Lil Tikes Day Care Center

“There were 15 children combined in the front room. The age of the youngest child was five months and the age of the oldest child was three years. This was corrected at inspection when the infants went to their room.”

“Infants and children were observed having screen time. This was corrected at inspection when the television was turned off.”

“Disenfectant spray was accessible to children waiting in line for the bathroom. This was corrected at inspection when spray can was removed.”

“A mop bucket full of water was accessible to children waiting in line for the bathroom. This was corrected at inspection when the mop bucket was removed.”

“There were five infants with one caregiver in Infant room. The ages of the infants were five months, seven months, eight months, 11 months, and 19 months, The specified age group was 0 to 11 months. This was corrected at inspection when a child wa moved to another room.”

“One of the three children files was missing school age information. NOTE: Corrected at inspection.”

“During snack time the children were provided one component (pudding) instead of two components.”

“The Consumer Report form was observed to have been last reviewed on 5.12.24. NOTE: This was corrected at inspection.”

“At the time of inspection, the gas inspection was unavailable for review.”

“One of the feeding schedules for a bottle-feeding infant was unavailable at the time of inspection.”

“The infant classroom was observed out of ratio when the second caregiver left the room several times to open the front door throughout drop off. The specifed age group was 0-11 months and there were 7 infants present. This was corrected when the second caregiver returned to the infant classroom and child/caregiver ratio was back in compliance.”

“Based on the evidence gathered, the operation was enforcing a policy regarding toilet-trained children, but this policy was not written in the center's operational policies when provided to parents at enrollment.”

“An infant under 12 months was observed asleep in a crib propped up with a boppy pillow and a blanket. This was corrected when the items were removed from the crib.”

“Based on the evidence gathered, parents were not allowed to visit their children at the daycare while their children participated in a holiday event.”

“Based on the evidence gathered, a caregiver did not use positive methods of redirection with a child during potty training. The caregiver had the child hold their wet pull-up while they placed a clean pull-up on the child.”

“Based on the evidence gathered, a caregiver did not follow proper health and safety practices when they asked the child to hold their wet pull-up during potty training.”

“The operation did not have their current fire inspection report on file or available for review.”

“Four out of the six children's files evaluated did not have signed Parent's Rights form.”

“One out of the six children's files evalauted did not have a signed healthcare provider statement on file. The child had been enrolled over 12 months.”

“A caregiver was observed having to leave a classroom of preschool children unattended for less than minute to unlock the front door to receive children coming in for care. Caregiver was also put in charge of administrative/clerical duties as all employees present were responsible for supervising children in care. This was corrected when the director arrived at the center and took over admin duties.”

“A large bottle of homemade weed killer along with bottles of vinegar and dish soap were on the floor within children's reach as they walked to and from the restroom. This was corrected at inspection when the solutions were moved from the area and made inaccessible to children.”

“The emergency preparedness plan is missing written procedures for the evacuation, relocation, and sheltering/lock-down of children during different types of emergency situations.”

“Two children did not have signed healthcare provider statements on file after being enrolled for 12 months or more.”

“An employee with a pending background check was observed caring for children. She completed fingerprints however the employee recently recieved notice that the fingerprints did not go through and they will have to be resubmitted.”

“Gas leak inspection was last conducted on 11/30/2018. Gas leak inspection was last done on 11/30/2018.”

“There were five infants under 12 months old in care with one caregiver at 10:30am. At 10:50am a second caregiver came in to the infant room which placed the infant room in compliance with ratios.”

“Most recent fire marshal inspection was conducted on 06/01/2019.”