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Infant Daycare in Indiana

Each listing shows the ages its state record gives; ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.

daycares that take infants listed
1,952
towns
187
towns have their own infant daycare page
105
of all Indiana daycares
66%

Map of Indiana: each dot is a town with daycares that take infants, sized by how many are listed

Infant care
What puts a daycare on this listThe state record lists infants among the ages it serves, or it says it offers infant care.A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Infant care

Infant care in Indiana: safe-sleep inspections

of visited Indiana infant programs had a safe-sleep rule cited since October 2023
13%
254 of the 1,941 Indiana daycares that take infants and had a state visit. A citation means the inspector found a sleep rule not met on that visit, for example how or where babies nap. Each listing shows its own visits.
of infant programs' websites say they provide meals
35%
Of the 398 websites we read for daycares that take infants in Indiana, 35% say meals are provided, 19% mention a parent app with photos or daily notes, and 6.3% mention cameras parents can watch. A website that does not say so may still offer it; ask.
Staff-to-child ratios for babies in IndianaDaycare cost in Indiana, by age and county

Indiana

Largest towns for infant daycare in Indiana

Indianapolis414 take infantsFort Wayne136 take infantsSouth Bend124 take infantsTerre Haute80 take infantsEvansville76 take infantsGary69 take infantsHammond51 take infantsLafayette46 take infantsMichigan City38 take infantsNew Albany38 take infantsFishers37 take infantsBloomington33 take infants

Programs

Programs in Indiana

Counts come from the state record and what each daycare says it offers. A daycare without a tag may still offer the program; ask.

ProgramListed
All daycares2,967
Take infants1,952
Child care centers1,502
Accept subsidy2,591
In-home daycares1,465
Christian & church daycares268
Montessori schools26
Preschools & pre-K2,461
24-hour daycare287
Night daycare510
Early morning daycare1,724
Weekend daycare229
Part-time daycare119
Drop-in daycare14
After-school care2,024
Bilingual daycare11
Head Start163

The Indiana state record

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning licenses daycares in Indiana.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
The ages on each license
Inspections
Every visit the state publishes back to 2021
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Indiana state records

Before you enroll

Choosing infant care in Indiana

  1. 1

    Ask about the waitlist

    Infant spots fill first. Ask how long the waitlist is and whether you can join it before your baby is born.

  2. 2

    How many babies each caregiver has

    Ask how many infants one caregiver looks after, and whether the same caregiver is there each day.

  3. 3

    Safe sleep

    Ask where and how babies nap. Where the state publishes inspections, every visit with a sleep rule cited is on the listing's state record.

  4. 4

    Feeding and the daily log

    Ask how bottles and breast milk are handled, and how you will hear about feeds, naps and diapers each day.

Indiana

Cost, inspections and ratios in Indiana

Daycare cost in IndianaWeekly prices by age and countyWhat Indiana inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in IndianaHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for IndianaQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 187 Indiana towns with infant daycare, A to Z

A6 towns
B12 towns
C18 towns
D5 towns
E3 towns
F10 towns
G14 towns
H9 towns
I2 towns
J2 towns
K2 towns
L14 towns
M18 towns
N13 towns
O4 towns
P10 towns
R9 towns
S14 towns
T4 towns
U1 town
V3 towns
W12 towns
Y1 town
Z1 town

Nearby

Nearby states

Illinois7,433 take infantsKentucky1,085 take infantsMichigan376 take infantsOhio84 take infants

Questions

Questions about infant daycare in Indiana

How many daycares that take infants are in Indiana?

1,952 daycares that take infants are listed in 187 Indiana towns. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Which Indiana town has the most daycares that take infants?

Indianapolis, with 414 listed. Next are Fort Wayne (136) and South Bend (124).

What does a safe-sleep citation mean?

It means a state inspector found a sleep rule not met on a visit, for example a baby put down on their side, a crib with blankets or toys, or babies left without a check. Since October 2023, 13% of visited Indiana infant programs had one cited. Open a listing to read its visits, and ask the daycare what it changed.

How young a baby do daycares in Indiana take?

The Indiana license list we load does not give a starting age, so ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.

Who licenses daycares in Indiana?

Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Early Childhood and Out-of-School Learning licenses daycares in Indiana. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.