Miles of Smiles Childcare Center

"[TLDR; This place is fantastic! 10/10 recommend] I'm a single mom of two very young children with no family nearby. I had to move back to Maine in the middle of a pandemic and start the arduous task of finding childcare for my (at the time) 5yo and 10 month old while I prepared to return to the workforce full time. There were a LOT of transitions happening, and finding this place was truly an answered prayer. The location is great, the building is clean, the hours are perfect, and the staff is phenomenal. They're consistent in their policies (so I know what to expect), quick to respond, and they truly care about the children that are there. By some miracle they happened to have an opening for *both* of my children and I couldn't be more thankful they did! My son went through a bit of an odd biting phase at 11 months old when we believe he was trying to give kisses. He's a baby and didn't really understand yet what he was doing. I was very stressed about it and they worked with us, coming up with different strategies and plans to do whatever we could to keep him there, while also working to make sure the other children weren't getting hurt, eventually he crossed that hurdle and is a perfectly happy 14 month old boy who no longer tries to bite his baby friends and plays so nicely with them. The fact that they didn't immediately give up meant SO much to me. Both of my children are all smiles at drop off and pick up (though my daughter is sometimes grumpy if I pick her up *too* early because then that cuts into her recess time with her friends), and that means the world to me. I love knowing that when I'm at work they're being well cared for, they're thriving and learning, and they're happy to be there. We just had our first school vacation, and every day my daughter asked me "can we go to school today?" She just really loves being there! Anyway, finding daycares with openings is tough, and if this place has an opening for your child, I'd tell you to jump on it!"