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First Flight Preschool – Alliance Community Fellowship

First Flight has been in operation since September 2013. In August of 2015 we opened our brand new children’s facility due to the growth of our preschool, church, and God’s faithfulness.  This state of the art preschool building features exciting thematic design, an indoor playground, large classrooms, and child restrooms in each room.  First Flight Preschool is also a licensed preschool meeting Texas minimum standards for childcare facilities. 

We pray your family will become a part of our First Flight Family!

Our Mission

Strive to meet the needs of children through a loving Christian environment.

Our Goal

PREPARE

Children for a successful transition to Kindergarten.

PARTNER

With families to encourage spiritual and educational growth.

LEAD

Children to a lifelong relationship with Jesus Christ.

Our Purpose

Serve as an outreach ministry of Alliance Community Fellowship.

Infants (6 weeks-11 months)

(Must be 6 weeks by Sept. 1st)

2 or 4 day options

8 students: 2 teachers

Ones (12-17 months)

(Must be 12 months by Sept. 1st)

2 or 4 day options

10 students: 2 teachers

18 months (18-23 months)

(Must be 18 months by Sept. 1st)

2 or 4 day options

12 students: 2 teachers

Two’s Classes

(Must be 2 by Sept. 1st)

2, 3 or 4 day options

14 students: 2 teachers

Three’s Classes

(Must be 3 by Sept 1st)

2, 3 or 4 day options

16 students: 2 teachers

Pre-K Classes

(Must be 4 by Sept. 1st)

3 or 4 day options

16 students: 2 teachers

TK Class

(Must be 5 by Dec. 31st)

4 day option

17 students: 2 teachers

Tuition is calculated yearly and can be paid in 9 payments beginning in September and ending in May. 

There is also a $50 registration fee to enroll for one student and $75 registration fee for a family, and an individual supply fee depending on your child’s enrollment.

Sibling Discount is $25 off per month for 2nd child.

(All Fees are Non-Refundable)

6 wks – 23 mos.

2 DAYS : M/W or T/TH
$295/month
$295/one time supply fee

4 DAYS : M-TH
$460/month
$460/one time supply fee

2 – 3 year olds

2 DAYS : M/W or T/TH
$285/month
$285/one time supply fee

3 DAYS : T/W/TH
$370/month
$370/one time supply fee

4 DAYS : M-TH
$440/month
$440/one time supply fee

Pre-K

(4 year olds)

3 DAYS : T/W/TH
$370/month
$370/one time supply fee

4 DAYS : M-TH
$440/month
$440/one time supply fee

Transitional Kinder

(must be 5 yrs by 12/31/23)

4 DAYS : M-TH
$460/month
$460/one time supply fee

How can I pay my tuition?

Tuition is due on the 1st of every month.

• All credit/debit cards must be processed through the sandbox parent portal.
• Cash and check payments can be made in the front office.
• Any payment received after the 10th of each month will be considered late.
• For tuition questions contact us.

TUITION CAN BE PAID THROUGH THE SANDBOX PARENT APP

Sandbox Parent App

Parent Handbook

Healthcare Professional Statement

First Flight Child Development Center

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Address

First Flight Child Development Center is part of the L. A. DAYCARE-NO.WEST (30) district office (Phone number:(310) 337-4333)

Contact Information

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Special Services

Many schools and daycare centers offer special services such as bi-lingual and translation services, food programs, special needs assistance.

Cost and fees

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Development of a child in the first days of life

Finally, a small, wonderful baby, whom you have been waiting for, has finally come into the world. He is still so unintelligent that he seems to have only two concerns: to eat and sleep, however, this is a serious delusion of most parents. In the very first month of its existence, the baby develops much more than in the rest of the years of life. Therefore, the first days of a child’s life after birth are quite important and full of certain difficulties.

After all, now he has abruptly switched from his usual environment to a new breathing and nutrition. A born baby, like all living beings, has a certain set of reflexes. If you touch the lips of the child with your finger, then he pulls them out, as he has already prepared to take food from the mother’s breast. At any loud sound, the child will be alert, frown, or, in general, scream. But the most important thing that should not be forgotten is that the child is already individual and has his own character.

Each period of a newborn’s life has a number of its own characteristics. For example, in the very first period of his life, up to about 10 days, the baby still does not hear well, as his body adapts to the new environment around him. Hearing develops gradually during the first year of a child’s life. Mom should help the baby develop this skill, constantly talk with him, although it seems that the baby does not understand, you can also turn on calm music quietly. An important thing in a child’s hearing development is a simple rattle. With its help, the child develops auditory skills, and the mother can observe such development. The hearing test is done with a clap – the child must close their eyes to this kind of sound.

As far as vision is concerned, the ability of a newborn to focus on anything is not developed in the first days. This skill can be developed in an infant with the help of the so-called mobile, which is attached to the baby’s crib. During waking hours, the child watches objects moving above him with interest – this, firstly, and secondly, thereby developing the skill of focusing his vision.

By the end of the first month, a newborn should have a certain list of skills. The first of these is a reaction to loud sounds, which is accompanied by a shudder or blinking of the baby. The second is the ability to keep an object in the field of view and follow it. The third is to raise and hold the head in a prone position for 10-25 seconds. Fourth – the baby already knows how to smile at all his relatives, but especially his mother. The fifth is the ability to make various kinds of sounds in response to the conversations of adults, in most cases it is a cooing. And the sixth, which can be attributed not so much to skills, but more to interesting facts – a few days after birth, a child can imitate the movements that he saw, for example, show his tongue or open his mouth.

As one of the Russian proverbs says: “It grows by leaps and bounds” – this also applies to children, especially newborns. Without having time to “blink his eyes”, the mother of a recently born child becomes the mother of a one-year-old baby, and the mother of a one-year-old becomes the mother of a schoolchild. Children grow up quickly and they need the attention and support of their loved ones, especially their mothers.

Products for babies

The first toy is necessary for the baby to develop hearing, motor skills, color and tactile (tactile) perception. Rattles, bath toys, teethers and other toys for children up to 1 year old .

Children’s sets are made only of high quality hypoallergenic material. And the bright design will be pleasant to your kid. Children’s tableware with beautiful pictures turns any meal into an exciting game.

For those who are older

Children 1-2 years old and older 2-3 ​​years old will suit developing various soft toys (KURNOSIKI cube with a squeaker, KURNOSIKI soft puzzle, MOLLY toy etc.), coloring books, paints finger, stamp paints and others.

For children aged 3 to 6, puzzles, building kits, mosaics, modeling dough, fabric and body paints and other kits for developing creative abilities will be useful.

Toys and educational games will help your child develop properly.

21 tips for parents who don’t know how to survive a flight

It seems like only yesterday we were annoyed by other people’s children in the cabin – they constantly cry, make noise, kick your chair, and in general!

