Happy Bees Daycare Center

I felt compelled to write a review on Happy Bees Daycare after a terrible experience. Back in April my wife and I met with Happy Bees about providing daycare for our soon to be born son once she returns back to work in October. While very early, we wanted to make sure we had a place for him to go. Initially we had a good feeling about the daycare, the facility, teachers etc. We decided to move forward and put down a deposit with our son beginning on October 1^st. In July we received a call from Happy Bees notifying us that they are going through a renovation and would not be able to take our son as they originally agreed upon. They said they may have room in March 2016. Which was ridiculous and unacceptable.
We were of course very upset by this news and asked that room be made to accommodate the request as they intended. After a few days of going back and forth, they said there would be room for him October 1^st. In September my wife called the daycare to check-​in and see if our son needed any particular shots (outside of the regularly scheduled ones) and discuss next steps for a smooth transition. During that conversation they informed us that they did not have room for our son — three weeks before he was to begin. We were naturally furious and were left wondering when they would have told us if my wife hadn’t called to check in. They are completely unorganized and unprofessional. We decided that after all this Happy Bees was not the right place and we took him off the list for good. We scrambled and have moved on to a different daycare that have been absolutely great every step of the way so far.
While there are kids and parents who feel great about Happy Bees, we felt compelled to discuss our situation as it was extremely unprofessional and stressful and would hate for it to happen to another family.

I don’t want to complain much, but this time, I got to… We had a horrible experience with them.
1. Lack of management which caused our baby pushed out from the guaranteed spot after a week our baby started to go there. Enass just told us at 5PM on Friday that our baby lost the spot without explaining us any specific reasons as my wife was planning to go back to work from the following Monday after the maternity leave.(What are we supposed to do??) She was like «Take 2 more weeks off»…
After complaining to them, we found out that our baby was placed into the spot for another baby who was away for summer vacation (of course, they did not tell us about it) and the baby was coming back on the following Monday. Our baby was supposed to be placed into the new space which inspection got delayed and they could not open the new space on time.
We do understand those constructions/​inspections get delayed quite often. They just failed to tell us in advance which they could have.
2. There was no activities while our baby was there for a week such as a music class, an art class, baby yoga, and so on. NONE. So, we just got reports from them that our baby drank milk from bottles at what time, drank how much, slept from what time to what time. They did not tell us what he was doing, what he was enjoying with. So, they just kept our baby and watched from morning till we pick our baby up.
Only one week, so we might just have missed those activities tho.
3. They do not create a profile for babies. So, they do not know how our baby reacts when our baby is hungry, sleepy, and so on. Which is quite critical for babies.
Only one thing we liked is the teacher, Lana. She was very patient, very kind and loves being with babies. I could tell from the other babies. My baby was adjusting himself pretty well at another daycare because of her.
We are very happy to move on and very satisfied with the new daycare where our baby is currently going. Our baby smiles, laughs, enjoys activities at the new place. Teachers are awesome and taking care of our baby very well.

In August this year we paid deposit to reserve the place in infant group to start as of November 18. A week before the starting date, the owner of the place calls me to confirm that we are bringing our baby in. Then she says we need to pay for a month in advance. In turn I wanted to reconfirm if I need to pay the amount agreed less the deposit which we already have paid. But this lady says that they keep the deposit. I thought that I had a very logical question: why would they need to hold the deposit? after which she gets all nasty. Instead of giving me reasonable explanation, she says that we can take our money back and that they have MANY other kids to take care of (!!!) Well, thank God she told me that before I brought my baby there! Wouldn’t trust to leave my baby in such place. Hired a nanny for the same price and very happy with this decision.

Great place. It is a safe place for both my son and daughter to go to. The staff was warm and caring and the facility is brand new. I don’t have to worry about old dirty toys.

A warm environment and a beautiful day care ! I was looking for a safe and clean place for my daughter and here I found it! not too far from my home, easy access and good price. It was a great pleasure to meet the staff at the open house. There I learnt from the owners about the programs that the day care offers. The teachers prove great professionalism, they have prepared different activities that engage children. My daughter loves it very much!
I am very pleased with my choice and I do recommend it!