Nursery and Baby Day Care
Choosing care for your baby is one of the most personal decisions you will make. Our nursery program welcomes babies from six weeks of age, with calm, light-filled rooms, caring educators and routines that follow your baby's lead. Every Excel centre is built around the same promise: your baby is known, comforted and encouraged to explore at their own pace. Find your nearest centre to see what is available, join a waitlist or ask us a question. We partner with you to make the move into care seamless and stress-free for both you and your baby, and keep you constantly connected throughout the day when they are with us.
What makes quality baby daycare different
Great baby childcare is about much more than supervision.
In the first two years, emotional security,movement, communication and sensory exploration all shape how a child learnslater on. That is why our nursery is designed around relationships first.Babies are cared for by familiar educatorswho take the time to learn their cues, preferences and routines. Thatconsistency helps babies feel safe, even as they start to explore a new place.
Care that follows your baby's lead
Every baby has their own rhythm for feeding, sleeping and settling. Before your baby starts, we ask about what works at home, including comfort items such as dummies or favourite comforters, and we carry those routines into the nursery.
Bottles, meals, naps and play follow your baby's needs rather than a fixed timetable, which makes the move from home to childcare gentler for everyone.
How babies learn at Excel
Babies are supported to develop:
• Emotional security through close, responsive relationships
• Movement through reaching, rolling, crawling and walking
• Early communication through sounds, gestures and language
• Sensory awareness through touch, sound and sight
Baby Sensory sessions are included at no extra cost, giving babies gentle experiences of touch, sound, light, texture and movement that support their brain, body and social development.
Babies thrive with people they trust. Our nursery leaders are qualified in early childhood education and hold current first aid, CPR and infant safe sleep training. Each baby has key educators who build a trusting relationship over time, so your baby always has a familiar face when they need comfort and a celebration partner when they reach a new milestone.
Your baby's safety comes first. Every Excel nursery has secure entry, child-friendly facilities and clear supervision at all times. Our safe sleep practices follow Red Nose Australia guidelines: babies sleep on their back, in a clear cot, in a temperature-controlled sleep room, and sleep is monitored continuously. We never wake a sleeping baby for routine activities, and every sleep is recorded in our family app.
We know it can be hard to leave your baby, so we make it easy to stay in touch. Through our secure family app, you can see photos, observations, feeds, sleep, nappy changes and milestones as they happen, and read a daily summary at the end of the day. You can message your baby's educators directly, and you are always welcome to chat at drop off and pick up.
Starting daycare is a big step for babies and parents. Every enrolment includes orientation visits at no extra cost, where you stay with your baby, explore the room, meet the educators and learn the daily rhythm. Families can do as many orientation visits as they need. Many families then start with half days for the first one to two weeks and build up to full days as their baby grows comfortable.
Our nursery includes nutritious meals prepared on site when your baby is developmentally ready for solids, nappies supplied throughout the day, safe sleep environments and age-appropriate learning resources. You are welcome to send expressed breast milk or formula, and breastfeeding mums are welcome to visit during the day to feed.
Find an Excel nursery near you
Excel Early Learning Centres are designed with children in mind, with purpose-built rooms, outdoor play spaces and secureentry.