Then everything is in a blur… and now we ourselves are the parents of a baby who cannot be explained why he has to quietly look out the window for the entire five hours of the flight.

However, why only look out the window? Our colleagues from the Mel online publication will suggest a lot of other ways to survive a flight with a child without nervous breakdowns.

0+: Baby on board

Babies under one year old are the easiest to fly with.

The pressure during takeoff and landing will help offset food or water—simply breastfeed, formula feed, or give your baby water from a pacifier bottle.

From six months healthy snacks like dried apples are also suitable. It saves, by the way, even better than lollipops – a life hack can be adopted by adults too.

Children under one year old usually sleep three times a day, not counting the night. So the chance that the child will fall asleep during the flight is quite large – especially if you adjust the flight time to the usual rest period.

But even if something went wrong and the child started acting up, there are at least a dozen simple ways to calm him down.

Slingbuses

Until the age of one, a child flies without a seat and, as a rule, spends the entire flight in the arms of mom or dad. So slingobuses hanging around the parent’s neck can be great entertainment and keep the baby busy for a long time.

Wooden, juniper, silicone, equipped with a teether or bells – they can distract, soothe and help with teething.

And yes, don’t look at the name of this “gadget”: a sling is not an obligatory accessory for a sling bus. It’s just that initially they were created for those parents who practice wearing a child in a piece of fabric on themselves.

Bottle rattle

You can, of course, use the usual plastic or wooden rattles (it doesn’t hurt to take them on a trip anyway) – but they are quite loud, and neighbors can be as unhappy with the sound of a rattle as they are with a crying baby.

But if you take a transparent plastic bottle from under the water and pour cereals (half or three quarters) into it, preferably bright (colored peas, lentils) – it will turn out quietly for others and bewitching for the baby.

A toy from the package

Babies are like cats – they can play with anything.

A simple plastic bag with a bell or any toy inside (even a chocolate egg container or rustling napkins) will keep you interested for a long time. Just loosely inflate it and tie it.

You can endlessly crumple this toy in your hands, try to grab what’s inside, and the package rustles so interestingly!

All in all, all thirty-three pleasures for a child’s sensory development.

Massage balls

Small rubber balls with spikes and pimples can be found in the pet toy department. We take 2-3 pieces with us and arrange a massage for the child without getting up from the chair. You can roll on the palms, arms, heels, legs.

Do not be surprised if the baby falls asleep after such a massage.

Toy on a ribbon

Closer to the age of one, children love to drop everything. This is how they master the cause-and-effect relationships. That’s just lifting things from the floor in a confined space you will not like it.

What to do? We take the baby’s favorite toys, tie a long ribbon to them (we again have an association with cats, and you?). And the tape – to the armrest of the chair, your wrist or baby’s leg. Threw, pulled the tape – the toy is back in place.

Ideal for this game are mesh balls that change shape, or cat toys made of woven twigs with bells hidden inside.

Soft book

Children under one year old are not interested in reading books. But crumpling, rustling the pages of a book is a completely different matter.

Now you can find a lot of options for such books for the little ones – from very simple to author’s, handmade, made to order.

Make sure that there are many pages and that they are all made of different fabrics and interspersed with different textures and textures – such a book will really keep a child busy for a long time.

Magic Pouch

You will need a regular canvas or fabric pouch and various items that can be put into it.

Keys, cones, those same massage hedgehogs, wooden figurines, shreds of fabric, chestnuts, walnuts.

Remember that objects must be relatively large so that the child cannot put them in his mouth or nose.

Digging through this bag is fun. But there is a risk that you have to pick it all up from the floor. So the bag is suitable until 8-10 months, when the craving for throwing has not yet awakened.

Plasticine, dough for hands or squish

In general, everything that can be kneaded in your hands for a long time – it changes shape, you can dig your fingers into it, roll it over your palms and stretch it out to infinity.

The main thing when choosing is to focus on the fact that the material does not get dirty, does not leave marks and is safe for the child.

Well, the fact that the child no longer puts everything in his mouth.

“Into the hole”

When toys and rattles are tired, willy-nilly, you will have to switch to active games. The good old children’s game “jumping on your knees” is a great option.

There are a great many tunes to it, ranging from the standard and well-known “Over bumps, over bumps …” and ending with various creative variations on the theme – google it.

Parents will only have to change adults and remember, as they say.

And yes, this game is great for toddlers too.

1+: Beware Toddler

Parents of children who have just begun to walk, but still do not know how to speak properly, stick their noses everywhere and are not ready to play word games for a long time, will have the hardest time.

In addition to the ideas of games already proposed above, we have several more options for simple entertainment for children a little older than babies.

No one canceled trips around the cabin either. A couple of excursions to the toilet will help pass at least 15-20 minutes of flight.

Finger games

Boil porridge like a white-sided magpie on the palm of your hand, bang your fists, knead your fingers under “This finger is the biggest, funniest and funniest”, master the exercise “fist-rib-palm” – there are a lot of options.

We take any children’s poems and come up with movements for them (or use what they came up with before us).

With one-year-old children, you will have to do all this together and even for them – and those who are older, as a rule, join the game with pleasure and repeat the movements after their parents.

Activity books

A sophisticated version of soft books for babies.

Here, as a rule, you can and should unfasten zippers and buttons, master laces and fasteners, put various objects in pockets, attach something to Velcro, and so on.

Books with windows

Such a cardboard book usually takes up quite a lot of space, but it’s worth it.

The book will save you many times on the road during the whole trip – children can endlessly play with such books even alone.

Tablet or drawing board

You can, of course, get by with just a notebook and pencils – or you can remember the drawing boards from our childhood, the images from which are erased with a slight movement of the hand.

Now there are electronic analogues of such toys.

You can draw together, one by one, with fingers or a stylus, whichever you prefer.

Painting with paints

Don’t worry, no chair will be damaged and your child’s hands will also be clean.

Just take a zip bag, or better a few – and put finger paints inside (they are thicker). We close the package and give it to the child.

You can now draw patterns inside the bag and mix colors.

Magnetic construction set

It is enough to take 15-20 pieces with you and you can build houses, towers and other buildings on the folding table.

Only no small magnets and balls! A child can swallow them, and this is really dangerous.

Books with stickers

Dressing up fairies and princesses, assembling a car, arranging furniture around the house – such an activity will captivate a child from 1.5-2 years old.

And for the little ones there are books with reusable stickers so that in case of a mistake everything can be quickly corrected.

Choose books with your child’s favorite characters so that he will definitely want to spend time in their company.

3+: It’s time to play

After three, the fun begins!

You can, of course, just give your child a tablet or smartphone, turn on cartoons or audio fairy tales – or you can offer to play.

Other than paper and pencils (well, or a drawing tablet), in most cases you will not need anything.

