal problems at the daycare, such as a kid biting my kid, and they stayed there for a year until I was laid off. They loved it, and the child that bit my child was dealt with appropriately (it is actually pretty common).