Infants Program

Infant Daycare in Gahanna, OH

Love and care from the very beginning. We believe the earliest days are the most important for building trust, comfort, and connection.

All-Inclusive Infant Care

Simplifying your day, while nurturing your baby

At Ahava Child Care, we handle the little details, so you can focus on enjoying your time with your child. Our all-inclusive infant care provides diapers, wipes, linens, and freshly prepared meals, leaving you with just bottles and extra clothes to pack.

You can rest easy knowing your baby has everything they need for a safe, comfortable, and joyful day.

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Ratios Matter

Individualized care when it matters most

At Ahava Child Care, your infant’s safety, comfort, and development are our highest priorities. We maintain a low teacher-to-infant ratio of 1:3, with a maximum of 12 babies per classroom.

1:3

Teacher to Infant Ratio

12

Maximum Babies Per Classroom

100%

Personalized Attention

Your Baby's First Bites

Nurturing healthy eating from the start

At Ahava Child Care, we provide fresh, nutritious meals prepared on-site by our caring chefs. Infants enjoy wholesome purees, while older children are introduced to age-appropriate solids.

By offering a variety of fruits, vegetables, and flavors, we help your little one develop healthy eating habits and a sense of curiosity about food — laying the foundation for a lifetime of balanced, adventurous eating.

Academic Advantage

Full Circle Milestones: Guiding Your Infant’s Developmental Journey

Laying the foundation for healthy growth and development

Motor Skills

  • Develop from reaching and grabbing to transferring objects between hands
  • Rolling over, sitting up, and pulling up
  • Crawling and potentially taking first steps
  • Begin using a palm grasp

Social-Emotional

  • Building trust with caregivers
  • Responding to familiar faces
  • Expressing emotions through coos and cries
  • Developing attachment bonds

Feeding & Eating

  • Develop from reaching and grabbing to transferring objects between hands
  • Rolling over, sitting up, and pulling up
  • Crawling and potentially taking first steps
  • Begin using a palm grasp

Sleeping

  • Develop from reaching and grabbing to transferring objects between hands
  • Rolling over, sitting up, and pulling up
  • Crawling and potentially taking first steps
  • Begin using a palm grasp
Our Daily Brain Builders

Immersing infants in new experiences

At Ahava Child Care, our Daily Brain Builders immerse infants in new language, textures, and sensory experiences, supporting growth and curiosity each day.

Motor Monday

Activities that support motor development, including discovery baskets, reach-and-grab exercises, sit-to-stand toys, crawling tunnels, tower tipping, and exploring rattles and musical instruments.

Texture Tuesday

Sensory exploration with new textures to engage all five senses, such as painting with feet, exploring sensory bottles, and safe tactile play.

Wordy Wednesday

Introducing new language through storytime, sing-alongs, felt stories, songs and fingerplays, poems, baby sign language, and play narration.

Thumbs Up Thursday

Hands-on art, sensory, or play experiences including finger painting, discovery baskets, puppet play, and color mixing.

Fun Friday

Celebrating joy and creativity with themed photoshoots, felt play, sticky wall exploration, dance parties, and other playful activities.

Ready to give your infant the best start?

Schedule a tour today and discover how our loving, nurturing environment can support your baby’s growth and development.