Bothell · Licensed family home
Babes & Tots Home Daycare
What to know
The license is the range the state allows. It does not say which ages have openings.
What the state has found
The state cited rules at all 3 of its licensing inspections since February 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Mar 9, 20263 citations in 2 reports
Safe food practicesShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“Food transferred from original packaging (cereal) was not dated.”
WAC 110-300-0197(4)
Supervising childrenShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“The doors leading to the unlicensed "office" on the main floor did not chime when opened.”
WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b)
A second state report dated the same day: 1 citation
Capacity waiver for family home providersSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“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. S.P. and D.J. have an ECE or equivalent approved and verified in the electronic workforce registery (MERIT).”
WAC 110-300-0358(3)(d)
May 6, 20251 citation
Supervising childrenShort Term. Fix within 10 business days. Rechecked within 15.
“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.”
WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b)
Feb 20, 20241 citation
Safety requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“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.”
WAC 110-300-0165(2)(b)
The state cited rules at all 3 of this home's inspections. Most Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times had fewer: 66% of 698.
How all 698 Seattle-area family homes inspected 3 times compare
Of the 698 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None11%
- 1 of 323%
- 2 of 332%
- All 334%This home
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- March 9, 2026
- On file
- 3 visits since February 2024 — all of them cited findings
- Most serious
- 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. S.P. and D.J. have an ECE or equivalent approved and verified in the electronic workforce registery (MERIT).
· March 9, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
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. S.P. and D.J. have an ECE or equivalent approved and verified in the electronic workforce registery (MERIT).
Mar 2026 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · March 9, 2026
WAC 110-300-0197(4) · Short Term
Food transferred from original packaging (cereal) was not dated.
WAC 110-300-0345(5)(b) · Short Term
The doors leading to the unlicensed "office" on the main floor did not chime when opened.
May 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · May 6, 2025
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.
Feb 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · February 20, 2024
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.
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What it costs
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Details
- Phone
- (206) 412-4321
- Area
- Bothell, 98012This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-79503
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Enrolled
We couldn’t find some information that may matter to your decision: openings, Working Connections subsidy, cost, hours and late pickup, teaching approach, ratios and staff, a typical day, and sick and biting policies. We can ask the program for you and copy you in.
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.
State record
From Washington DCYF’s published reports, last checked November 3, 2026.
Washington’s four risk levels, highest first: Immediate, Serious, Short Term, Long Term. Deadlines from DCYF procedure PRO 10.1.21.
Ages
Details
- Phone, Website, License, Quality program — Checked July 2026 findchildcarewa.org
- Ages on the license — Checked September 2026 findchildcarewa.org
Full-size means licensed for 12 children, the most any Seattle-area family home holds; 735 of Seattle-area’s 1,532 licensed family homes are. Small is 3 to 6; mid-size is 7 to 11.
The ages on the license are what the state licenses it to care for, which can be wider than the ages it takes.