Leaving your baby is the hardest thing you'll do this year. We know. We do everything we can to make it the right decision — secure attachment, individualized care, daily photos and updates, and teachers who treat your baby like their own grandchild.
Tour the Infant room
Infants don't follow group routines. They follow their own bodies — and we follow them. Feed, change, play, sleep, repeat. As often as your baby needs.
Breast milk you send (refrigerated and labeled), formula you provide, or whatever schedule you've established. We follow your lead exactly.
Logged in real-time on Brightwheel so you always know the last time. Diaper rash cream applied per your instructions.
Each baby has their own crib. Back-to-sleep, no loose blankets, white noise if it helps. We do not wake sleeping babies.
Multiple supervised sessions throughout the day. Critical for neck strength and motor development.
Soft textures, gentle music, mirrors, infant-safe toys. Frog Street infant curriculum — songs, fingerplays, lap reading.
Stroller walks around the property, time in the shade on a blanket, fresh air every day Texas weather allows.
Babies are held. Period. Not propped in bouncers. Held by teachers who know which way you like them rocked.
Babies don't "learn" in the way a Pre-K kid does. But their brains are growing faster now than they ever will again. We honor that.
Consistent caregivers, eye contact, responsive comfort. The foundation of every other thing they'll ever learn.
Sound, texture, light, motion. Their world is brand new. We make sure they get to experience it.
Rolling, sitting, crawling, pulling up, walking. We celebrate every single one — and document them so you don't miss a thing.
Every baby is different. These are the milestones we love watching unfold together.
Texas sets the infant standard at 1:4. Low student-to-teacher ratios are the principle we build every room around — we enroll below the state maximum and keep it there whenever we possibly can, so each baby gets consistent caregiver attachment. Never a guaranteed number — always a philosophy of not maxing out.
The infant year is the hardest one to hand over. Here's what most parents want to know before their tour. (See also: daycare in Aledo — how Grace differs from a drop-in.)
Six weeks to twelve months. Grace accepts babies at six weeks — a rarity in Aledo, where many programs won't take infants until six months or a year. Around their first birthday, babies transition to the Toddler room with overlap visits and a slow ramp so nothing feels rushed.
Ratios are kept low by design — often meaningfully lower than the Texas HHSC minimums for infants. Dawn walks you through the exact ratios in the room your baby would join when you tour. Low ratios are the single most important factor in infant care quality; we treat them that way.
Yes. Grace is licensed by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) as a fully-licensed child care center — not license-exempt. The state's infant-safety framework (ratios, sleep safety, sanitation, staff qualifications) applies here and is inspected on the state's schedule.
There is no schedule — there is your baby. Every infant has their own feeding rhythm, and teachers follow it. Bottles come from home (breast milk or formula, whatever you're doing) and are logged by feeding through the day. When your baby is ready for solids, we introduce them on the timeline you set.
Same principle as feeding — we follow your baby, not a clock. Cribs are individually assigned, sleep safety follows AAP guidelines (back to sleep, no loose bedding, no soft objects), and teachers log every nap.
Through Brightwheel — the parent app Grace uses for daily updates. Feedings, diaper changes, naps, milestones, photos, and quick teacher notes come through your phone in real time. Many first-time parents tell us it's the single biggest peace-of-mind piece of the first year back at work.
Individualized care around each baby's rhythm. Cuddle time, floor play, tummy time, music, books, outdoor stroller walks when weather allows, and lots of one-on-one attention with familiar teachers.
Secure entry with sign-in required, cameras throughout the school, teachers who are CPR/First Aid certified, and HHSC-inspected safety protocols. The infant room specifically follows AAP safe-sleep guidelines and CDC-aligned sanitation for the youngest children. Read more on our safety page.
We plan the first days together. You can start with short visits — an hour, then a half day, then a full day — so your baby (and you) can build trust with the teachers gradually. Every transition is different; we adapt to what works for your family.
Tuition is shared during your tour so we can walk you through it in context. Many families tell us Grace's infant care is meaningfully more affordable than the franchise programs in the area — with better ratios and a named owner on campus daily. Schedule a tour.
Babies aren't just younger toddlers. In the first year of life, the brain is wiring itself faster than at any other point — and the room an eight-week-old needs is nothing like the room a busy eleven-month-old needs. That's why our nursery isn't one big infant room. It's a series of stage-specific spaces, and your baby moves up gently, about every six months, as they're ready. The field calls it developmentally appropriate practice.
But how a baby moves matters as much as whether. Here the federal Office of Head Start is explicit:
“Caring relationships act as a buffer during transitions. Infants and toddlers who receive responsive caregiving from adults learn to trust them and they gain emotional security.”
“Infants and toddlers do best in predictable environments.”
— Office of Head Start, U.S. Dept. of Health & Human Services
That's how we move babies at Grace. Every step-up is a few steps down the same hallway, in the same small building, to teachers who've been here for years, not months. A buffered, familiar step — not a handoff to strangers.
Read the fuller thinking on our Parks of Aledo page.
Bring the carrier. We'll hold them. You'll see the room. Tour anytime.
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