Tic Tac Toe

Don’t forget to give in. Remember: the child only masters this game.

Draw some more

Drawing together is great. You start – the child continues. Then you switch roles.

You can also offer to turn the circle into an infinite number of objects, and the squiggles into funny characters.

Coloring pages

By the age of three, children, as a rule, already master coloring. So coloring with large drawings will be able to compete with the tablet. But on the condition that you will color together.

And, for example, “magic” pencils – double-sided, three-color (in one lead), etc. will help to interest the child. Or felt-tip pens that change colors when you swipe them over each other.

Activity books

They have all sorts of tasks, from finding differences between pictures and mazes to finding objects in the picture.

One book is enough for a flight.

Magnetic board games

There are a lot of variants of these games. But the meaning, as a rule, is the same – you need to build a path in a certain way in order to lead someone somewhere and not meet someone.

Childcare Centers, Daycare and Preschools in Stafford VA County

Stafford County childcare centers come in sizes, costs, and programs to fit all budgets and preferences.
We know that parents are busy but that selecting the right daycare center or preschool is crucial.
So we’ve gathered basic information for 49 child care centers in Stafford County into a single location so that you are only a click away from basic information such as address, size, and licensing information that can help you refine your search.
You can narrow down your search even further by selecting a zip code or a city from the list below.
Need more assistance? Simply contact the child care referral agency or the licensing agency listed on the right!

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Loving Arms Academy, LLC

Stafford, VA 22554 | (540) 602-2647

We are not a chain or franchise. Loving Arms Academy Childcare, Preschool & Summer Camp offers a loving, personal, hands-on nurturing environment, to support your Childs individual needs. The Center was established with its three major goals: To Love …

Aquia Christian Academy

Stafford, VA 22554 | (540) 658-1414

We are now enrolling children ages 6 weeks – 13 years. We teach the ABeka Curriculum with phonics, numbers, writing, language and skills development.

Kiddie Academy of Stafford

Stafford, VA 22554 | (540) 628-8693

“An educational childcare center in Stafford, VA that will exceed your expectations. Visit our Stafford, VA Academy, meet our staff, see our classrooms and play on our playgrounds. We provide educational daycare in the greater Stafford, VA area that focuses on …

The Goddard School

Stafford, VA 22554 | (540) 288-1515

The Goddard School uses the most current, academically endorsed methods to ensure that children have fun while learning the skills they need for long-term success in school and in life. Our talented teachers also collaborate with parents to nurture children into …

The Merit School at North Stafford (#34)

Stafford, VA 22556 | (540) 658-1000

When a family steps into The Merit School of North Stafford, they enter a warm and inviting atmosphere that offers the best in early childhood education.   The Merit School of North Stafford is located off Garrisonville Road and have been serving the …

The Merit School of Doc Stone (#67)

Stafford, VA 22556 | (540) 628-4999

Our Goals -To expose children to a variety of experiences that will develop him or her socially, emotionally and educationally. To achieve this we: -Provide a warm, nurturing center in which the child’s individuality is recognized and supported …

Dawning Point Learning Center

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Hugs Kollege Inc – Bronx NY School-Age Child Care

Stafford, VA 22556 | (540) 659-9227

Dawning Point – Chatham Early Childhood Education Center is a place where children are free to explore and discover the world about them in a warm and loving environment. Children are exposed to a wide variety of learning experiences in order to satisfy their natural …

The Merit School of Garrisonville (#3)

Stafford, VA 22554 | (540) 659-5290

The mission of The Merit School of Stafford is to provide our students with successful learning opportunities. These opportunities are designed to meet the individual needs of our students as we prepare them to be responsible citizens and valued members of the …

The Merit School of Quantico Corporate Center (#66)

Stafford, VA 22554 | (703) 291-5224

The Merit School of Quantico Corporate Center (#66) is a Child Day Center in Stafford VA, with a maximum capacity of 161 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of Birth – 12 years 11 months. The provider also participates in a subsidized …

Children of America – Doc Stone

Stafford, VA 22556 | (540) 657-4567

Children of America provides educational daycare in Stafford, VA. As leaders in child care we provide educational and enrichment programming for infants, toddler, preschool, kindergarten and school-age children. Our community-based schools offer children the opportunity …

KinderCare Learning Center

Stafford, VA 22554 | (540) 659-2827

Our experts designed our classrooms – and every activity and lesson – to help prepare your child for success in school and beyond. With designated learning centers such as dramatic play and blocks in every classroom, children have the opportunity for rich social …

The Merit School of Parkridge (#14)

Stafford, VA 22554 | (540) 720-3669

The Merit School of Parkridge (#14) is a Child Day Center in Stafford VA, with a maximum capacity of 130 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 1 month – 12 years 11 months. The provider also participates in a subsidized child …

The Merit School of Stafford

Stafford, VA 22554 | (540) 602-7024

The mission of The Merit School of Stafford is to provide our students with successful learning opportunities. These opportunities are designed to meet the individual needs of our students as we prepare them to be responsible citizens and valued members of the . ..

Wesley Children’s Center

Colonial Heights, VA 23834 | (804) 526-3757 (2)

Here is a little background into our program. The Wesley Children’s Center is over 23 years old. It was started when we learned that a large number of young children were going to an empty home after school. The WCC offers a safe, loving and well-supervised …

YMCA SACC at Stafford Elementary School

Stafford, VA 22554 | (540) 760-0825

The Y is, and always will be, dedicated to building healthy, confident. connected and secure children, adults, families, and communities. Every day our impact is felt when an individual makes a healthy choice, when a mentor inspires a child and when a community …

Stafford County Childcare Referral Agencies:

The Childcare Network

410 Westwood Office Park
Fredericksburg VA 22401

Call (540) 373-3275 or Toll Free (866) 543-7852
Email: [email protected]
For more information, visit http://www.thechildcarenetwork. org

Virginia Child Care Licensing Agency

Virginia Department of Social Services
Division of Licensing Programs
801 E. Main Street
Richmond, VA 23219-2901
Phone: 804-726-7165
Toll Free: 800-543-7545
Web Site: Virginia Child Care Licensing

Cities in Stafford County

• Falmouth Childcare
• Hartwood Daycare
• Potomac Daycare
• Stafford Child Care

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Stafford – Rappahannock YMCA

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The YMCA’s School Age Child Care program provides children with a familiar place where they can be safe, active, learning and engaged during their time before and after school. Our programs are based on the four core values of the YMCA: caring, honesty, respect and responsibility. The SACC Program is designed for children in kindergarten through fifth grade. Activities are created to be inclusive and take into account all dimensions of diversity, including ethnicity, income level, and special needs and abilities. Activities include: Homework Time, HEPA (Healthy Eating Physical Activity), Arts & Crafts, Kidz Lit, STEM, Character Development, and so much more!

