Snuggle Bear Day Care

As first time parents, we were looking for a place we were comfortable with for our 3 month son when mama went back to work. We were so happy to find Katie and her wonderful team at Snuggle Bear Daycare! From day one our son fit in perfectly. He has been happy, healthy and has had consistently wonderful experiences during his days at Snuggle Bear. There are always new toys and activities for the kids to play with, and Clark routinely comes home with a wonderful piece of artwork he helped create. There have been opportunities to connect with the other parents, as well, to create a wonderful community. I don’t think we would have had a more personalized experience at a bigger daycare, as Katie really does care about every one of the babies in her care. Katie has been helpful to talk to about advice for some of those big first year transitions, and is very knowledgeable about caring for children and infants. We are moving away soon, and will really miss being a part of the Snuggle Bear family! Highly recommended!

Katie has been a lifesaver for a mom going back to work. She was able to make the transition smooth and with great support! She provides great communication with texts, daily reports, and adorable photos feeds. From cloth diapers to breastfeeding, Katie makes it all possible to juggle work and find the caring arms for a little one while you are away.

We started our daughter at SnuggleBear when she was 15 months. We were first time parents and had moved to Chicago only a couple years prior so we really didn’t have any idea about child care in the city. After weeks of exploring options, we were so excited to find Katie! She was exactly what we were looking for. She was nurturing, positive, and our daughter thrived under her care. I felt that Katie treated our daughter as her own which meant everything to us. Katie was adamant about nutritional meals/​snacks and would rotate out toys weekly so there was always new enrichment. She was also great at building a small community where all of the parents knew each other. My only regret is that we could bring her with us to California when we moved!

Snuggle Bear Day Care is the best! I was so anxious about leaving my little girl in someone else’s care after my maternity leave, and Katie and her staff made it a bearable transition for our whole family. She let me check in with her during the day, if I needed to, and was very supportive of my breastfeeding relationship with my daughter. Katie was consistently developing new ways to engage with and teach her kids (through art projects, music, stories, field trips, etc.) without the forced structure you sometimes find in bigger daycare facilities. We became part of the Snuggle Bear family, and my daughter was not only cared for, she was loved.
Our family relocated to Wisconsin about 7 months ago, but we’ve stayed connected with the Snuggle Bear community with photos, emails, and visits when we’re in town. We are very grateful for our time there and would give our wholehearted recommendation to anyone looking for child care.

My daughter (5 months old) currently attends Snuggle Bear Day Care. As first time parents it was a little nerve wracking to find and trust in someone to care for our baby. After several other interviews and site visits I came upon Snuggle Bear. After visiting and meeting Katie I knew I’d found a special place. References we contacted all had fabulous things to say. Katie was confident, kind, and understanding. The daycare itself was bright, homey, safe, and clean. And after just a few days with Katie my daughter was greeting her with a gummy smile every morning. My daughter is well cared for, happy, and healthy and my husband and I feel well communicated with and at ease during our work days. We could not be more happy and thankful to have found Katie and Snuggle Bear Day Care!

I have been taking my two girls to Katie for the past few weeks, and couldn’t be more pleased! She is amazing with the kids, they have never been resistant to go to her, making drop off really easy. She is very professional with how she operates her business, I get reciepts emailed to me weekly. She also gives you a form with the daily actives, what they ate (and its good healty food), sleep, etc. She is amazing, and I’m so happy I found her!!!

Katie has an unbelievable ability to connect with children. She is a naturally caring and patient person who has found her niche in child care. I first met Katie when we were co-​workers at a premier, downtown Chicago professional daycare center where she demonstrated her ability to create effective lesson plans as well as create a safe, healthy and loving environment for children of all ages. I continued to work with Katie as a nanny in the same apartment complex where Katie continued to demonstrate her professional skills and personal commitment to exemplary, nurturing child care.
Every child for whom she cares adores her. In addition, the care she provides is deeply appreciated by their parents. She has been a large part of my children’s lives and I have had her personally care for my children for two years. I have been able to see her exhibit first hand the necessary skills to be a successful day care owner/​operator. I have put my full trust in Katie to care for my own children and I plan to utilize her new facility for my youngest son. Katie has proven to be a successful, trustworthy, dedicated woman and continues to be so in the inception of her new daycare facility.