Description: Loveland's Little Tots is a Family Child Care in Loveland CO, with a maximum capacity of 8 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Preschool. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Type | Report Date | Category | Finding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspection | 2020-08-20 | Supervisory | |
| Inspection | 2019-08-19 | Supervisory | |
| Inspection | 2018-09-19 | Supervisory | |
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I do not recommend Stephanie Cooper's daycare she is impatient, passive aggressive, strict with the kids, and shows no compassion. Everything seemed normalish when we did the tour. Except the overpowering scent of burning incense in the house and being rushed by her too aggressive dogs upon arrival and during our exit out. I wanted to know my daughter would be in the best possible care so I asked if we could meet for lunch with the other kids so they could meet before her first day. Stephanie said that's fine one of the girls has a birthday and she chose Chick-fil-A for her birthday lunch. We met at Chick-fil-A I noticed immediately that only one child was eating Chick-fil-A and that was the birthday girl. During our tour Stephanie made it seem like birthdays were so special and the kids had fun but really everyone had to sit and watch the one girl eat. I witnessed three of the kiddos attempt to get up they were firmly sat back in their seat all three of them whimpered, to be honest the kids seemed scared and quiet almost as if there was a consequence of not behaving. I had an odd feeling a gut intuition that this may not be the right person for our family. The next day was our first day. Upon arrival Stephanie never once greeted, never said hi, or tried to welcome my daughter. She was rushed into the van immediately and began to cry for me. I walked away sat in my car for about 1 minute watching Stephanie restrain her in the car seat while she screamed for Mommy. I go back over to the van to try and assist with buckling her in. I immediately noticed the condition of the van and the car seats. They were stained, filthy and smelly and the straps were so twisted and Tangled that you couldn't adjust the chest plate, the shoulder straps were still on the first hole designed for an infant. My daughter is 2. I mentioned this to Stephanie directly that it was kind of hard to get her buckled in properly because of the tangling of the straps. She said they work fine for me. To be honest I'm pretty sure those car seats have to be expired there's no way they have gotten to that extreme in just a few months. Not to mention there are these big wooden boards dividing each car seat that float and flop around. The kids can't see each other can't talk or touch each other. To me this was odd. After buckling her in I went about my way and never once was able to sit down and relax the entire 4 hours that she was in Stephanie's care. I knew and I could feel that she was crying for me the entire time, I called Stephanie told her I'm coming to pick her up I'm canceling my contract and we will not be returning. Upon arrival she basically threw my belongings into my arms out by her van and my daughter did not look like she had a good day. Her cheeks were flush red her eyes were so swollen she cried the entire time. Once we got into the car I asked her what's wrong and she told me Stephanie hit me Stephanie hit me Stephanie mean. She began hitting her own arm to show me what happened. I confronted Stephanie immediately after getting home. To be honest I had to leave or I was going to end up in jail because I was going to do the same thing to her that she did to my daughter. Instead I called the department of human services and reported child abuse immediately. Stephanie chose not to respond when I confronted her that my daughter said she was hit and that she was mean, Stephanie chose not to defend herself she never responded. I filed a report with the department of human services and this is currently under investigation. There were a few kids there that witnessed what happened. I chose Stephanie Cooper because she was $10 cheaper than everywhere else. What a mistake. Not to mention she had canceled daycare 2x in the first two weeks of our start date so I would have needed backup care the first two weeks of going there. I do not recommend Stephanie Cooper for your child's care follow your gut follow your intuition. go meet her yourself see her demeanor yourself. I hope she gets in trouble for hitting my daughter. There are other accusations of abuse against Stephanie Cooper in Loveland Little tots this is not the first time that this allegation has been made against her. And I guarantee it won't be the last. Kids don't lie kids tell.
I am honestly writing this to save others from wasting their time touring Loveland Little Tots and potentially putting their children in harms way. I wish I found these reviews before we wasted out time meeting Stephanie. From the moment we stepped in the back gate my spidey senses were on very high alert. I have an occupational background dealing with liars. The women was saying one thing but I was picking up on a very different vibe, as was my wife. Her dogs came out and were highly jumpy and not the kind of rescue dogs that should be anywhere near kids and it was clear there were no real secure boundries. She was defensive of their aggressive behavior.
Then we get a tour of her dirty, run down basement facility with dangerously steep wooden stairs for the entrance. It smelled of scented oil diffusers and dirty dogs. Not the environment I could ever feel safe leaving my child in. Then she goes on about daily field trips to Walmart and Greely Chucky Cheese. The kids don't play in the fenced in 10'x20' yard, that is for the dogs to poop in. Instead they play in the front yard of a corner house. FYI there are over 25 registered sex offenders within 1 mile, many within blocks. No thanks. No way!
The best part is her handbook we left with. I will quote the section about Neighbor Issues:
"When you pick up or drop-off at my daycare DO NOT use the neighbor across the streets driveway. He is very sensitive about his property and there is a HISTORY OF VIOLENCE WITH THIS MAN if you don't comply. There is no reason to ever touch his property. Please don't ever engage with him. THERE IS NO REASON TO HAVE TO. WARNING: He is now taking photographs of peoples cars."
Her handbook also goes on to let you know her dogs have behavioral issues and if she ever see's you hit or kick her dogs on camera, she will report you to police. There is a history of parents hitting and kicking her dogs. ODD!!
She should not have children in her care. I believe there is something very bad going on there.
So since I found the review above I thought I would share my experience. Thank you to whoever posted the review above. I feel better now posting my encounter. I took my child there and after the first day my child was fine, second day was fine. After my child would kick, scream, cry and telling my husband and I they didn’t want to go. (My child was young but this was not normal behavior ) (my child has had a couple other babysitters in the past and he never acted like this) i confronted my child about why they didn’t want to go. My child didn’t want to tell me, my child cried and cried. My child cried so much they threw up because they were so worked up. My child proceeded to say “Stephanie hurt” “hurt” “hurt” I told my child to show me, my child proceeded to start hitting their face. Fast forward… I confronted her, she said absolutely not, this didn’t happen. I pulled my child immediately from the school. Fast forward again. Today April 17th (it’s been 1.5-2years almost) we were driving, my child out of the blue goes “mommy do you remember Stephanie?” I told my child yes what about her. My child said “ya she wasn’t nice to me” I asked why was that. They said “she hit me mom remember” “mom Janel and Tammy, never ever hit me, they were good guys” to this day I believe my child, yes my child was young by my child is also very smart and remembers a lot of things. I believe my child and ever since they haven’t mentioned anyone else hitting them ever.
If I could give this provider a 0 star I would. When we interviewed this provider she seemed great. After a few months of my child being there she was not reliable. I was constantly trying to find back-up care for my child at the last minute (the same morning she would be closed at times). She still expected to be paid when she constantly had "emergencies". Many of these emergencies is because her dogs were sick. She would also have to close early constantly, with same day and sometimes even just a few hours notice. She adopted two puppies that were using the children as chew toys, peeing on my child's belongings (which she didn't bother to clean, she just put them in a bag and handed them to me when I picked him up), letting the dogs/puppies jump on children/parents, and lied about taking my child on field trips. She was constantly losing children in her care. She also made comments to my child about war, "Well the war isn't here today but probably tomorrow morning." My child would ask me many questions about things such as guns and things that we do not discuss in our home, he would say "Miss Steph said that the police will come and get us if we are playing outside in the snow (the children were never outside playing when I would get there, I understand if it is bad weather or cold but don't threaten the children)." This was an awful experience and I would never want another child to go through this.