- Childcare: A choice to be made in the early months of pregnancy
- The crèche baby boom and its many advantages
- The Happy Company solution
- Who should I contact for other types of childcare?
Your world has just expanded to make room for a newborn baby whom you cherish with unbounded love. But you need to get out of your emotional bubble and take a more serious look at your role as a mother.
Before you go back to work, you want to find a crèche place for your baby . Schedules, fees, neighborhood, pedagogical project, staff and availability- there are so many parameters to take into account, and so little time! To make sure your search doesn't turn into a nightmare, there are support services . Thanks to their extensive network, they can help you find a place in the best crèche without delay.
Childcare: a choice to be made in the early months of pregnancy
Taking custody of your child is one of the first complicated decisions parents have to make. Who can you entrust your child to, to make sure everything goes smoothly? How do you manage this momentary separation? What if baby cries? What if he needs a cuddle? Who will be there for him? These are not always pleasant questions, especially when they remain unanswered.
However, it is sometimes necessary to look for a place in a day-care center very early on: as soon as the baby leaves the maternity ward, and sometimes even before birth. This is often the case in metropolitan areas, where there are plenty of facilities, but the demand is even greater. For some time now, rural areas have also been experiencing the problem of lack of availability in micro-crèches or parent crèches, which are rapidly becoming saturated. A success story that begs the question: why are crèches so popular in France?
The crèche baby boom and its many advantages
If you were told childcare options for children under 3, you'd reply? Grandparents, nannies or crèches, and yes, that's pretty much it! Between 2019 and 2020, France will have just under 250,000 childminders and some 450,000 crèche places for around 2.2 million children under the age of 3. These figures give an idea of just how difficult it is to find the ideal childcare environment.
The pleasure of a personalized welcome
Each child enrolled in the crèche has a small locker or coat rack to store his or her belongings (change of clothes, bibRond, pacifier, team liaison notes, etc.). Each time a child arrives, he or she is greeted by an auxiliary nursery nurse or another qualified member of staff, who takes the time to talk with the parents: he or she hasn't slept, hasn't eaten much, you'll be picking him or her up earlier, how the last day went... The crèche is above all a dedicated time of welcome.
An incomparable learning environment for children
Nursery rhymes, songs, games, toys, varied and supervised educational and play activities, the discovery of language and fine motor skills, learning to live together... The crèche, with its complete and rich infrastructure and its team dedicated to early childhood, is the ideal place to encourage exchanges, curiosity, learning and later, the installation of a certain autonomy.
Secure childcare
Enrolling your child in a nursery means giving him/her access to a safe space, entirely designed for him/her and the little ones between 0 and 4 years of age. Adapted in terms ofequipment (changing tables, diapers, bouncers, bottle warmers, dormitories and beds for naps...), surfaces (floor mats, cushions...), materials (soft and washable),ergonomics, standards and procedures, it is one of the safest solutions for dropping off your child for a few hours or days a week without worrying.
Organization first
It's a fact that you can count on the nursery to be there all the time. Once you've managed to find a place, all you have to do isorganize your schedule with the de puériculture team and stick to it. Who drops baby off and at what time? Who picks him up? On which days will he or she be present at the facility? Once validated, this information is confirmed to you and never changes. It's a very comfortable and reassuring way of working for parents.
A not-so-expensive choice
Since everything is included in the price (diapers, meals, activities, equipment and later, outings), the cost is not always as high as you might imagine.
The Happy Company solution
Simple, fun and reassuring, the crèche is an attractive form of childcare for children and parents alike. But its biggest drawback? The difficulty of finding a place close to home and a sufficient number of hours of care.
What if you called on the services not of a talent hunter, but of a nursery place hunter? That's exactly what Happy Company can do for you. Contact them, explain what you need and where, then entrust them with the mission of finding the rare pearl for you!
How does it work to find a crèche place without waiting?
Happy Company is a network of 100% efficient and 100% caring private crèche partners to ensure that parents have complete confidence in their children's development. Taking into account your needs and your area of residence, our teams coordinate and organize the best possible daycare center near you. Trust them, save time and give yourself a good dose of peace of mind.
It's a bit like our bibRond. Medical-grade silicone and an anti-colic teat for your baby's health, a soft, playful round shape for pleasure and beauty, and three sizes to cater for all eventualities. That's right! Have you discovered our latest addition, the bibRond 330 ml to slip into your diaper bag? Heading for... the nursery, of course!
Who should I contact for other types of childcare?
Collective or individual childcare, it's usually a choice made by the parents, out of desire or conviction. Here are a few useful addresses to help you enroll your baby in a day-care center.
First and foremost, contact your Caisse d'allocations familiales (CAF). It will be able to provide you with a list of available childcare centers and professionals, as well as information on the various forms of financial assistance available, such as the "complément de libre choix du mode de garde" (1) (CMG).
Visit or your localFamily Information Point (2) for all the information you need to arrange childcare(3) for the day, half-day or longer, during the school vacations.
You can also get in touch with your local Conseil départemental, which has the addresses and telephone numbers of all the facilities in your area.
