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Infant Daycare in Pennsylvania

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

daycares that take infants listed
898
towns
291
towns have their own infant daycare page
80
of all Pennsylvania daycares
14%

Map of Pennsylvania: 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.The Pennsylvania license list we load does not include ages, so this list only has Pennsylvania daycares that say they offer infant care.A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Infant care

Infant care in Pennsylvania: costs and safe-sleep inspections

Infant tuition posted on daycare websites in Pennsylvania, per week (2026)
$345
The median of 53 daycares that post a full-time rate; half post between $309 and $425. Posted rates run above the 2022 survey: they are newer, and mostly from centers.
of visited Pennsylvania infant programs had a safe-sleep rule cited since October 2023
33%
292 of the 888 Pennsylvania 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
31%
Of the 898 websites we read for daycares that take infants in Pennsylvania, 31% say meals are provided, 18% mention a parent app with photos or daily notes, and 2.6% mention cameras parents can watch. A website that does not say so may still offer it; ask.
Staff-to-child ratios for babies in PennsylvaniaDaycare cost in Pennsylvania, by age and county

Posted rates: tuition that daycares publish on their own websites, 2026, full-time rates only, one rate per daycare.

Pennsylvania

Largest towns for infant daycare in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia172 take infantsPittsburgh52 take infantsHarrisburg20 take infantsAllentown19 take infantsReading18 take infantsLancaster14 take infantsBethlehem12 take infantsEaston10 take infantsErie10 take infantsNorristown10 take infantsWest Chester9 take infantsCamp Hill8 take infants

Programs

Programs in Pennsylvania

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 daycares6,471
Take infants898
Child care centers4,955
Accept subsidy5,759
In-home daycares1,516
Christian & church daycares320
Montessori schools131
Preschools & pre-K1,317
24-hour daycare10
Night daycare294
Early morning daycare2,348
Weekend daycare237
Part-time daycare351
Drop-in daycare63
After-school care3,376
Bilingual daycare45
Head Start174

The Pennsylvania state record

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning licenses daycares in Pennsylvania.

License list
The state's public list of licensed child care
Ages served
On some licenses only; elsewhere shown where the daycare gives them
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 Pennsylvania state records

Before you enroll

Choosing infant care in Pennsylvania

  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.

Pennsylvania

Cost, inspections and ratios in Pennsylvania

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

A to Z

All 291 Pennsylvania towns with infant daycare, A to Z

A9 towns
B23 towns
C34 towns
D11 towns
E22 towns
F10 towns
G8 towns
H17 towns
I3 towns
J4 towns
K3 towns
L17 towns
M23 towns
N15 towns
O2 towns
P17 towns
Q1 town
R5 towns
S31 towns
T9 towns
U3 towns
V2 towns
W20 towns
Y2 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

Maryland4,835 take infantsNew York2,017 take infantsNew Jersey1,925 take infantsDelaware767 take infantsOhio84 take infantsWest Virginia20 take infants

Questions

Questions about infant daycare in Pennsylvania

How many daycares that take infants are in Pennsylvania?

898 daycares that take infants are listed in 291 Pennsylvania towns. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Which Pennsylvania town has the most daycares that take infants?

Philadelphia, with 172 listed. Next are Pittsburgh (52) and Harrisburg (20).

How much does infant daycare cost in Pennsylvania?

Daycares that post their rates online in Pennsylvania charge a median of $345 a week for an infant in 2026 (53 daycares). Each town page shows its own county.

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, 33% of visited Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania take?

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

Who licenses daycares in Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, Office of Child Development and Early Learning licenses daycares in Pennsylvania. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.