Blooming Buds Childcare

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What kind of place is this?

Size 8 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

License status Active

State record — Washington DCYF

Last visit
August 22, 2025
On file
3 visits since August 2023 — all of them cited findings
Fixed?
Washington DCYF does not publish whether a finding was corrected.
Most serious
SeriousWood chips around climber are not nine inches of chips before being dirt. · August 22, 2025

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.

Aug 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · August 22, 2025

Equipment and surfaces in outdoor early learning space

WAC 110-300-0146(1)(a)(b) · Serious

Wood chips around climber are not nine inches of chips before being dirt.

Immunizations and exempt children

WAC 110-300-0210(1)(2) · Long Term

The provider does not request a current, complete immunization record annually as required by RCW 43.216.690 and 246-106-050.

Emergency preparedness plan

WAC 110-300-0470(1) · Short Term

One of six child files does not contain verification that the parent or guardian reviewed the emergency plan when their child enrolled.

Report (PDF)

Jul 2024 Licensing visit 2 findings

Licensing visit · July 8, 2024

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious

Door to licensed play area, and primary fire exit, was dead-bolted when this licensor went to open it to inspect the outdoor play area. The provider reports a child was fiddling with it this morning. This was corrected immediately.

Emergency preparedness plan

WAC 110-300-0470(2) · Short Term

An evacuation floor plan that identifies room numbers or names of rooms, emergency exit pathways, emergency exit doors, and emergency exit windows for family-home based programs as described in WAC 51-51-0326 -Where the alternate evacuation location is. -What to take when evacuating children, including: (A) First-aid kit(s); (B) Copies of emergency contact information; (C) Child medication records; and (D) Individual children's medication, if applicable. -How parents or guardians will be able to contact the early learning program. -How children will be reunited with their parents or guardians after the event. - Earthquake procedures including: (i) What a provider will do during an earthquake; (ii) How a provider will account for all children; and (iii) How a provider will coordinate with local or state officials to determine if the licensed space is safe for children after an earthquake. -Public safety related lockdown scenarios where an individual at or near an early learning program is harming or attempting to harm others with or without a weapon. This plan must include lockdown of the early learning program or shelter-in-place steps including: How parents or guardians will be contacted after the emergency ends.

Report (PDF)

Aug 2023 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · August 10, 2023

Safety requirements

WAC 110-300-0165(2)(d) / 110-300-0165(5)(g) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

Plastic gloves accessible to children on the shelf below the diaper changing table. The food prep area in the garage was accessible to children today via a garage door and baby gate that had been left ajar. In this space a power cord/surge protector with multiple items plugged into it was located direclty next to the sink.

Emergency preparation and exiting

WAC 110-300-0166(3)(a) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

A toddler knob is on the door that leads to the outdoor play area. This is the primary fire exit door.

Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies

WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) / 110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) / 110-300-0260(4) / 110-300-0260(5) · Serious · No longer displayed by the state

The family's garage has been divided in half by bookshelves. One half is used as a food prep, food storage and laundry area. The other half is used in a typical way for a garage although there did not appear to be room for a vehicle. The garage door was ajar when this licensor inspected. There is a baby gate in this doorway as well. It was also ajar. Two refrigerators that present possible entrapment risks were present in this space. The garage portion of the garage was observed to contain motor oil and pesticides on a lower shelf that would be accessible to taller toddlers and pre-schoolers. The food prep, food storage, and laundry area did not appear clean and sanitary. I observed that a banana was in the process of being sliced on top of the washing machine. The kitchenarea used for food prep also is the utility sink for laundry. It did not appear to be cleaned and sanitized on a daily basis. The floor does not appear to be cleaned and sanitized on a daily basis. The shelves which contain food items do not appear to be cleaned and sanitized on a routine basis.

Report (PDF)

Before you tour

Blooming Buds Childcare hasn’t published

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

Ask what changed after the five findings Washington DCYF ranked Serious, most recently in August 2025.It does not publish whether a finding was fixed. The rest carry its lower risk levels.

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What kind of place is this

Not yet reported: established, teaching approach.

Who runs it

Licensing and contact

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 Blooming Buds Childcare? 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.