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Before and After School care is offered at all Stafford County Elementary Schools.

Registration Fees: $100 per child (registration fees are non-refundable)

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Playerspace Paperless Registration:

We are excited to launch the use of Playerspace, a paperless child file that lets families enter all their child’s critical health and emergency data online, and securely share it with the Rappahannock Area YMCA for our licensed childcare programs.

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1. Pre-register for the childcare program of choice online. PLEASE NOTE: Your registration is NOT complete until your child’s file information has been entered in Playerspace. Please ensure that a valid email address is on file.
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90,000 most important care tips. The best article-reminder for moms and dads

Tips for young mothers on caring for a newborn baby: what to prepare for the birth of a baby, how to care for, feed, walk, bathe, put to bed. Answers to the most popular questions of moms.

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Moms who have given birth to their first child are sometimes in terrible confusion: preparation for the arrival of the baby and caring for him raise so many questions that you simply do not know where to run and what to do. Worry and despair are useless here, because the newly-made parents already have enough reasons for worrying. This article contains the main rules and tips for caring for a newborn, so it can be safely used as an instruction on all issues of concern to parents.

Preparing a dowry for a child

There is a superstition that it is impossible to buy anything for an unborn child, so some mothers do not prepare dowry for their children on purpose. These are just prejudices. For future parents and all relatives, it is a real pleasure to go shopping, choosing tiny hats and undershirts. Preparing a “dowry” for a future mother helps to tune in to imminent motherhood. In addition, when the baby is born, there will be such a turmoil that it will be simply impossible for the baby to calmly choose, wash and stack things in piles. So, what you need to prepare for the appearance of crumbs into the world:

• Diapers (In total, you will need about 20-25 of them. The ratio of thin and warm diapers is determined based on what time of the year the baby is born. By the way, knitted diapers are very convenient: they are very soft, stretch well and fit the body).
• Blouses or bodysuits (Unfastened vests are no longer relevant, because they are not comfortable. It is best to buy several blouses with a button or ties and several bodysuits).
• One-piece overalls (Insulated overalls will be enough for the first time, but you can buy several thin ones).
• Hats (Knitted hats without ties are the most convenient. 2 thin ones and one warm one are enough).
• Socks (Soft knitted socks are useful even in the warm season. You can safely buy 4-5 pairs).
• Warm wool blanket.
• Flannelette blanket or plaid.

Some purchases can be left for later and, if necessary, entrusted to grandmothers. These include, for example, mittens – anti-scratches. Not all children resist cutting their nails, so mittens may not come in handy. Another purchase from this series is a pillow. Babies up to a year old can sleep without a pillow, using a folded diaper instead.

We also read: a list of things for a newborn baby

In addition to things, you need to prepare a first aid kit for the arrival of the baby:

• Baby oil for treating wrinkles (you can do with sterile vegetable oil), baby cream;
• Pipette, hydrogen peroxide, vial of brilliant green for the treatment of the umbilical wound;
• Zinc ointment for rashes and diaper rash;
• Bathing herbs, potassium permanganate;
• Vapor tube, cherry-stone heating pad, carminatives (Bobotik, Sub-Simplex, etc. (see all anti-colic products)) in case of colic;
• Wet wipes, cotton pads, sterile cotton, spout rinse – for hygiene procedures.
• Antipyretic (better in suppositories), antihistamine (Fenistil) (see all preparations for fever).
• Absorbent diapers and diapers for newborns.

Depending on the situation, it will be possible to purchase diaper cream and powder.

View and download the complete list of first aid kit for a newborn baby – list here

Something for mom

After leaving the maternity hospital, mom will also need some things to buy in advance:

• Bepanthen cream for cracked nipples.
• Absorbent breast pads.
• Comfortable nursing underwear.
• Sanitary napkins (either special postnatal or normal but with maximum absorbency).
• Postpartum bandage (for better recovery of the abdominal muscles).
• Breast pads for feeding (what are they for and why).
• Breast pump (how to choose and pump).

If everything is ready for the appearance in everyday life, it’s time to figure out and master the basic procedures that a young mother will have to perform daily and more than once.

Morning toilet: wash eyes, clean nose

Morning toilet is an analogue of our washing. Prepare a small bowl of warm boiled water, cotton pads and sterile cotton. We wipe the eyes with cotton pads moistened with water, making movements from the outer edge of the eye to the inner. Then, in each nostril, we instill 1-2 drops of special drops for washing the nose (you can use saline). We wait a few minutes until the crusts are slightly soaked. At this time, we twist small flagella from the fleece and gently clean the nose with them, making circular movements. You can not put the flagellum too deep. We clean the ears with the same flagella. Remember that a newborn baby can only toilet the nose and ears with cotton flagella. Children’s cotton swabs with restraints are intended for children from 1 year old. (See detailed articles on the topic: eye care, how to clean the baby’s nose and the article: caring for the baby’s ears)

In the morning, the umbilical wound must be treated. To do this, with a clean pipette, drip a few drops of hydrogen peroxide into the wound. The peroxide begins to foam, separating the crusts and “bringing” them to the surface. We remove these crusts with a clean cotton swab, and then apply brilliant green to the wound with another stick (details on the treatment of the umbilical wound).

Important articles on hygiene:

• Newborn hygiene
• Daily and weekly care for a child from birth to a year

Changing a diaper

Most modern mothers prefer to use disposable diapers. A baby has to change a disposable diaper about 10 times a day: the child should not be in one diaper for more than 3-4 hours, and besides, you need to change the diaper every time the baby has pooped. The second point, moreover, must be performed even at night, because the feces are not absorbed by the diaper and irritate the skin.

Wash your baby before changing a diaper. If he crap one’s pants – with soap, if not – with warm tap water (if it is not possible to wash it – wipe it with wet wipes). If there is irritation, you can apply a diaper cream on the skin, if not, just let the skin dry.

Be sure to take care of the umbilical wound and make sure that the diaper fastener does not rub it. There are special diapers for newborns who have a notch in place of the navel. If you use others, fold the edge of the diaper or cover your navel with a piece of sterile bandage.

• How to apply diaper cream (best cream rating)
• What diapers to choose for newborns (+ video reviews)
• Disposable diapers – pros and cons, benefits and harms

Let’s go for a walk

If the child is healthy, you can walk with him from the first day of life. Regarding children’s walks, the rule “nature has no bad weather” is true. You can cancel a walk only if there is severe frost, abnormal heat or other extreme weather conditions outside. In bad weather, you can take the cradle with the baby to the balcony.

Babies usually sleep in the stroller, so the mother can choose the time for a walk at her own discretion. It is better to start walking from 30-40 minutes, gradually increasing the time of the walk. Over time, you can walk up to 4-6 hours a day, dividing this time into 2 “sets”.

