We are not first time parents, and have explored many different childcare options and Cheerful…read moreBeginnings is at the top of our list! Our son needed full time care due to our busy schedules working in healthcare and Julia was so wonderful accomodating our schedules. My son loved his teachers here and Julia's experience and education in childcare is exceptional. My son felt right at home and sometimes wasn't ready to leave at pickup! They have an organized curriculum, access to app for daily updates and healthy meal plans. I have already recommended them to my coworkers!

Cheerful Beginnings is the best daycare. My daughter started going when she was 5 months old. We…read moreare first time parents so we were so lost. Julia was so patient and supportive. My daughter LOVED going to daycare in the morning. We get detailed reports on feedings, naps, pictures and videos. The food they make is very healthy too. I'm so sad that we have to leave because we are moving out of state. There really isn't anything nearly as good as CB.

I cannot say enough good things about Jennifer...I worked with other lactation consultants before…read moreand they couldn't help me with my son's latch. Jennifer came to my house and showed me how to do it right immediately!! 10000% an expert, hands on, practical and super responsive to any additional questions. She also routinely reached out to me to check in and make sure we were doing well. I am recommending her to anyone I know. Super easy to make appointments with and very punctual which you will definitely appreciate when your baby is young and nurses frequently. I even texted her months after our sessions ended for help with my mastitis and she was super helpful, she is a great resource!

Jennifer is amazing. She is very thoughtful and not judgmental at all. A lot of LCs seem to treat…read morebabies like robots as if they should all behave one specific way, and I liked her approach of treating babies as individuals. Her after-care has also been incredible - she has continued to provide thoughtful and quick responses to my various questions after our initial in-person consult.

PLEASE AVOID KATHLEEN. READ THE OTHER RECENT NEGATIVE REVIEWS. She somehow got our last review…read moreremoved. I assume she has been doing this with a lot of reviewers. Long story, short: Kathleen should not be taking care of babies at night. I'm rewriting this review because she is putting babies in danger and this could cause harm to baby. She showed up to our house after eye surgery and could barely see and walk around our house at night time. I have camera proof that she fell asleep with our baby in her arms as well. After that, she refused to give back our deposit and took all our money. She claimed it didn't apply because the deposit was applied to the substitute. What a scam of a lady. Putting babies in danger and taking new parents money. Please do not use Kathleen for night nanny/doula services.

I am writing this review after giving it months to process- we hired Kathleen after an incredibly…read morestressful and horrible situation where our infant nearly died in the middle of the night and we were not sure we would ever sleep again due to the trauma of that. Kathleen was very responsive when I called initially and continued to check on us when we were in the hospital. I thought that was a good sign - but we couldn't have been more disappointed with the outcome and fired her after two nights. The first night she showed up she made fun of the way I swaddled sarcastically (yes, I'm sorry I don't know how to swaddle I just got my baby home from the hospital where nurses were doing it BECAUSE HE ALMOST DIED) and isn't it your job to teach me how to do those things? We should have sent her home then and there after that tone deaf sarcasm. We were desperate though. Even given the situation, Kathleen was far more concerned about how she would sleep comfortably and even had me looking for her glasses for her in the middle of the night because she couldn't find them. Wtf??? I've just been through the worst experience of my life and now I am caretaking you???? The second morning after she left the baby's diaper was falling off, the place was a mess including her crackers under the couch, even though we didn't have anyone else lined up we had to let her go. I was going to refrain on writing a review as she did send me an apology note and mentioned she was too old for the night jobs anymore and would be transitioning into education only (yes, 100%, should not be in charge of nighttime infant care) but for some reason I decided to look her up on here and I see she is or course taking those jobs still. I feel the need to note my experience and forewarn anyone else considering hiring her that she has the bedside manner of a screeching Tasmanian devil and to be frank my baby would probably be dead if we had hired her before the event. I'm shaking writing this because it is just that upsetting . Oh , and after finding out I was a hairdresser, on night two she was ASKING ME WHEN I COULD DO HER HAIR . ????????????????????????? Excuse me I just had major surgery, my baby almost died, I'm clearly not well and taking maternity leave as long as I can, and you are really asking me that? I also had a musical healing mantra playing in the room for my baby and she said "she wanted to blow it up". I think I've painted the picture for you- I would recommend running far away from this one. The lack of professionalism is enough, but she's also quite possibly a smoker-she smelled like febreze over cigarettes- which is a HUGE Nono around babies. This is all extremely dangerous and I really don't want anyone else to have the experience that we did.

I started going to Stroller Strides when my LO was 9 weeks old and the instructors gave me…read moremodifications to help me ease back into fitness at the pace I needed to go. My LO is now 7 months old and I am more fit than I was before pregnancy! I am so happy to have found an exercise plan that I can do WITH my kiddo in tow that entertains her while I get fit. Being a mom is tough. Finding time to take care of yourself is tough. Stroller strides is the perfect place to reconnect with your new body and role while bonding with your new little one! If my daughter and I could write this review together we would say: Mama mama mama mama strong!

This is a great way for moms of all stages to get in a great workout WITH their kids. The…read moreinstructors are patient and high spirited. When the kids get fussy, AND THEY DO GET FUSSY, the instructors don't shun the mommies or kiddos but rather entertain and distract them with songs, bubbles and toys. They'll even hold your babies so you can relax and focus on the workout. The workouts includes cardio, strength and abs; a full body "boot camp" with all levels of intensity for everyone. What I love best about Fit4Mom is the real community and the other great mommies you meet here. We all have similar health goals and we know how hard it is to achieve that with babies/toddlers. The kids get to interact with each other too so we all get to socialize. Wins all around!!

We absolutely love this place! Thank you so much Melissa and staff for working alongside of our…read morelittle one and ensuring she gets the theraphy she needs.

