Babes & Tots Home Daycare

Home · Bothell

What kind of place is this?

Size 12 children licensed In the middle half for Seattle home daycares, where the middle half licenses 6–12. Measured across 1,532 Seattle home daycares, 2026-08-17.

Who runs it

Ownership For-profit Washington DCYF issued this licence to an individual, not to a company. A licence held by a person is a sole proprietorship. findchildcarewa.org

Will it fit our family?

Not yet reported: ages served, hours, days / week, schedule, holiday closures.

What will it cost us?

This provider does not publish pricing.

What Shortlist has verified

State quality rating Early Achievers Enrolled
License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
March 9, 2026
On file
3 visits since February 2024 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousThis licensor conducted an unannounced annual monitoring inspection on 03.09.2026. I arrived to find 16 children under the care of two providers. Neither provider had an ECE short certificate or equivalent. Neither licensee S.P. or Lead Teacher D.J. were on the premises. Shakti Prabha and Divya Joti have an ECE or equivalent approved and verified in the electronic workforce registery (MERIT). · March 9, 2026

Washington DCYF publishes the licensor’s own observation and a risk level for every citation it issues at a licensing visit, with the inspection report attached as a PDF.

Mar 2026 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · March 9, 2026

Capacity waiver for family home providers

WAC 110-300-0358(3)(d) · Serious

This licensor conducted an unannounced annual monitoring inspection on 03.09.2026. I arrived to find 16 children under the care of two providers. Neither provider had an ECE short certificate or equivalent. Neither licensee S.P. or Lead Teacher D.J. were on the premises. Shakti Prabha and Divya Joti have an ECE or equivalent approved and verified in the electronic workforce registery (MERIT).

Individual employees are shown by initials. The state’s report, linked above, names them in full.

Report (PDF)

Mar 2026 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · March 9, 2026

Safe food practices

WAC 110-300-0197(4) · Short Term

Food transferred from original packaging (cereal) was not dated. Date Disputed Date Disputed

Supervising children

WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b) · Short Term

The doors leading to the unlicensed "office" on the main floor did not chime when opened.

Report (PDF)

May 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · May 6, 2025

Supervising children

WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b) · Short Term

Door chime system for sliding glass and front door were not functioning today when tested by the provider and this licensor. This was corrected immediately by the provider.

Report (PDF)

Feb 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · February 20, 2024

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b) · Serious

The provider has purchased and installed window blinds within the last year. They are in place on the three windows in the main activity area and one on the window in the play room.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Babes & Tots Home Daycare hasn’t published

Cost, hours and late pickup, a typical day, sick and biting policies.

Ask what changed after the two findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in March 2026.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

Sources and dates

Where every fact on this page came from, and when Shortlist last checked it against that source. Anything Shortlist could not source is named here rather than left blank.

What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

  • State quality rating, License status, Phone, Website — Checked July 2026 · findchildcarewa.org

State record

Every state visit and complaint on file, shown in full and never edited. Open a date to read what the state wrote.

Do you run Babes & Tots Home Daycare? Shortlist has no tuition, hours or ratios for it, because the state does not publish that. Add what is missing. It is free and takes about ten minutes.