The most important thing is to dress your baby according to the weather, take wet wipes, a changeable diaper and a rain cover for the stroller.

We feed

If there are no contraindications, the child should only be breastfed. WHO recommends exclusively breast milk up to 6 months, which means that even water should not be given until this age, not to mention juices and fruit purees.

Feed the baby on demand. This means that for any crying and anxiety, the mother offers the baby a breast. The baby can stay at the breast until it releases itself. It is not worth interfering in this process and trying to regulate the sucking time: nature and instincts are “smarter” than our mind, the child himself knows how much and how often he needs to suckle.

Important publications on the topic of GW

• Tips for breastfeeding mothers about organizing breastfeeding
• How to breastfeed your baby
• Basic rules for breastfeeding

Bath procedures

Bathe your baby every day. The temperature of the water for bathing should be about 37 degrees, but here it is better to focus on the child: someone behaves calmer in cooler water, someone in warmer water.

Boiling water for bathing, as was done in the past, is now not recommended, but until the umbilical wound has healed, it is better to add manganese to the water – it acts as an antiseptic. The potassium permanganate solution should be pale pink. After the wound has healed, if there are skin problems, you can bathe the baby in herbs.

For newborns, it is better to use a small bath. For the first baths, you can wrap the baby in a diaper so that he is not scared of the water. You can wash your child with soap and other products 2-3 times a week, and the rest of the time you can do with water. When bathing, do not forget to wash your hair. At the end of bathing for hardening, you can pour cool water over the baby’s legs.

After bathing, the baby should be well wrapped in a warm diaper or towel. The head also needs to be covered.

Details: how to bathe newborns

After bathing

After bathing, you also need to carry out some procedures:

• Treat the umbilical wound in the same way as we did in the morning.
• Trim nails while they are soft with water.
• Wipe all wrinkles with oil (including the area behind the ears – crusts often form there).

Watch a video of how the baby is bathed:

Going to bed

Most breastfeeding babies fall asleep at the breast. You can rock the baby in your arms, and then carefully transfer it to the crib. The experience of mothers shows that it is better to swaddle babies for sleep: so their own movements do not cause them any concern, they are not afraid of their own arms or legs. By the way, it is better to buy a cradle for a newborn baby, not a crib. Limited space is more comfortable for a baby than a spacious bed that is not proportionate to his body.

The room must be ventilated before going to bed. It is believed that the optimal temperature for the room where the baby sleeps is about 20 degrees.

It is impossible to put the baby to sleep on his back – in a dream, the baby can burp and choke on vomit. To prevent the baby from rolling over on his back, laying him on his side, support his back with a small pillow or a folded blanket. The position of the sleeping baby should be periodically changed, shifting it from one side to the other. This is necessary so that the bones of the skull are not deformed.

Reading on the topic:

• How long does a newborn baby sleep during the day
• How to put a child to sleep without tears and whims

Watching the video, it’s just brilliant! Nathan Dylo’s method of how to put a child to sleep:

The most popular questions that concern young mothers

A quivering young mother shudders at every sneeze of her baby and falls into confusion in front of many unfamiliar phenomena. Let’s try to deal with the most common questions of young mothers.

Odd color and dryness of the baby’s skin

The skin of a newly born baby may have a reddish, yellowish tint. The first is due to a very thin layer of subcutaneous fat: the red tint is the blood vessels that show through the skin. Yellowness (jaundice) is the result of an increased content of bilirubin and goes away when the liver begins to work more actively.

Dryness and flaking of the skin is also normal. In this way, the skin adapts to the new air environment. Usually peeling disappears a month after birth. You can speed up this process by lubricating the flaky areas with baby cream or oil (see article: Why do newborns have flaky skin on the head and body – what mom needs to know) .

Details: proper skin care for a newborn baby

Baby hiccups

Many babies begin to hiccup in the stomach. Usually, hiccups in babies occur due to excess air that has entered the stomach during feeding. The best way to get rid of it is to scold the baby with a “column” and give a tummy massage ( article on hiccups and how to deal with it ).

The child spit up

The regurgitation is a consequence of the underdevelopment of the digestive system and a special children’s mechanism of “fight” with overeating. As a preventative measure, make sure that the baby is properly latching onto the breast (so he does not swallow too much air), and keep him in a “column” after feeding. In general, regurgitation is not at all dangerous. Normally, once a day, a child can even burp with a “fountain”. If this happens more often and regurgitation lasts longer than 6 months, you should consult a neurologist ( see regurgitation article ).

The child sneezes and coughs

If there are no signs of a cold (runny nose, high temperature) – these are natural self-cleansing reflexes of the body from mucus in the throat and nose.

Important:

• Child’s cough (how to treat)
• Temperature (how to treat)
• Runny nose (how to treat)

How to dress your baby

The baby’s body is still bad at retaining heat and maintaining a constant temperature. This must be taken into account both at home and on the street. Excessively wrapped up, the child can easily be overheated, and leaving undressed – on the contrary, supercool. The main dressing rule for a toddler is to dress as you are + one layer of clothing.

Baby clothes should be made from natural fabrics, have a comfortable design and secure fasteners. It is best to choose blouses and overalls that can be easily put on without twisting the arms and legs of the child and without pushing the head into the narrow neck. All accessories (buttons, buttons) must be of high quality and securely sewn so that the little one cannot tear off and swallow a small piece of clothing.

How to know if a baby is warm

The temperature of the arms and legs does not mean anything in this matter, because they are often cool in babies due to poor thermoregulation. To understand if the child is warm, you need to touch his neck: if it is cool, it is better to dress the baby warmer.

Can I give my baby a pacifier?

If there are plans for successful and long-term breastfeeding, it is better not to, in any case, up to 6 months, until lactation is fully established. The nipple confuses the child, he begins to confuse the mother’s breast and its silicone substitute, and may refuse the breast altogether. In addition, there is an opinion that sucking a nipple has a bad effect on the formation of bite. We read on the topic: how to choose a pacifier and how to wean it from a pacifier

What to do if a child sucks his thumb?

Thumb sucking is a manifestation of the sucking reflex characteristic of infants. The first thing to do is to offer the baby a breast: he may be hungry. Thumb sucking can be a stress response: the baby sucks to calm down. In any case, this cannot be ignored. Try to understand the cause and eliminate it ( see how to wean a child from sucking fingers ).

Is it worth it to run to the child at the first cry and take him in your arms?

The answer is unambiguous – yes. Whatever the reason for crying, it cannot be ignored. A child may cry not only from hunger and physical discomfort. He may simply need his mother’s affection and warmth – this is the same vital need that must be satisfied ( see how to understand the reasons for the crying of a newborn baby ).

How to deal with colic?

