Description: KUYPER FAMILY CHILD CARE is a FAMILY DAY CARE HOME in BELLFLOWER CA, with a maximum capacity of 14 children. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Type | Inspection Dates | Reports/Citations |
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| Inspection | 2018-10-05 | FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT |
| Inspection | 2017-07-18 | FACILITY EVALUATION REPORT |
| Summary | 10/05/2018, 07/18/2017 | Type B Citation: 1; |
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*Type B citation is for a violation that, if not corrected, may become an immediate risk to the health, safety or personal rights of clients. Examples include faulty medical record keeping and lack of adequate staff training. |
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My son attended Buttercup Daycare and things seemed fine at first. Well, after she finally showed up for our tour because she wasn't even home for our scheduled tour. So, we waited for a long time for her to return home. That should have been a clue what we were in for.
After a couple of months, Becky started telling us that he was crying a lot and we decided to do a pop-up visit. We found the crib sheet filthy, he had someone else's pacifier in his mouth, the walker that he was playing with had DIRT packed on it (she had to scrub it to get it clean), the staff did not interact with him, and all they wanted to do was hold him. During the duration of him being there, Becky wanted to feed him ham at 8 mos with no teeth or permission from us (we rarely eat ham and it's not something we want our infant to have), we had to continuously ask her to keep him on a schedule, she gave him new foods without telling us (even though we repeatedly asked her to discuss with us first), he had diaper rashes constantly during the week with her, and was always sick. We concluded he was crying so much because she let him cry it out, which she admitted. And she had a violation for letting kids cry it out, and although she's supposed to let you know UPFRONT, she let us know AFTER we put a deposit down, secured our spot, and was ready to return to work. Dishonest.
She also has a rule that she will accept sick children. She said if she didn't accept sick children, she wouldn't make any money. Once we left her daycare, we read the guidelines of many daycares... no sick children allowed. Makes A LOT OF SENSE. Her daycare was always closed too. Her family sickness and she took SEVERAL vacations. Come on, be a daycare and be open for the families that you're there for.
Since changing daycares, no problems at all with our son. Happy and productive toddler. All of these items combined showed us Becky's daycare wasn't the place for him.
We wish her well but dishonesty is not a good thing, especially when children are involved. Maybe others have had great experiences. I hope parents take note and observe our reviews. And look up her license... her violations are right there for you.
We appreciated Becky when our son was small but as he started to grow and develop his own personality, we don't think it was to her liking and found that this daycare didn't work for him or her. She stated many times that our son was "different" in regards to his napping schedule. We guess she expected him to nap constantly and thought watching him would be easy. Put him to sleep for hours and that's it. Well, he doesn't nap a lot and that's okay because all kids are different. She compared him a lot to her infant. Two different personalities and from one mother to another, don't call my child different.
She informed us he was crying when in the crib and wouldn't nap. Well, after my visit, I concluded that she must have put him in there and left him crying because he was horrified of the room and the crib. He didn't do that at all with us or other cribs and I'd never seen my baby cry like this. He was FRIGHTENED of the room with the crib. She also mentioned several times that she let him cry it out. That wasn't our method and she shouldn't take it upon herself to implement that. She joked that she and her husband said he was screaming while crying. Plus, it's against her licensing rules for being a daycare to have kids cry it out and she already was under a violation for the exact same thing... allowing a baby to cry it out. We gave her a chance while she was under her violation and she turned around and did the same thing with our child. The crib sheet was also filthy. On the tour, she told me that she changed the sheets daily. Not true.
When I visited, I asked about toys and what they do to entertain my son. She pulled out real BABY toys. Yeah, my child is a baby but if he's not interested, find something he is interested in. Stimulate his mind. Keep him occupied and play with him. So, she pulls out the walker buried outside. It had DIRT on the handle. She tried to brush it off and had to take it to the sink to wash it off. So, obviously he's not using that to learn to walk. And if he is, wow...it was filthy. She really had no idea how to entertain him or help him grow or have fun.
Our son was always sick while attending this daycare also. Immediately after leaving, we didn't have to use the humidifier anymore and he stopped getting sick. I can't help but think he may have been sick due to their cleaniness because when I popped up, he had another child's pacifier in his mouth and they couldn't find his. I found it on the floor and she was about to put it right in his mouth! Geez, really?!
We also didn't appreciate her giving him new foods without telling us. For example, she would give him teething wafers in new flavors. When we asked her about it, she would reply "it's the teething wafer" but we're like "it's a NEW flavor". You don't introduce new foods to children without telling their parents. One day, she even told me she was going to give him ham. An 8-9 month old eating ham, with no teeth. How logical is that? You don't know if the family even eats ham. There are religious and certain beliefs behind eating ham.
She also said he likes to be held. Many babies do but we would tell them not to hold him very much. But, more times than one, we walked in and they were holding him. So, she wanted to blame a problem she created on us. Not cool. She said our son needed a lot of attention. You have a daycare of 11 children with 4 teachers. That's a great ratio. There's no reason you shouldn't be entertaining and playing with my son.
I was totally done when she told me that she needed a 4-week notice. My husband showed up to pick-up our son and she told him it's a 2-week notice. Total lie. And she lied within 15 minutes because he picked-up our son within 15 minutes of my conversation with her. So, if she lied about the notice, I can't help to believe that she lied about a lot more.
All-in-all, this daycare served its purpose but our son wouldn't have progressed staying there and, at the end of the day, she's not trustworthy. He has excelled so much in his new daycare and adjusted well with no issues. Toys are clean, he has a routine, and interacts well with children. Some kids don't do well with certain environments and it just doesn't work out. In this case, it didn't work out because Becky and her staff expected my son to nap the way they wanted him to, be a "baby" forever, didn't want to put in the effort to help him learn and excel, and some things there are just nasty.
It took me some time to decide if I wanted to write this review but, as a parent, I would want to know what I was getting into so hopefully my review can help Becky improve her daycare and help parents be aware.
I will also add that she has asked me to remove my review from websites trying to coverup her wrongdoings. Very dishonest.