Family child care in Lafayette
Hammock is a licensed family child care home: up to 6 children, ages 6 weeks to 5 years, with 1 adult. Miss Nguyet opens the door at 6 a.m. and cooks breakfast and lunch.
License and group
This home is licensed by LDOE, the Louisiana Department of Education.
Licensed by LDOE
Family child care home · LA License # 000000Verify
Up to 6 children
with 1 adult
Ages 6 weeks to 5 years
Every child is handed over in person, at the door. We ask for ID from anyone we don't know.
Tell us about any allergy at the tour; once you enroll, we ask again in private.
Babies sleep on their backs, in their own cribs, with nothing else in the crib.
In hurricane season we decide the evening before whether to close, and we text every family. The full plan is on the Policies page.
We wash hands when we arrive, before we eat and after playing outside.
Ask us about child care assistance
Sample details.
Programs
The children share the house. Pick a schedule by your child's age.
6 weeks to 12 months
Their own crib in a quiet room, and a lap for every bottle.
1 to 3 years
Floor play, stories and songs in English and Vietnamese.
3 to 5 years
The kitchen table, play dough and a turn watering the garden.
Miss Nguyet gives you the figures in writing at the tour.
Sample programs.
Owner and lead caregiver
Parents call her Miss Nguyet. She cares for the children in her own house, cooks breakfast and lunch, and talks with families in English and in Vietnamese.
Many of our families work in the hospitals and in the oilfield, where shifts start early and change fast. Miss Nguyet opens the door at 6 a.m., keeps one group of up to 6 children, and tells you at the end of every day how it went.
Background check on file
CPR and first aid
Mandated reporter training
Families say
“I'm a nurse on the day shift, and Miss Nguyet is ready at six every morning. My daughter eats breakfast with the others and I walk into work with my mind on my patients.”
“My hours in the oilfield change with the job. Miss Nguyet texts the evening before if anything moves, and before hurricane season she sent us the whole plan in writing.”
“She holds every bottle. On the tour I asked all my questions and she answered them in the order I asked, then showed me where the baby would sleep.”
Sample reviews.
The year
A long school year and a long storm season. Here is how both run in the house.
February or March
We close on Mardi Gras Tuesday. Many of our families are off work too.
March
Families on the waitlist hear first.
May
Every family gets the plan in writing, and we ask for a second contact.
June to November
If a storm is forecast, we decide the evening before whether to close and text every family.
Early August
Come meet the other families before the school year starts.
Late November
Closed Thursday and Friday.
Sample dates.
A day here
Doors open at 6 a.m. Each part of the day follows the children's pace.
Families arrive from 6 a.m. Miss Nguyet sits down with each child for breakfast: rice porridge, eggs and toast, or fruit and yogurt, depending on the day.
Blocks, books, play dough and paint at the kitchen table and on the living-room rug. Babies have a spot on the floor with Miss Nguyet beside them.
We go out to the fenced yard in the cooler hours, with shade, water and hats. When it's too hot or wet, we move indoors.
A hot lunch at the table, then rest. Babies sleep on their backs, in their own cribs, with nothing else in the crib; older children rest on mats.
Fruit and something to drink, then a turn at the herb bed or the mud kitchen while it's still bright.
Every child is handed over in person, at the door. Miss Nguyet tells you how the day went, and when a shift runs long, she knows to expect a text.
Call, text or use the contact form. Miss Nguyet answers once the children are down for their rest, and early in the morning before the doors open.
Come see the house with your child. It takes about half an hour, and it's the time to ask anything, including about tuition and the storm plan.
If the group is full, we put your family on the list. When a place opens, Miss Nguyet calls the family that has waited longest first.
Miss Nguyet gives you the forms and you fill them in private: your child's details, health and the people allowed to pick up go there, not on this site.
Bring a change of clothes and whatever your child sleeps with. Stay a while if you like, so goodbyes can be calm. Doors open at 6 a.m. for shift families.
From 6 weeks to 5 years. The house has one mixed-age group, with up to 6 children and 1 adult.
Yes. Book a tour and come with your child. It takes about half an hour and you can ask anything, including about the storm plan.
That LDOE, the Louisiana Department of Education, licensed this house to care for a group of up to 6 children. The license number is at the bottom of every page.
Up to 6 children, ages 6 weeks to 5 years, with 1 adult. The license and safety board says the same.
It depends on your child's age, the schedule and the days a week. Miss Nguyet gives you the figures in writing at the tour. Read how it works on the Tuition page.
We watch the forecast, decide the evening before whether to close, and text every family. The plan, step by step, is on the Policies page, and it goes home to every family in May.
Come for a tour with your child, or call and we'll answer once the children are down for their rest.