We are leaving the area and highly recommend Miriam at Little Foot Day Care. She is amazing and just like a mother to the small group of children. Her number is 510- 232-5071. Please call me if you have questions, we love her and are so sad to leave her wonderful care.
Contact: Miriam at Little Foot , 510-232-5071

Mirian Barboza's Littlefoot Family Daycare has been fantastic for my newborn and my 2yo. Mirian takes great care of the children and I feel extremely comfortable leaving my girls there. She is very warm and she treats the kids as if they were her own. PLUS, she is very affordable. We live in El Cerrito, but we drive all the way out to Richmond/San Pablo area for Mirian - it is worth the drive for both the incredible care and the $$$ savings. Her number is 232-5071. Contact: littlehawkes at gmail.com

Our wonderful family daycare provider, Little Foot Daycare, will have 3 openings coming up in a few weeks, due to the families moving and my daughter joining her older sister in preschool. Mirian is a wondeful, nutruring provider offering full time care in her home in El Cerrito (easy access off the Potereo off-ramp). She provides warm, delicious home cooked meals, has a big yard for kids to play in and a separate sleeping area/rainy day house. All the families have been with Mirian since the children were tiny infants (now between 18 mos and 2.5 years) and she would like to get another group of small infants again to grow up together with her. She only takes 6 children total. I cannot say enough great things about my experience with Mirian. I truly feel a part of her family and know that we will have a lasting relationship as my daughters get older. You can contact me for more of a referral and/or call Mirian for an interview. Contact: Mirian Barboza, 235-3668

My current day care provider (a former teacher at Nini's Place) is wonderful! Mirian Barboza is in El Cerrito and has a small family day care called Little Foot Daycare. There are rarely more than 3-4 children there and they get lots of special attention. Mirian is very warm and loving, makes great healthy home-cooked meals, takes the kids to the park near her home regularly, and the children dance and paint and play. There is a consistent schedule but not a lot of structure and it is exactly what my 23 month old needs. He is very happy and secure there and sometimes is having so much fun he doesn't want to come home. We highly recommend her to anyone looking for a really homey family daycare (added plus is that our son speaks and responds to some Portuguese as Mirian is Brazilian and bilingual - nothing cuter than a two year old who says "Ciao, Mami!") Mirian can be reached at 235-3668 after 8/3 (she's on vacation now) . cyfloyd