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In episode 350, we see that the Third Hokage took on to take care of Naruto.
But towards the beginning of the anime Naruto is seen to be living alone.

Did Naruto live with the Third? If so, why did he leave there?


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Who took care of Naruto when he was young?


There is no canonical answer for this.

Naruto lived alone as a child.

As for who took care of him while he was a baby, no one knows.

The people that took care of him in his childhood were people like the
Sandaime, Iruka, and the ramen guy. However, they did not fulfill the roles of
parents. The closest person Naruto had as a parent was Jiraiya.


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Third Hokage promised Kushina, when she was dying, that he would take care of
Naruto, and he did.

Whole villagers knew that a monster fox was inside Naruto. This news also
spread to the other villages. If it weren't for the astute care of the Third
Hokage, other villages would have kidnapped Naruto and would have absconded
him out of Konoha.

The Third may not have sheltered him at home, but he did keep an eye for
Naruto. That is what taking care means.

Besides, Iruka and others were there too. However, the main role was still
played by the Third.


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He probably had a caretaker to take care of him. But she probably got
irritated at his energy and left when the series started. Thus the we see
Naruto has no caretakers. The third and Iruka did watch him and gave him money
as we see in episode 350, the third says to Naruto:"here is this months fee."


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We've seen that the concept of orphanages and adoption exists in the Ninja
world. Case in point **Kabuto** who we know grew up in Konoha's Orphanage.

For further reading, <http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Konoha_Orphanage>

So in my opinion, though not supported by any canon information, it is
reasonable to assume baby Naruto would've been taken cared of in the
orphanage. Unknown to him, he was guarded by Anbu from direct orders of third
Hokage who kept a personal eye on him.

We know for sure that once he was big enough he started living alone. Since I
am speculating I'll go further and say this can also be because the adults in
Konoha hated Naruto and no one was ready to adopt him as their own.


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