Treehouse Reserve by Treehouse Learning Center Talk with Reserve

Founding membership · Brookline, Cambridge & Newton

Backup care your children already know.

Meet your family's small care team before the first call. When daycare closes, your nanny is out, or work runs overnight, Treehouse coordinates someone familiar.

Talk with a Reserve coordinator How Reserve works

Now welcoming 25 founding households. Intentionally small while we build a dependable local team.

A parent and familiar caregiver coordinate morning care while two children prepare for the day.

A prepared handoff. Familiar faces. One accountable team.

Meet first Your children meet their backup caregivers in advance
One call Treehouse coordinates availability and confirms the handoff
Days and nights From school pickup to planned overnight care
Close to home Brookline, Cambridge, and Newton
A caregiver begins an evening routine with two children as their parent leaves for a hospital shift.

Familiar faces make evening handoffs calmer.

How Reserve works

Meet before you need care.

We learn your routines, introduce the caregivers most likely to support you, and plan the first handoff before an urgent morning or overnight shift.

  • Your family is knownCaregivers meet your children during a paid introductory visit.
  • Your home is understoodRoutines, access, allergies, pets, permissions, and emergency preferences are documented.
  • Treehouse stays accountableOur team checks availability, confirms arrival, and follows through after care.

When plans change, your children are not starting from zero.

When plans change

Care for the gaps your usual plan cannot cover.

Request care from people your family has met, with Treehouse coordinating every confirmation.

The 6:15 AM message

Daycare closed. Your workday didn't.

Ask Treehouse to check your introduced team for an unexpected closure, recovery day, or schedule disruption.

Best for
Closures, mild recovery days, transition gaps
Ready in advance
Family brief and illness policy completed before the first request
How it works
Treehouse checks your introduced team and confirms who is available

Care standards

Screened carefully. Prepared for your home.

Background checks matter. So do judgment, communication, reliable arrival, and following your family's actual routine.

  • Identity, background, and reference review
  • Pediatric CPR and first-aid requirement
  • Scenario interview for urgent and overnight judgment
  • Family-specific briefing before independent care
  • Arrival confirmation and documented care handoff
  • Ongoing performance and reliability review

Good care includes clear limits. Illness, transportation, swimming, medication, and overnight assignments follow separate eligibility and consent policies.

Founding membership

A familiar backup team, built before you need it.

Membership pays for preparation and coordination. Care hours are billed separately.

Reserve Household

$495/month

Founding rate

For one household that wants backup care planned before the first disruption.

  • Complete family care and safety brief
  • Two primary caregiver introductions plus an alternate
  • Priority planned and urgent-request coordination
  • Quarterly familiarization and profile refresh
  • Documented post-care handoff
Member carefrom $62/hour
Standard minimum4 hours
Overnight careplanned by assignment
Talk with a Reserve coordinator

Pilot pricing is confirmed during the fit conversation and may vary for specialist, travel, transportation, or overnight assignments.

Straight answers

What parents usually ask.

Is Treehouse Reserve a nanny share?

No. Reserve does not begin by combining unrelated children in one host home. Each household receives care under its own profile, consent, and schedule.

Do you guarantee same-day coverage?

Not during the founding pilot. Members receive priority coordination, fast confirmation, and access to their prepared circle, but requests remain subject to caregiver availability and the care needed.

Can a caregiver stay with a mildly sick child?

Sometimes. The family's illness disclosure and the caregiver's opt-in are required. Fever, vomiting, diarrhea, communicable illness, and other higher-risk symptoms may make a request ineligible.

Will we always receive the same caregiver?

Your introduced circle is the first source for assignments. The goal is familiarity and continuity, but the exact caregiver depends on timing, availability, child needs, and assignment type.

What happens before overnight coverage?

Treehouse requires an introductory care block, a written overnight plan, emergency and medical contacts, household access instructions, and clearly defined on-duty hours.

What does the founding conversation cover?

We discuss your current care, where it breaks, child ages, geography, timing, transportation, illness expectations, and whether our pilot can responsibly support the request.

Start with a conversation

What kind of backup would make your week easier?

Tell us where your current plan is fragile. We review the fit before payment, matching, or any promise of coverage.

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Share the care gap.

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Talk with a Reserve coordinator.

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If the fit is right, begin onboarding.

Prefer email? reserve@mytreehousema.com