Safety
Safety comes first, day and night.
Here is exactly how we keep your child safe, healthy, and well cared for, whether it's 10 in the morning or 2 in the morning.
Check any provider's license
California posts every licensed childcare and its inspection history online. Once our license is issued, our number goes at the bottom of every page so you can look us up.
California childcare license searchLicensed and inspected
- Licensed by the California Department of Social Services as a family child care home (license in progress)
- The state can visit unannounced at any time during care
- Pediatric CPR and First Aid (EMSA-approved) and 8 hours of Preventive Health and Safety training
Every adult is cleared
- Live Scan fingerprints and a Child Abuse Index check before they are ever around children
- TB-tested and immunized against flu, whooping cough (Tdap), and measles (MMR)
- Mandated reporter training, renewed every 2 years
A safe home
- Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, plus a fire extinguisher
- Medicines and cleaning products locked away
- Outlet covers, safety gates, anchored furniture, and secured blind cords
- A fenced yard and a smoke-free home
Safe sleep for babies
- Always on their back, in their own safety-approved crib
- A firm mattress and fitted sheet only: no pillows, bumpers, blankets, or toys
- No sleeping in car seats, swings, or bouncers
- Sleeping babies checked often
Overnight safety
- We stay awake whenever any child is awake
- Bedroom doors stay open, with a video-and-audio monitor on all night
- Clean bedding and spare pajamas for every child
- A written night-care plan, and every stay shorter than 24 hours
Safe pick-up
- Children go home only with adults on your written list
- We check photo ID until we know each adult by sight
- Digital sign-in and sign-out with the time, every day
Health and illness
- A quick health check at the door every day
- Children stay home with a fever, vomiting, diarrhea, or a contagious rash
- Medicine only with your written permission, in its labeled bottle, logged every time
- Frequent handwashing and daily cleaning of toys and surfaces
Ready for emergencies
- A written disaster plan with two ways out of the home
- Fire and earthquake drills, practiced and logged
- A 72-hour emergency kit and a full first aid kit
- We tell you the same day about any bump or injury
Privacy
- Photos of your child are shared only with your written permission
- We never post children's names or faces online without permission
- Children's records are kept in a locked file
A note on reporting
Like every childcare provider in California, we are required by law to report any suspected child abuse or neglect. This protects every child in our care.