Infants and Toddlers Care

[Blackcat31]

In MN if you are licensed (Class D) as Specialized Infant and Toddler care, you need 2 adults. But you can have 7 children under age 2. (max of 4 infants under 1 year)

[SimpleMom]

I found in the licensing book (online) that I can have 5 under age 2 with one adult (no more than 3 infants)
and 6 under age 2 with one adult (no more than 2 infants)

I'm thinking if I did this I woud do one infant and 5 or 6 toddlers.

I just wonder if it would work well? Maybe I should do mostly infant and just 2 or 3 toddlers hahahaha. The toddlers get a little fiesty at times, but with less than 7 or 12 in the room (as in centers) maybe it won't be so bad?

[iheartkids]

If I could have all babies I would! Once you get them on a nap routine that's TWO breaks a day I would get! haha! Where as older kids only take one nap! But really I think it is so much easier to have all the kids all close to the same age cause on the days I have 4 babies and 1 older child and I feel bad that the older child doesn't really have anyone to play with. And if I get something out for the older child that the under 2's can't play with then they become like zombies and crawl around the "barrier" crying cause they want to play with the matchbox cars and legos.
I like being the "first" person. The first one to teach the child to color, paint, play playdoh, sing twinkle-little-star, teach colors/shapes. I love seeing the parents' reaction when I say "we played with playdoh today and he loved squishing it!" and they say "What? Really? Did he try to eat it? I've never even thought of giving him playdoh!" I totally think I could handle a house of babies and that's all get phone calls for! If I didn't have a 4 limit I would totally be full right now! It's the older kids I can't get because everyone wants their child in a "preschool".

[snbauser]

It would be kinda cool if you could find someone that provided a child care similar to yours and close by that wanted only preschool age and then maybe you could keep the infants/toddlers and they could go to the other provider at 2 or 3 and then you get in a new set.

A friend and I do this. She does infants and toddlers. I only do 3's and 4's. We live about 5 minutes apart.

[SimpleMom]

update**

Just talked with my licensor and I Guess it will be a few years before I could do this since my own kids are still counted in my numbers. Maybe I could only take kids up to age 4yrs??