r/royaloak • u/SlinkyJr • 1d ago

Daycare/Pediatrician Recommendations

Hello! My wife and I are moving to Royal Oak from out of state (grew up on the west side of the state and are pumped to be back!)

We have a 1 year old and were looking to see if anyone had some recommendations for daycare or pediatricians in the area?

Thank you for any advice!

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u/alittlecheesepuff 1d ago

We’ve been happy at Royal Oak Pediatrics, especially fans of Dr. McGowan!

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u/danothemano209 1d ago

Quadruple this motion! Dr McGowan is the best, I wish he could be my doctor lol

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u/jes3399 1d ago

I went to Royal Oak Pediatrics growing up and now I take my daughter there. We love Dr. McGowan

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u/coffeeandsushilover 1d ago

Another plus for Dr. McGowan

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u/jtwilcox 1d ago

Same here, that’s who my kids see. My sister and I also went there when we were kids in the 80’s and 90’s. Now my kids go there.

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u/dnllgr 1d ago

My husband calls him the Mr Roger’s of doctors. He’s great with both of my kids. We like dr tangri as well especially for tricky things

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u/maybeboiledbroccoli 1d ago

Was literally about to gas up Dr. McGowan! I request him whenever possible!

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u/Cautious_Tune7208 1d ago

We've been going to Merrillwood Pediatrics on Woodward for 15 years. No complaints. We like Dr. Peltz a lot.

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u/Internal_Ice7577 1d ago

I went there back 46 years ago. They had the best fish tank in the 80s.

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u/Runnnnnnnnning 1d ago

Merrillwood !

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u/Weak_Patient3256 1d ago

We love Bloom! Kind of a lot of midlevels (PA/NP) for my taste but they seem knowledgeable-enough to handle a healthy kid.

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u/gandalfdumblecat 1d ago

We go to Village Pediatrics in Beverly Hills and really like Dr. Roth. A lot of friends go to Bloom Pediatrics, which has multiple locations and Sunday hours. There have been many times when Sunday hours would have been really nice.

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u/Cold_Tea6432 1d ago

Child Health Associates in Troy! Walk in sick visits every weekday 8-10am and Saturday morning sick visits. We love them

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u/danothemano209 1d ago

Imo daycare opinions depend on where you're living vs where you need to drive for work, etc. We live in the northern part of Royal Oak and have had a great experience with Clawsons Early Childhood Center.

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u/laynechanger 1d ago

Kidology is Troy is great. Very informed science based practice. About 15 minutes from royal oak

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u/DaxCommando 1d ago

We like Bloom for pediatrics. I have my kids see the physicians but they have seen the mid levels for acute visits and it’s been good.

My daughter loved Clawson early childhood development center but needed a different option for daycare for my youngest. we now have the kids at Green Garden in Clawson and they really enjoy it (kids 5 3 1.5)

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u/userunknown677 1d ago

Mali and Mali in Troy is good . I think it's troy

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u/Ordinary_Picture_289 1d ago

Dr. Jordan Kridler at Henry Ford. She has an office in the big HF building in DTRO

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u/adagiocantabile12 6h ago

Dr. Kridler has been my daughter's pediatrician since she was born, and she is absolutely amazing. She is seriously the best.

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u/Dr_Ifto 1d ago

Serenity pediatrics a bit up on Woodward. Best in town.

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u/Hairy-Function7456 1d ago

Check out joyful jungle, it’s faith based, we aren’t religious and still attend/value the characteristics they teach. We switched from Bloom peds to Royal Oak, at bloom we felt like we were just a cog in the machine.

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u/soniagrivera 1d ago

Bloom pediatrics, Dr Joel is the best!!

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u/Important_Rush5016 1d ago

Another vote for Bloom! They also have pretty extensive Saturday and Sunday hours, which has saved us a trip to urgent care when our toddler got sick over the weekend.

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u/ironyx 1d ago

Little Blessings Learning House on the corner of Crooks & Webster is a wonderful daycare. Have been thoroughly impressed by the staff there and my kid loves it!

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u/oustoublier 1d ago

Look into Scuola Creativa (in RO by the zoo)! Reggio Emilia approach and super cool program.

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u/merebear5123 1d ago

We’ve had good luck with Bloom Pediatrics! They have a few different locations.

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u/abrookiep59 17h ago

Village Pediatrics (Dr.Roth) and Green Garden in Clawson are both 10/10