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Infant Daycare in Vermont

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

daycares that take infants listed
625
towns
163
towns have their own infant daycare page
67
of all Vermont daycares
60%

Map of Vermont: 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 Vermont: safe-sleep inspections

of visited Vermont infant programs had a safe-sleep rule cited since October 2023
7.9%
49 of the 621 Vermont 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 Vermont

Vermont

Largest towns for infant daycare in Vermont

Bennington26 take infantsRutland24 take infantsBurlington20 take infantsSt Albans18 take infantsEssex17 take infantsBrattleboro16 take infantsDerby16 take infantsWilliston16 take infantsColchester15 take infantsSouth Burlington15 take infantsSpringfield14 take infantsLyndon13 take infants

Programs

Programs in Vermont

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 daycares1,041
Take infants625
Child care centers642
Accept subsidy33
In-home daycares399
Christian & church daycares13
Montessori schools11
Preschools & pre-K886
Early morning daycare115
Part-time daycare33
After-school care696
Head Start37

The Vermont state record

Vermont Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division licenses daycares in Vermont.

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 2008
Cited rules
The inspector's finding, in the state's own words
Corrections
Correction dates as the state records them
Search the Vermont state records

Before you enroll

Choosing infant care in Vermont

  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.

Vermont

Cost, inspections and ratios in Vermont

What Vermont inspectors citeThe rules cited most, and what they meanStaff-to-child ratios in VermontHow many children each adult may care forTour checklist for VermontQuestions to ask when you visit

A to Z

All 163 Vermont towns with infant daycare, A to Z

A4 towns
B20 towns
C15 towns
D7 towns
E4 towns
F7 towns
G6 towns
H8 towns
I1 town
J3 towns
K1 town
L6 towns
M8 towns
N7 towns
O1 town
P9 towns
R10 towns
S19 towns
T3 towns
V2 towns
W22 towns

Nearby

Nearby states

New York2,017 take infantsMassachusetts1,428 take infantsNew Hampshire112 take infants

Questions

Questions about infant daycare in Vermont

How many daycares that take infants are in Vermont?

625 daycares that take infants are listed in 163 Vermont towns. A daycare without this tag may still take infants; ask.

Which Vermont town has the most daycares that take infants?

Bennington, with 26 listed. Next are Rutland (24) and Burlington (20).

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, 7.9% of visited Vermont 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 Vermont take?

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

Who licenses daycares in Vermont?

Vermont Department for Children and Families, Child Development Division licenses daycares in Vermont. It publishes its inspections and the rules it cited, and we copy them onto each listing.