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Infant & Baby Daycare in Shelbyville, KY

Full-time infant care at a center costs a median of $151 a week in Shelby County (2022). Each listing shows the ages its state record gives; ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.

daycares that take infants in Shelbyville
9
daycare centers
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State license records

All daycares that take infants in Shelbyville

Showing 1 to 9 of 9

Providers on paid plans are listed first, then by the youngest age on the state record, youngest first, then programs for babies and toddlers only and those that describe an infant room, then A to Z by name. We do not rank daycares.

  1. Child care centerInfants

    Child Town

    3.9· 7 reviews

    1940 Midland Trail, Shelbyville, KY

    Describes an infant roomInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    11 state visits · 43 rules cited (3 yrs)
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  2. Child care centerInfants

    Dorman Preschool Center

    4.3· 3 reviews

    719 Burks Branch Road, Shelbyville, KY

    Describes an infant roomInfants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    6 state visits · 32 rules cited (3 yrs)
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  4. Child care centerInfants

    Kids Play Child Care

    3.9· 7 reviews

    54 Old Seven Mile Pike, Shelbyville, KY

    Infants to school-ageAccepts subsidy
    6 state visits · 25 rules cited (3 yrs)
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How this list is made: Shelbyville daycares whose Kentucky license lists infants, plus those that say they offer infant care. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Infant care

Infant care in Shelbyville: costs and safe-sleep inspections

Infant care at a center in Shelby County, per week (2022)
$151
The Shelby County median for full-time care. At a home daycare it is $123 a week.
of visited Kentucky infant programs had a safe-sleep rule cited since October 2023
44%
464 of the 1,061 Kentucky 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.
Staff-to-child ratios for babies in KentuckyDaycare cost in Kentucky, by age and county

County prices: U.S. Department of Labor, National Database of Childcare Prices, 2022 (median full-time weekly price).

Before you enroll

Choosing infant care in Shelbyville

  1. 1

    Ask about the waitlist

    Infant spots fill first. Ask how long the wait is and whether you can join 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 babies nap. Any sleep rule cited by Kentucky 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 hear about feeds, naps and diapers.

Nearby

Infant daycare in nearby towns

Eminence3 · 11 miTaylorsville3 · 14 miLagrange7 · 16 miCrestwood5 · 16 miFrankfort13 · 19 miLawrenceburg5 · 21 miMt. Washington7 · 21 miProspect5 · 22 miLouisville268 · 26 mi

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Questions

Questions

How many Shelbyville daycares take infants?

9 Shelbyville daycares take infants, by the Kentucky record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants, so ask.

How much does infant daycare cost in Shelbyville?

Full-time infant care in Shelby County has a median of $151 a week at a center and $123 at a home daycare (U.S. Department of Labor, 2022). Prices have risen since that survey, so ask each daycare for its current infant rate.

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, 44% of visited Kentucky 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 Shelbyville take?

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

Can I see an infant daycare's inspections?

Yes. Each shows its Kentucky visits and what the state cited, in the state's words where the state publishes them.