COLUMBIA - Many local daycares are filling up as the demand grows for parents needing child care. Vaccination rates are rising, which means more people are cleared to go back to work, leaving parents without many options. The Executive Director of Mary Lee Johnston Community Learning Center said with 48 infants and toddlers and the rest preschool learners, they are at full capacity. "We've seen a lot of parents looking for immediate care and we've also seen an increase in requests for infant care," Gay Litteken said. Litteken believes the infant care demand is high because parents who had newborns during the pandemic are feeling more comfortable.Â