Prevention is always better than cure, therefore, as part of prevention, lay the baby on the tummy, do a gentle massage of the tummy, wear it in a “column” after eating. If the attack nevertheless began – give the medicine, attach something warm to the tummy (a heating pad, a diaper heated with an iron). In emergency cases, when nothing helps and the attack does not go away – put a gas outlet tube Important: how to save a child from colic.

How to deal with a child so as not to frighten him?

Newborn babies react very specifically to sounds: under the monotonous rumble of a vacuum cleaner, the baby can sleep peacefully, but sharp loud sounds scare the baby very much. It is absolutely not necessary to surround the baby with silence, but so that the child is not afraid, harsh sounds should be avoided.

In general, all movements and actions of the mother should be smooth. The baby can be very frightened if, when bathing, he is abruptly immersed in water, or if he is abruptly put on the changing table. Until the child has adapted, everything that surrounds him in the “big world” can cause anxiety, so caution is needed in everything.

Reading on the topic: What to do if your child is afraid of loud noises

What to do if diaper rash appears?

Almost all mothers face this trouble. Red crusts and severe irritation appear when the baby’s skin is in contact with moisture for a long time. Contrary to prejudice, diaper rash in a child appears much less frequently in disposable diapers than in diapers. If the diaper is not overfilled, moisture is absorbed into it quickly and the baby’s skin has almost no contact with it, so it is not worth abandoning the diaper in favor of diapers in case of diaper rash.

Irritated skin needs healing and hydration. It is not necessary to constantly wash the baby with soap with diaper rash: soap dries the skin a lot and only increases the feeling of discomfort. It is necessary to wash the baby with water, and then lubricate the irritated area with oil or a healing cream (Bepanten, Bübchen). Be sure to arrange air baths, that is, leave the baby just naked, without a diaper and a diaper. When bathing in the evening, you can use herbs (chamomile, string) – they also have a healing effect.

Read in detail: Newborn diaper rash – causes and treatment

Advice for dads

Read: Why are you tired? You are sitting at home! Or a memo to husbands who do not understand all the “charms” of maternity leave

The main advice for dads is to properly prepare for the meeting of his wife from the hospital. Flowers, balloons, and room decorations are great, but any mom will appreciate more if you free her from homework, which can accumulate a lot in a few days in the maternity hospital. After discharge from the maternity hospital, you want to get home as soon as possible in order to finally wash in your bath and lie on your bed, so that mountains of unwashed dishes and scattered things will not please your spouse at all. In addition, not all women are ready to flutter after childbirth. Most feel unimportant: weakness, pain from stitches, fatigue. This must be taken into account not only at the time of discharge, but also in general for the first time after the birth of the baby. To get into the rhythm and start coping with the child and household chores, a young mother needs time.

Caring for a newborn only at first glance seems to be something very complicated. Within a month, any mother does all the manipulations “with her eyes closed” and, by the intonation of crying, she understands that her beloved child is worried. The most important thing in caring for a baby is to do everything with love and “get involved” in the life of a little man as much as possible. It is this, and not “mechanical” care, that makes the child happy, calm and healthy.

Video guide: newborn care

Discharge from the maternity hospital, pediatrician’s advice on caring for a newborn baby on discharge from the hospital, how to bathe the baby, how to care for the umbilical wound, how to clean the nose and how to clean the ears.

• How to hold a newborn baby
• The main fears of a young mother
• How not to go crazy after childbirth
• IMPORTANT! The most common diseases, ailments and problems of newborns (MINI DIRECTORY)
• IMPORTANT! Common diseases and skin problems in newborns
• Development of a child up to a year by months

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Basic tips for caring for a newborn “Persona Childhood”

Specially for our readers, a pediatric neonatologist of the highest category, deputy chief physician for pediatrics at the Persona clinic, S. I. Kapustina, told several important rules for caring for newborns.

When caring for a newborn child, one must remember that his skin is very delicate, and various inflammations easily occur on it, and even slight friction can injure the skin.

A baby’s day should start with a morning toilet. First, it is recommended to drip into both nasal passages any preparation of sterile sea water, 1 drop or 1 injection. As you treat the eyes and skin, the contents of the nose will soften and be easier to remove. Eyes are treated with boiled water or freshly brewed tea using a cotton pad. Each eye is wiped with a separate disk from the outer corner to the inner. Face is washed with boiled water. Ears are cleaned with a Q-tip dipped in oil (Vaseline, Peach or Baby) from the outside only. A stick cannot be inserted into the ear canal, and it does not require cleaning. Nose is cleaned with cotton turundas, which are screwed into the nasal passage and then removed from there. In this case, the head must be held with the free hand, placing it under the back of the head.

After washing the face , all the folds of the body , knee and elbow bends, hands are processed with a cotton pad soaked in oil. Special attention should be paid to the treatment of the external genital organs. In boys, the foreskin is not retracted, and the skin around its opening is treated with oil. In girls, it is necessary to carefully process the fold between the large and small labia. This is also done with a cotton pad with oil.

During the day it is necessary to wash the baby after each stool with running water at a temperature of 37-38 degrees. Before placing your baby under running water, always check the temperature with your hand to prevent burns. For washing, use baby liquid soap. After washing, blot the skin with a diaper or soft towel and apply diaper cream, it will protect the baby’s skin from the irritating effects of urine and feces. You can use wet baby wipes between washes.

Bathing in the evening. Bathe the baby daily before feeding. The water in the bath should be 37-38 degrees (checked with a special thermometer). In the first 2 weeks of life, bathing is carried out in boiled water with the addition of a solution (by no means crystals) of potassium permanganate to a pale pink color of the water. 2-3 times a week when bathing, soap or bathing agent is used and the baby’s head is washed.

The child is immersed slowly in water and the skin and all the folds are washed with a hand or a soft mitt, after which shampoo is taken (no more than 1 tsp) and foamed on the head, then the soap is washed off the head from the jug, water is poured on the forehead (try not to get it on the face, it can scare the baby). In conclusion, the child is raised above the bath and doused from a jug. Gradually, the temperature of the water for dousing may become lower than the water in the bath. After bathing, the umbilical wound is treated with solutions of 3% hydrogen peroxide and an alcohol solution of brilliant green using cotton swabs. Next, skin folds and the nasal cavity are processed as described above.

Quite often, in the first weeks and months of a child’s life, parents are confused and do not understand how best to organize his life. At such moments, a competent, knowledgeable, experienced assistant is very necessary, who will tell you how to overcome the difficulties that have arisen and answer all questions. A pediatrician should become such an assistant, observing the child from the very first days, knowing and loving him.

Therefore, in the children’s department of the Persona clinic, we tried to create the most comfortable conditions for mothers and babies. Before the birth of a child, future parents can get a lot of useful information from experienced doctors and specialists in the Happy Motherhood cycle at the School of Future Parents of the Persona Clinic.

