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Mahnoosh Dastan Loving Home Daycare, Fairfax

Based on 6 reviews

About

Loving Home Daycare, owned by Mahnoosh Dastan, is a home-based child care program located in the Fairfax area near the Hampton Woods neighborhood and Willow Springs. The daycare is open year-round from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday, and serves infants from 2 months old, toddlers, and preschool children up to age 5. The program includes activities such as arts and crafts and early learning practice with Reader Rabbit software. English is the primary language of instruction, and families may request basic Farsi exposure. Healthy snacks are provided, and the environment is peanut and tree-nut free. The daycare also offers drop-in care for occasional needs and before and after school care for children up to age 6 who attend nearby Willow Springs Elementary School. This child care program aims to support early learning through simple, age-appropriate activities while giving families a full-time or part-time option within the local Fairfax community.
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Leah D.
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Posted 3 months ago
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I cannot in good faith recommend this provider. In fact, I would tell you to run. I was 30 and married when I had my daughter and the provider would always talk down to me in a belittling tone about how I was too young to be a mom. Constantly criticize me when I was just doing my best (and, in hindsight, actually a really good job to a very energized girl). My daughter genuinely feared her. She’d sob and cling to me desperately whenever I dropped her off which she did NOT do at the other daycares. The provider made me feel like it was my fault and one day yelled at me that my colicky girl was too hard “and like watching 3 children”. I was always apologizing. I always had this sinking feeling like she was mistreating my daughter whether verbally or physically- based on the behavior changes I saw at home. It wasn’t until one day when I arrived to find my daughter seriously injured that I had enough. Her tooth had gone through her lip. THROUGH it. The provider had never notified me even though it happened hours earlier and was STILL bleeding. She never reported it and downplayed it saying she “fell and bumped the wall”. No such thing happened. She looked like she fell down a flight of stairs. No EAP was followed, no protocols were followed, no doctors, parents, or 911 was called, nothing. My daughter is 5 years old now and still has the scar. I should have reported her then. I regret not doing so. I was afraid if I did she would retaliate against my daughter when I wasn’t there. I should have just taken her out then and there but I had no other childcare options in place and so little money so I had to wait out the 2 weeks in fear. She showed me her true colors on the last day. Screamed at me out the door when I asked for the new bag of wipes back that I had given her two days prior. She gaslit me, accused me of calling her a liar, and ran me out the door screaming at the top of her lungs and shaking her fists in the air. I was nothing but kind and respectful to that woman. I’m still afraid of her. That’s why it’s honestly taken me this long to leave this review. Please don’t trust her with your babies. I wish I never had.
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Cheyenne C.
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Posted 5 months ago
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We love this childcare provider. She's family to us. Our daughter is obsessed with her. Honestly, she is making raise children in our current world- exciting, tolerable. She cares so much for us- our well-being. We love her!
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Shandi P.
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Posted 2 years ago
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We love working with this caregiver! She truly cares about are kids and we trust her to care for them like her own. She is very attentive to their needs ans works well with their age gaps.
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Randy S.
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Posted 4 years ago
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This provider loves our little Evelyn(10 months old) like she was her own. She cuddles her, reads to her, plays with her. Evelyn smiles and giggles when she sees her. When I leave, I know Evelyn is safe, loved, learning, exploring, and having fun. Me and my husband highly recommend her!!!!
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Farnoosh G.
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Posted 5 years ago
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The provider was a great caregiver to our son, Jack. She was very patient and loving, the two very important qualities we were looking for in a daycare.
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Shadi T.
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Posted 5 years ago
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My husband and I are very grateful to have this provider as a care taker. She is not only professional but very sweet and loving towards my girls. She also provides a very clean and safe environment. We highly recommend her.
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Home-based
Hours
7:30am - 5:30pm
Ages
2 months - 6 years
Kindergarten
No
Before School Care
Yes
After School Care
Yes
Accreditation
No
Meals Provided
Yes (extra fee)
Transportation
No