From the owner: Join one of our "My 1st Parent + Me Classes" that is led by an Occupational Therapist for new…read moreparents of babies and toddlers to grow and learn together. We promote a supportive parenting community and offer evidence-based information. At Blossom L.A. we believe in the importance of play, communication, engagement in activities and working together with families and their children. We are devoted to providing the best quality and individualized pediatric therapy services in Los Angeles.

Our Honest Experience with Brella After 6 Months…read more After six months at Brella, and now that we've found a new daycare, I wanted to share our honest experience. Booking Brella uses an app for monthly childcare bookings, which open on the 20th at 10 a.m. For the past three months, the app has frozen during booking time, leaving my husband and me spending hours trying to secure spots for our son. Honestly, it's easier to get tickets to a Beyoncé or Taylor Swift concert than to book childcare at Brella. Dependability While Brella advertises full-time childcare flexibility, that hasn't been our experience. For the last three months, we've been waitlisted at least two days each week--for example, every Monday and Tuesday in November. After repeatedly asking in October, we were finally taken off the waitlist, but the inconsistency has been stressful. They also offer "early booking," which we requested access to, only to be told we were waitlisted for that as well. For working parents, this level of unpredictability makes Brella an unreliable option. We've had to use PTO or ask our in-laws to drive over two hours just to help cover childcare gaps. Quality and Communication Several of our favorite teachers have been let go, which was disappointing. Brella is also supposed to send daily photos and lesson plans, but there are days we receive no updates--or just a single photo of the back of our son's head. Overall For such a premium-priced childcare option, Brella has significant issues to address--from booking reliability to staffing and communication. While there are aspects we appreciated early on, it ultimately wasn't dependable enough for our family's needs.

Our daughter had been in an amazing daycare/preschool on the Westside, so when we moved to Hancock…read morePark I was extremely nervous about changing schools. From the start, Rebecca (Director) and Kimberly (Assistant Director) were wonderful in helping us through the transition. She began in the Peach classroom, moved to Coral, and will soon be transitioning to Lilac. Every single teacher we've met has been incredible, thoughtful, patient, and caring. I've been so impressed by the curriculum and the creativity behind the daily activities. Our daughter is thriving here. The teachers send us tons of photo updates and log each bathroom break (or diaper change), meal, and snack in real time through an app. They also take the time to chat at drop-off and pick-up about the day's activities, which makes us feel connected and involved even when we're not there. Brella's schedule is based on the hours you use rather than a monthly tuition, but you still get that valuable day-to-day consistency in the classroom. Most of her classmates attend five days a week, and she comes home every day talking excitedly about her friends. They're open almost every day of the year, the care is there when you need it, but it's also great not to have to pay for childcare when we take days off or go on vacation. We feel so lucky to have found Brella near our new home, it has truly exceeded our expectations and highly recommend it.

I took classes with Edlin last year and the knowledge that she empowered my partner and me with has…read morebeen nothing short of life-changing! The way that we communicate as a family has changed for the better across the board. I spend so much less time saying "NO" and feeling frustrated because Edlin gave me the tools to learn how to have a real dialogue with my child and problem-solve. Edlin is a wonderful person- smart, funny, observant, and empathetic. I can't recommend her classes enough! *Another fun fact is that Edlin is a green thumb and has awesome recs for plants and activities you can do together with your kids. She rules!

Parenting classes are extremely helpful for new parents. The classes will educate parents with…read moreimportant child development knowledge along with provide many resources and tools to help parents navigate the normal stress and rigors of parenting. Edlin is a great facilitator of this class with lots of knowledge and experience working with parents and children as well.

I stayed at Zette for two weeks right after giving birth to my son Hayes this past February, and…read morehonestly it was one of the best decisions I made for my recovery. I had a c-section and was really struggling to rest in the hospital, so coming here felt like such a relief. The food alone was worth it. Every single meal felt like it was made with a recovering mom in mind -- flavorful, nourishing, but not heavy or overly seasoned. Seaweed soup (a staple in Korean postpartum culture) was part of almost every meal, and I truly felt the difference it made in how I was healing. The nursing staff was incredible. There's a 24/7 rotating team, and I got to know each one of them. They cared for Hayes overnight so I could actually sleep and recover with peace of mind, helped me with breastfeeding, and even did breast massages to prevent clogged ducts. As a first-time mom who had no idea what she was doing, having that level of expert, attentive care was everything. When it was time to leave, I got genuinely emotional -- I was so grateful to each of them for taking care of us during such a tender, hard time. My husband was also able to stay some nights (we're local to LA), which made the whole experience feel less scary and more like something we were navigating together. The staff even taught us how to bathe Hayes before we left! A huge thank you to Eunice, the director, who made the whole process seamless from start to finish. If you're considering a postpartum center, I can't recommend Zette enough.

Zette was probably one of the best decisions we made after the birth of our baby. We stayed at…read moreZette for 2 weeks but I wish we stayed longer. The staff was amazing, all of the nurses are super caring, knowledgeable and always willing to help at any time 24/7. The manager Eunice was a great host, she treated us like family. They make sure your baby is ready for their doctors' visits, they dress the baby and prep a bag with formula, bibs, and diapers. The food was delicious and nutritious. They bring you food to your room if you don't want to eat in the common area. We felt so comfortable running errands or sleeping to recover from the birth because we knew our baby was being cared for. The center is super clean and it gets a cleaning twice a week. Note that the stay and meals are for the mother but the dad can sleep overnight and/or get meals as well for a very reasonable fee. The staff mostly speaks Korean but I was able to easily communicate using a translation app. Overall a great experience at a very reasonable price. We would do it again in a heartbeat if we were having another baby. Thank you Eunice, the nurses and the rest of the staff.