Description: Here We Grow Child Care Center is located in Fargo, ND. Here We Grow Child Care Center has a capacity of 220 children.
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We had our infant enrolled at Here We Grow in Fargo, ND and it was a horrible experience. I have my child development credential and worked as a preschool teacher for 7 years so I'm very aware of licesening guidelines and standards of care for a daycare centers and I witness so many violations it was beyond disturbing. The place is absolutely gross, I witness on several occasions staff changing diapers with out gloves and not washing their hands afterwards and or cleaning the changing table. The frig, cribs, bouncey, and jumpers were filthy - in fact the whole center was filthy. On a daily basis I'd see children being fed bottle's in the bouncers, there was usually 3-4 teachers and 12 - 16 infants and only one chair for the staff to utilize. There was no play mats for them to lay on so my infant pretty much lived in a bouncer when he was at daycare, or was laid on the dirty hard floor. The infants shared cribs and the bedding was not changed or flipped between use. On several occasions there would be 5-6 infants and only one teacher, licensing ratio is 1:4. The worst part was several of the staff in the infant room smoked and you could smell it as soon as you walked into to the room. I'm sorry but if you smoke and your hair, clothes, and breath smell like smoke you shouldn't be caring for infants - that's dangerous. On one occasion I picked up our son and he had bleach spots on his bib. When I questioned how he came in contact with bleach they had no explanation and their response to my question was that they would pay to replace the bib, I don't give a crap about the bib, I care that my infant was exposed to bleach to the point it ended up on his clothing in your care. Needless to say we pulled our child out of there as soon as we could find another at a center in town. I personally and professionally feel like this place should be shut down.
Over priced and under staffed. Great place to bring your
child if you want them to be ignored and left to fend for them selves. Horrible experience, even if this the only option avalible , I would strongly caution anyone against using them for their daycare provider. Every morning I dropped my child off and greeted the staff, only to get an only grumble back. OK, fine, not a big deal. What IS the big deal is when that attitude translates to the care of my child. Numerous times both in the AM and when picking up at night, the staff:child ratios were 5+. Not OK for an infant room. Bottom line, go else where. Both you and your kids will be glad you did!