Welcome to Northbrook UMC Nursery. We are happy you have entrusted us with the care of your child while you are in Worship Service and/or Sunday School. We have a long history of excellent childcare with loving workers who are eager to make your child's and your Northbrook experience a pleasant one.

LOCATION
Our infant nursery (0-12 months) is located upstairs in Building B on the left in Room 211. Our other nurseries are located downstairs in Building B in the following rooms:

Toddler Nursery (12 -24 months) - Room 103
Young Twos - Room 102
Older Twos - Room 104

SIGN IN PROCEDURES
Please sign your child in at their room. You will need to put your location and list any special needs/allergies on our sign in sheet. You will be given a nursery tag with a number. A matching tag will be placed on your child's bag. You must turn your tag in when picking up your child.

Beepers are available at each nursery room. We will assign you a beeper number. That number will be logged on the sign in sheet at your child's room. We ask that you keep the beeper
on you so you can feel the vibration. Please do not put the beeper in your purse. Please "hand off" your child to the nursery worker. We ask that you don't enter the room because it adds to the confusion. Rest assured that even if your child is upset when you leave,
it will be only minutes before they settle into the business of playing with the toys and the other children. Although, should your child continue to be upset for an extended period of time, we will beep you. Please don't linger in the halls where they can see you. All of our childcare workers are accustomed to helping your child adjust happily to the room and the children.

LABEL YOUR BELONGINGS
Please label your diaper bag, sippy cups, and bottles with your child's name. If you need a bag-tag for your bag, please let the nursery worker know, and we will be happy to provide you with one.

WORKERS AND VOLUNTEERS
Each room is staffed with two paid nursery workers and one or more volunteers. Our policy at Northbrook is if you use the nursery on a regular basis, your name will be put on our volunteer list. We rotate our volunteers on a quarterly basis, which means you will only
have to be in the nursery one hour every three months. You have a choice of switching times with anyone on the schedule to make it more convenient for you. Please just let the Nursery Coordinator know about the switch. We try not to put you in the room with your own child.

Volunteering in the nursery is a very rewarding experience, and we are dependent on our volunteers to keep our child/adult ratio low.

ILL OR INJURED CHILDREN
If your child is obviously ill or injured, we will utilize our beeper system. Remember that we ask you to please keep the beeper on your possession not in your purse.

PICK-UP
Please be prompt in picking up your child from the nursery as any delay can result in distress. It is most traumatic when a child sees all the other children leaving and imagines himself abandoned. We hope you will use our loving nursery on a regular basis so you can participate in Worship and Sunday School each week. We love to get to know your children and look forward to seeing them each Sunday.

Please contact:
Kelly McKelvey, Nursery Coordinator
770-998-2000 ext. 232