Add a child

Owners, managers and senior practitioners can add children. Have the child’s basic details, start date and room ready. Check for an existing record first, especially if the family previously enquired.

Add the child’s details

1. Open Children and select Add Child.
2. Enter their first and last names, gender and date of birth.
3. Choose their Home Room and Start date.
4. If a sibling is already in Meadow, use Connect to a sibling. You can choose which shared contacts to copy in the next step.
5. Select Continue.

A future start date puts the child in Enrolled, rather than on the waitlist. Use Waitlist when a place has not yet been agreed.

Add family contacts

Choose Add another contact and enter the person’s name. Add an email address or phone number; an email is required if you want to invite them.

For Invite as, choose:

• Parent for a parent or guardian who needs parent access.
• Family for a family member who needs the more limited family view.
• Don’t invite to save their contact details without sending an invitation now.

Add a relationship label, such as “Mum”, and mark emergency contacts where appropriate. A relationship label is a description; it does not by itself give someone permission to collect a child or use Meadow.

Check any contacts copied from a sibling before saving. The add-child flow accepts up to ten contacts, including copied contacts.

Save and check the record

Select Save, or Save and invite when you have chosen to invite someone. Then open the child’s record to check the About and Family tabs.

If an invitation fails, the child’s record may still have been created. Check Children before trying to add them again, then send the invitation from Family.

Next: Add a schedule and check contact permissions.