infant care

Licenses for infant care also have different requirements than they do for older kids, meaning that providers may have to change playground equipment, furniture and toys.

Some providers are working on solutions to the infant care shortage, and a recent policy change now allows state preschools to serve 2-year-olds.

The number could drop down to four if the provider specializes in infant care.

This aggressively oatmeal aesthetic has dominated infant care since around Gen Alpha’s midpoint in 2017, desaturating high chairs, play gyms and diaper pails from electric green to subtle sage.

Like a lot of mothers, North Dakota state Rep. Emily O’Brien struggled to find infant care when her daughter Lennon was born in 2019.