Annie'S Children Center - Saline

My son has been going to this daycare since he was 3 months old, before the name change, and they've always been great! You can tell everyone who works there cares a lot about the kids. They also communicate very well by an app and by email, I usually get a response within a couple of hours, but usually much faster. It's always hard to leave your child to go to work, but I am very happy with our experiences with First Foundations. Some personal experiences: 1. When my son was younger I used to breastfeed him at drop off and they helpfully had a spot setup where I could do so with some privacy. 2. My son has developed some food allergies and they've done a great job accommodating him, but also helping him feel included. They will contact me ahead of time for food related events so that I can look for safe alternatives and he has his own snack bin. They are also trained in using epipens which makes me feel much safer. 3. With the current pandemic I've felt safe with their protocols in sending my son there.

Save ALL your paperwork. They make promises and don't keep them. We had to constantly pull out paperwork. The "hand book" also changes constantly. Keep that. You pay for holidays that they are closed, normally not a big deal, but then they added 6 random days that I have to take off work so I can't make any money but still have to pay and are NOT holidays. Talking to the director is like talking to a wall. She is unprofessional and uneducated. Our weekly "invoice" was almost always wrong, eventually we just gave up. We stayed because the people who took care of the kids were wonderful, however, they are all gone now too. They couldn't retain 1 employee for the entire time we were there, even some that were there for over 10 years. At some point you run out of educated and certified people to do the job. I would say find a better place for your children, I do not recommend! Many issues were brought up while we were there and some were fixed, however the ones I am expressing were not. If people do have a degree that's great for caring for children, not for running a business. Very lacking. When I did call the owner, I was hung up on and then my calls would not be answered thereafter.

Used to go when I was little