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Infant & Baby Daycare in North Charleston, SC

Full-time infant care at a center costs a median of $202 a week in Charleston County (2022). Each listing shows the ages its state record gives; ask each daycare the youngest age it takes.

daycares that take infants in North Charleston
7
daycare centers
7
State license records

All daycares that take infants in North Charleston

Showing 1 to 7 of 7

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

    Academy Kingdom CCC

    5.0· 3 reviews

    2005 Stokes Avenue, North Charleston, SC

    Describes an infant roomTakes infants
    7 state visits · 9 rules cited (3 yrs)
  2. Child care centerInfants

    KinderCare

    4.6· 50 reviews

    8730 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC

    Describes an infant roomTakes infantsAccepts subsidy
    7 state visits · 13 rules cited (3 yrs)
  3. Child care centerInfants

    La Petite Academy

    3.7· 46 reviews

    3608 Ashley Phosphate Rd., North Charleston, SC

    Describes an infant roomTakes infantsPre-K
    13 state visits · 35 rules cited (3 yrs)
  4. Child care centerInfants

    Sunshine House # 60

    4.4· 36 reviews

    4008 Salt Pointe Parkway, North Charleston, SC

    Describes an infant roomTakes infantsPre-K
    12 state visits · 21 rules cited (3 yrs)
  5. Child care centerInfants

    Sunshine House #28

    4.2· 40 reviews

    8180 Dorchester Road, North Charleston, SC

    Describes an infant roomTakes infantsPre-K
    17 state visits · 33 rules cited (3 yrs)
How this list is made: North Charleston daycares whose South Carolina 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 North Charleston: costs and safe-sleep inspections

Infant care at a center in Charleston County, per week (2022)
$202
The Charleston County median for full-time care. At a home daycare it is $139 a week.
of visited South Carolina infant programs had a safe-sleep rule cited since October 2023
16%
49 of the 306 South Carolina 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.

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 North Charleston

  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 South Carolina 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.

Questions

Questions

How many North Charleston daycares take infants?

7 North Charleston daycares take infants, by the South Carolina record or their own description. A daycare without this tag may still take infants, so ask.

How much does infant daycare cost in North Charleston?

Full-time infant care in Charleston County has a median of $202 a week at a center and $139 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, 16% of visited South Carolina 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 North Charleston take?

The South Carolina 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 South Carolina visits and what the state cited, in the state's words where the state publishes them.