However, a lot of questions arise when the baby is already born. In this situation, the doctors of the children’s department of the clinic “Persona” are always ready to help you. Patronage programs are compiled individually for each little patient. Thanks to this, the pediatrician and other doctors have the opportunity to pay maximum attention to the baby and his parents. The doctor will be constantly in touch with you, so at any time he will be able to answer all your questions related to nutrition, vaccination, treatment, hygiene of the child. An important advantage of patronage is also the fact that all examinations, examinations, vaccinations are carried out at home – in a familiar environment for the child.

The observation schedule for patronage programs fully complies with the state standard , but at the request of the parents, it can be adjusted so that specialists can examine the baby more often. There are several patronage programs that differ in organization and price, so that everyone can choose the appropriate option for themselves.

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Welcome to Our School

Welcome to Tutor Time in Charlotte, NC. My name is Turina and I am the Center Director. I have been recognized by the North Carolina Division of Child Development as a highly experienced Level Three Administrator. I have a bachelor’s degree in business administration and my Child Development Associate credential.

Our teachers are highly qualified and attend required early childhood training throughout the year. All of our staff is CPR and First Aid certified and together, we have over 150 years of child care experience.

Our Infant care, Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten and other programs offer the best early education in the area. We have new technology in our Preschool, Pre-K, and School-Age classrooms! Our Pre-K class features a SMART Lab with experiences in Science, Technology, Engineering, The Arts, and Math. We also provide Before- and After-School care for area Elementary schools and offer flexible enrollment options to accommodate school and work schedules.

We’re committed to keeping you connected throughout the day while your child is in our care. Get access to live streaming video of your child’s classroom, plus other real-time updates, with our exclusive mobile app for families, SproutAbout.

Please come in for a tour of our amazing Tutor Time Learning Center here in Charlotte, NC today.

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In our Preschool and Pre-K classrooms your child will discover opportunities to be creative, engage their mind and body, collaborate with friends, and learn new things. Some enhancements in the classrooms include iPads with educational apps; flexible seating options so children can move as they learn; hands-on STEAM activities with robots for early coding.

In our School-Age classroom, your child will find an immersive educational environment that is the perfect setting for productive, engaging mornings and afternoons, as we help them to be thinkers, makers, and doers. Some enhancements in this classroom include:

• iPads with keyboards and educational apps
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Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Child Development Associate Credential

I believe children are incredibly special! They possess an enthusiasm and exuberance for life that is simply amazing. I am thrilled to be a part of your children’s development and assist in fostering their happiness and confidence.

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ICYMI: What Virginians Are Reading about Kaine’s Child Care for Working Families Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, along with Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) and Representative Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to tackle the child care crisis and help ensure families across America can find and afford the high-quality child care they need. In Virginia, most families pay over $15,000 for infant care.

“I hear about the child care crisis everywhere I go in Virginia. Parents in every community are being locked out of the workforce because they can’t find affordable care for their kids, while critical workers who are passionate about child care are getting squeezed out of their field because of low wages. This issue is holding our families, workers, and economy back and it’s time for Congress to do more to address it,” said Kaine. “I’m proud to be fighting alongside Senator Murray and Congressman Scott for our legislation to help ensure that every family in America can get the child care they need. This bill will make child care more accessible and affordable, boost wages for child care workers, and put us on a path to universal pre-K.”

Read below for a sampling of the local coverage.

Virginian Pilot: Rep. Bobby Scott, Sen. Tim Kaine help reignite effort to overhaul child care for working families

Child care. Those two words continue to evoke a flurry of emotions for families everywhere, but especially working families.

In an effort to help quell some of the frustration and angst associated with child care, Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Bobby Scott backed reintroducing the Child Care for Working Families Act in Congress on April 27.

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During a news conference on April 27, the Democrat lawmakers said one aim of the bill is that no working family would pay more than 7% of their income on child care.

The 2022 estimated median cost of infant center-based care reached more than $13,000 a year for Virginia Beach, Chesapeake and Portsmouth, according to the U. S. Department of Labor’s National Database of Childcare Prices.

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The bill also aims to dramatically expand access to preschool and supports full-day, full-year Head Start programs along with increasing wages for those staff, Murray said.

Kaine said he hears three things when he travels throughout Virginia: the cost of child care, the low wages paid to child care workers and the difficulties employers have hiring workers.

“There are millions of Americans who are out of work for just the one simple reason: They can’t find affordable child care,” he said. “They’re skilled, energetic, productive, and employers need them in industries of all kinds … But if they can’t find affordable child care, they’re not in the workforce.”

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Jane Elyce Glasgow, executive director of Minus 9 to 5 and assistant professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School, said the bill is a huge step in the right direction.

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CBS19: Kaine helps reintroduce Child Care for Working Families Act

WASHINGTON (CBS19 NEWS) — The Child Care for Working Families Act, a piece of legislation that has been introduced in every Congress since 2017, was reintroduced again Thursday.

Senator Tim Kaine joined the reintroduction effort alongside 34 other co-sponsors.

The bill aims to make sure families across the country can find and afford child care, expand preschool programs, and raise wages for childcare workers.

Kaine, whose son is an early childhood educator, says many are leaving because of low pay.

“Nobody does child care to make money, but many stop doing it or never go into it because of money,” he said.

According to a release, the cost of child care has increased by 220 percent over the last three decades. Kaine says this bill will help ease that number and benefit the economy as more people enter the workforce.

FOX Richmond: Fox Richmond Morning News

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, along with several other lawmakers is introducing a measure aimed at helping working families.

The bill’s intended to lower child care costs for families and raise wages for child care providers.

Kaine says the lack of affordable child care not only affects children and child care providers but employers as well because parents are being forced to leave the workforce to stay home with their kids.

Gray DC: Bill promises to lower childcare costs for families, increase pay for workers

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) – As childcare centers across the nation have wait lists, staffing shortages, and rising costs, democratic Senators are reintroducing a bill that they believe will decrease the burden for families.

The Childcare for Working Families Act, backed by Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-Va. ), would cap family expenditures at 7% of their income. Lawmakers said that would cut costs to around $10 or less a day for most parents.

The bill would also expand access to Pre-K and Head Start programs in addition to increasing worker wages.

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Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is a co-sponsor of the bill. When asked if he thought Republicans would support it, he said “employers are saying ‘we can’t hire people. Unemployment rate is historically low. We can’t hire people.’ Well, one of the reasons is that you’ve got millions of people out of the workforce simply for the reason that they can’t find high quality, affordable childcare. And if they could, they’d bring their skills into the workforce. The economy would be more productive. These employers would have great workers. So I know my Republican colleagues are hearing the very same thing.”

Kaine added, most families want high quality workers to staff their daycares. Yet he said many childcare workers can’t make a living wage. Murray said her bill provides a solution for those workers.

