I just called Dr. Leung. She recommands me to bring my son to Pediatric Dentistry as I mentioned that my son has baby bottle teeth problem which may need some treatment. Dr. Leung does kid dental check up, but it depends on how cooperative the child is. As my son is very young (2y), she refer me to go to pediatric dentist.
After talking to Dr. Leung, I phoned Staten Island Pediatric Dentistry, they only accept partial of my insurance (Cigna) because they are not in the network. That means I have to pay half for every visit. The first time check up with x ray and flouide will cost $149 (which I have to pay half after insurance coverage). Do you think the price is reasonable?

Thanks. I use denist in NYC as I work in NYC. However, I just want to try somewhere closer for the baby in case he needs multiple visits for treatment. I tried to call Dr Leung, but it's only answering machine. Any idea when she will be back? Additionally, anyone use Staten Island Pediatric Dentisry? I saw their brochure in my son's daycare and heard some good thing about the doctor. However, not sure if they will overcharge like Hoboken Pediatric Dentistry does.

Can anyone recommand any good Pediatric Dentistry in JC or neighborhood area? Do they have office hour on Sat?

Thanks, linky.
I called them yesterday and they will send me the brochure with more information. The lady told me that they have lots of kids are from my community (society hill)....so that she recognize my address when I read to her.
They open from 7 to 5:30, but has extend hours to 6pm. The full time tuition is $825 per month inclunding meals (breakfast, lunch, snacks). I have never been to the facility before. However, I heard lots of good review and was very surprised that they don't have a crazy long wait list like other daycare. I don't have any religion preference. My son is currently in Jewish nursery and we are not even Jew....

My son (2 year old) has biting problem recently when he had fight with other kids. I am afraid that he got kicked out by his daycare. Therefore, I start to look for other backup option. However, it's also good to know that there is other option. They accept infant from 6 weeks old up to 5 year old.

anyone has more detail information regarding this center? (tution, time, teacher, program, etc.) do they have wait list?

River School has extremely long wait list, especially for toddler. We have been on waiting list for 1 year now, and we still did not hear anything from them. I've heard that all space has been filled by babies from infant room and siblings. Therefore, they don't accept from wait list at this time. Therefore, we put our son to Sunnyside Academy at port liberte when he was 14 month old. However, it's getting more expensive there($325 per week up to 5:30pm), so we transferred our baby to Bayonne Jewish Community Center Nusery last month. He seems happy there and learn a lot as well.
For information purpose, I have checked with Beyond Basic Learning in Hoboken, they will charge $16XX per month for my son's age group. It's getting really pricy for daycare around the area......I think I probably will get a nanny if I have second baby...

I did face the same situation once, but the guy did not tow my car and just gave me a warning.
I shop at BBB for about $100 and went to ShopRite for another shopping. After that, my son (20 month) refused to get into the car. In order to smooth him, I decided to go get some snack for him in food court by walking with stroller as he refused to get into car. After I came back (leave about 10 minutes) with snacks, a guy approching me and told me that he can tow my car as I left the parking lot. He claim that he saw everything and only gave me a warning because I was with a baby. I think I should feel luck, huh?

PS it's good to know JC resident only need to pay $1 at Newport Mall parking. :)

I remeber I have the same situation at the beginning of last year. I had hard time to find a good daycare in the area for young baby. I was target River School on Warren and Baby Galileo. River School is pricy and has extremely long wait list and my baby still cannot get in till now (18 month now). However, if you have older kid, it might be easier. One of my friend moved from Chicago to JC and ask me about daycare for her 3 year old. Luckily, she got a spot when they just moved here last Nov. Now her 9 month old got in because of sibling policy. Both my neighbor and I have been on wait list since last year, but we hear nothing (I have 18 month and my neighbor has 2 year old).
Baby Galileo is ok. The environment is not as good as River School, but it's cheap. I gave up that place because I got a job in City (I was working in Newport area at that time) afterward so that the place is not convenient to me anymore. Additionally, I was not really comfortable to leave my baby with those caregivers who speak no English (I am afraid that they might be illegal and I cannot communitcate with them for my baby's daily routine and performance)

Therefore, it turn out that I have to ask help from my mom and she sent my aunt over from my country to help for the first year(I paid her). And then I put my baby in sunnyside academy at port liberte when he was 13 month old. However, even the environment looks nice, he still got sick every month, but not serious though. And the price is vry expensive. They increased to $325 per week now and it's only upto 5:30pm. You have to pay extra $10 daily to extend to 6:30pm. It's even more pricy than River School. But the good thing about sunnyside port liberte is sibling policy. The second one is half price for the first year. However, we might not be benefit from the policy because my son probably goes to pre-K somewhere else when the second one is ready to dayacare.

Now we are planning to have second one and I am so afraid the same delima will come again. Besides to put the baby on wait list in River School, I really consider to take early train and bring my young baby with me to the City and find the daycare around my office as I cannot find anything good in JC. The price is almost the same as what I am paying to sunnyside at port liberte now.

Hi, ErieSt

Is your baby currently with Baby Galileo? How old is he now? I visited them couple hours right before the delivery of my son last December..:) I remembered the environment is ok, but I like the environment in River School better. I probably will stop by some time this week to visit again. I've told them to reserved a spot for us in Feb 2007. Probably my son and your son can be classmates.

I did not know that waiting list for River School is so long. When I worked in Newport, I've called River School at Newport, but they said they preferred resident at newport first and asked me to call the one at exchange place because they do not have waiting list. That's why I was surprised when I visited them 2 weeks ago and they told me they have 75 people on the waiting list.....

We live in Society Hill, which is off RT 440. Both my husband and I work in NYC. We take light rail and then transfer PATH in exchange place to get into the City. I work in midtown and my husband works in dowtown Manhanttan. I am looking for daycare for my baby, too. I visited River School in exchange place recently, but they told me that they have 75 people on the waiting list and will try to clean up by the end of this month. However, there is no guarantee and Manager Lisa wants me to keep looking for other options.
Therefore, We want to stop by Sunnyside Academy at Port Liberte yesterday, but we cannot find the place. simonJC, could you tell me where is the daycare location? I drove from Garfield Ave and turn right on Chapel Ave, but I did not see anything like daycare around. Additionally, how is the traffic around the area in the morning rush hour? My housband is afraid that it will take us at least 30 minutes to drive to daycare in the morning rush hour and then another half hour to drive to the light rail parking.

So far We only have a guarantee reservation at Baby Galileo because I still worked in Newport area when I was pregranent and I drove and parked in Newport Mall. The environment looks ok, but a little bit small. However, I got another job in City now so the location is not that convenient to me. Baby is 10 month now and will be only 13 month when we have to drop him to daycare. I don't think it's good idea to take him with me to the daycare in the City, isn't it?

Anyone has better suggestion to us?