Object: characterize the needs of educators and health professionals from the Child Education Center with regard to knowledge about child health; to discover their perception of the work process and enumerate multidisciplinary developed strategies that would provide the optimize the work. Method: exploratory qualitative study, accomplished with nine professionals in the education and three professionals of health. The range of material available for analysis was collected in months of April and May 2011 through a structured screenplay and reports analyzed as referential content analysis. Results: Three categories: the importance of knowledge regarding the infant care in daycare -the vision of childhood educators; the need for routine communication and integrated care; realizing the need for understanding and renewal. Discussion: the results indicate that all professional understand the importance of interdisciplinary work and effective communication as well as the need to have a greater knowledge of child health, arising out of updates and continuing education.