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WAVY: Kaine promotes proposal for affordable, accessible childcare

VIRGINA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) – During a visit to Naval Air Station Oceana this morning, Sen. Tim Kaine championed proposed legislation to make childcare more affordable for low- and middle-income families.

The Child Care for Working Families Act “would help ensure families can find and afford the child care they need, dramatically expand access to high-quality preschool programs, and boost wages for early childhood workers,” according to Kaine’s office.

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“That would be enormously beneficial to (a) low- to moderate-income family,” Kaine said.

Kaine said that the plan would also provide funds to childcare centers, which, he said, will result in higher wages for childcare providers.

He said that freeing up parents to leave the home and work would ameliorate workforce issues.

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WDBJ: WATCH: Senator Kaine, others lawmakers introduce Child Care for Working Families Act

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – Thursday, US Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) joined US Senator Patty Murray (D-Washington) and other lawmakers to introduce legislation aimed at supporting child care for working families.

As a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Kaine participated in an afternoon news conference to explain the bill.

According to a statement from Kaine’s office, the bill is intended to lower child care costs for families and raise wages for child care providers.

During the press conference, Kaine said the lack of child care not only affects children and child care providers, but employers also.

“There are millions of Americans who are out of work for just the one simple reason they can’t find affordable childcare,” Kaine said. “They’re skilled, they’re energetic, they’re productive. Employers need him in industries of all kinds and communities of all kinds.”

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WDVM: DC News Now @ 9 PM

All new tonight: pay for day care or live off of one income. That is a dilemma so many households know all too well.

It’s why Virginia Senator Tim Kaine is pushing for legislation that would make child care more affordable for low- and average-income families. Kaine says the child care crisis is crippling the labor market.

“If somebody is doing their job, but they’re sort of not 100% sure that their kids are in a safe place that day, part of their mind is going to be on that instead of their job.”

Kaine is reintroducing the Child Care for Working Families Act. It aims to ease the burden on families by capping a family’s expenses of child care at 7% of their income. If families cannot find child care at that price, they’d be given subsidies to go to a federal program.

WSLS: Lawmakers introduce Child Care for Working Families Act

VIRGINIA – As working parents and child care facilities struggle nationwide, national lawmakers are hoping to fix some of today’s biggest challenges in the industry.

Whether that’s making child care affordable, expanding options, and supporting higher wages for child care workers.

On Thursday, lawmakers introduced the Child Care for Working Families Act, something they say is sorely needed.

U.S. Senator Tim Kaine is a co-sponsor of the bill.

“Infant care in Virginia averages about $15,000 per infant, a little bit cheaper for older kids, but so many families can’t afford it,” Kaine said. “Even if they could they can’t find it because they live in parts of the state where we don’t have providers especially after COVID.”

The proposal would cap child care costs for families to no more than seven percent of their income.

WVEC: Working to improve availability and affordability of child care in U.S.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — When it comes to child care, there is a national security component. If troops are worried about their kids, they’re not focused on their mission. With more than 76,000 children enrolled, the Department of Defense operates the largest employer-sponsored childcare program in the U.S. But accessibility and affordability remain challenges for them, according to a recent Government Accountability Office report.

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Virginia) met Monday with Navy parents at Naval Air Station Oceana whose children are enrolled in Navy child care. They’re very pleased, but they spoke about what it was like when they were on the waiting list, which today at stands 1,400.

“One of the sailors said, ‘I have to be really good at my job. If part of my mind is on, I don’t think my kid is in a safe place today, I’m not focused on my job,'” he said.

Kaine believes his “Child Care for Working Families Act” can help.

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Improving civilian child care would give military families more options.

“There is no one answer to this. What you need to do is expand child development centers on bases, but also provide more resources for child care in the community,” he said.

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WVIR: Senator Kaine leading legislative push for cheaper child care

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – Virginia Senator Tim Kaine pushing a new plan for cheaper child care to help working parents.

The Child Care for Working Families Act would lower child care costs for families and also raise wages for child care providers.

Kaine says this bill has an economic layer to it too, as he thinks more people would be willing to go back to work if they could afford child care.

“We would guarantee that no family would pay more than 7% of its income for childcare. And so if you if you get childcare, and it costs more than that, we would cover that difference so that no one would have to pay more than 7%, and that would be a huge benefit,” he said.

WVNS: Senator Kaine speaks about the Child Care for Working Families Act

RICHMOND, VA (WVNS) — Recently, Senator Tim Kaine spoke about the Child Care for Working Families Act, which combats the childcare crisis and ensures families can find and afford the child care they need.

If the legislation passes, according to kaine.senate.gov, families would be able to afford child care, have more options to high-quality child care, and help childcare workers get paid better livable wages for their hard work.

“In this bill, we would guarantee that no family would pay more than seven percent of its income for child care. If you get child care and it costs more than that, we would cover that difference so that no one would have to pay more than seven percent,” said Senator Kaine.

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WWBT: 12 News Before Noon

Well, a new bill before Congress may help working families. Listen to this.

U.S. Senator and former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine, along with several other lawmakers, introduced a measure this week. The bill is intended to lower child care costs for families and raise wages for child care providers.

Now, Kaine says the lack of affordable child care not only affects children and child care providers but employers also because parents are being forced to leave the workforce to stay home with their kids.

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YMCA before and after-school child care in Virginia Beach focuses on safety, health, social growth and academic enrichment. The Y provides a safe and fun place for kids to go, so that parents can work or study. Children have options to explore and develop their interests and talents. Our flexible schedule allows each child to choose what they want to do.

Child Care Staff Qualifications:

• CPR & First-Aid Certified
• Completed at least 20 hours of training before working with children
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  • Child Abuse Prevention
  • Programming

Staff also receive over 20 hours of continuing education throughout the school year.

Activities

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Family and parent engagement

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Transportation to/from the Indian River Family YMCA is provided for the following schools:

Kindergarten–5th Grade
Centerville Elementary

College Park Elementary**

Fairfield Elementary**

Indian Lakes Elementary

Kempsville Elementary

Providence Elementary**

Tallwood Elementary

Woodstock Elementary

6th–8th Grade
Kempsville Middle

** Must have five children enrolled to pick up from school

HOURS

Care takes place from 6am until school start and school end until 6pm.

Child Care Rates: Elementary Schools

Before-School
Member Rate: $60/week
Regular Rate: $84/week

After-School
Member Rate: $80/week
Regular Rate: $104/week

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Member Rate: $111/week
Regular Rate: $127/week

Enrollment Fee: $75 (one-time)

Child Care Rates: Middle Schools

Before-School Care
Member Rate: $67/week
Regular Rate: $92/week

After-School Care
Member Rate: $67/week
Regular Rate: $92/week

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Member Rate: $97/week
Regular Rate: $122/week

Enrollment Fee: $75 (one-time)

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