Swine flu information for childcare providers
on Apr 30, 2009We received the following email from the National Association of Family Childcare and thought it was information worth passing on.NAFCC has been working closely with the Center for Disease Control (CDC) as the CDC has been considering the implication...

Food allregy awareness week - May 10-16, 2009
on Apr 22, 2009Food Allergy Awareness WeekTake Action, Prevent Reaction - May 10-16, 2009 In 1997, the Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) created Food Allergy Awareness Week to educate others about food allergies. Approximately 12 million Americans have...

We're on Myspace
on Apr 8, 2009 in marketing myspace We're having such a great response from Facebook that we decided to try out MySpace too. Check out our profile.....www.myspace.com/daycarematchWe're still learning how to use it, so have patience with us. If you have any pointers, we'd love to hear...

Check out our Cafe Press store for help advertising your childcare
on Mar 30, 2009 in daycare signs daycare advertising childcare childcare signs We mentioned this in our newsletter a while ago, but it's worth mentioning again. We heard from many providers who wanted more options to spread the word locally about their childcare, so we created some products and started a Daycarematch Cafe Press...

Economy affects daycare providers
on Mar 6, 2009 in openings daycare advertising marketing childcare economy We recently asked the daycare providers listed on our site to let us know if the current economy is affecting their business. We are so thankful to those providers who responded. It sounds as though the downturn in the economy is making its way to c...

Cloth diapers at daycare
on Feb 26, 2009We thank Michelle from Snooty Booty Diapers for this article on some pointers for using cloth diapers at daycare....________________________________________________________________There are many reasons to use cloth diapers, with the environment and...

Tech free time for families
on Feb 23, 2009Technology creeping into more and more aspects of our lives has been an issue for me for a while. While I can’t deny the value of many of these gizmos and gadgets, I think that our increasing reliance on technology is degrading our personal relatio...

Spring clean your Daycarematch provider profile
on Feb 18, 2009Our main goal of Daycarematch is to provide parents with an easy way to find childcare providers and give childcare providers an easy and cost-effective way to advertise. Put those together and our overall goal is to "connect parents and providers&qu

Vote for Daycarematch
on Feb 10, 2009We've thrown our hat into the race to be listed as one of the top 200 Mom Businesses by Startup Nation. Help us win by voting for us!

Should childcares be peanut free?
on Feb 6, 2009We have close friends whose children have allergies. Her son's allergies are so severe that he started to react when a child walked into their home carrying a piece of toast with peanut butter on it. Just the smell of the peanut butter was enough t