Bellevue · Licensed family home
Teddy Bear Child Care
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 3 of its 4 licensing inspections since February 2024. It lists no valid complaint about this home.
See each inspection
Licensing inspections
Jul 23, 20263 citations
Training requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“A.'s food card is expired.”
WAC 110-300-0106(12)
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“There is a gate at the bottom of the stairs blocking the emergency exit pathway.”
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c)
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“There was clorox bleach spray cleaner and clorox toilet bowl cleaner underneath the bathroom cabinet and is accessible to the children - provider removed during the visit.”
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a)
- Dec 2, 2025Nothing cited
Apr 14, 20252 citations
Preservice requirementsSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“Olgas 14 year old daughter does not have a PBC or a TB test.”
WAC 110-300-0105(2)
Emergency preparation and exitingSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“The back nap room exit window was locked - provider corrected during the visit.”
WAC 110-300-0166(4)(c)(i)
Feb 14, 20241 citation
Storage of hazardous and maintenance suppliesSerious. Fix within 5 business days. The licensor rechecks within 10.
“A toilet plunger/brush was accessible to the children - provider removed during the visit.”
WAC 110-300-0260(5)
The state cited rules at 3 of this home's 4 inspections. Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times split three ways: 42% had fewer, 28% the same, and 30% more (401 family homes).
How all 401 Seattle-area family homes inspected 4 times compare
Of the 401 Seattle-area family homes the state inspected 4 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:
- None6%
- 1 of 417%
- 2 of 420%
- 3 of 427%This home
- All 430%
Read every record and the state’s reports
State record — Washington DCYF
- Last visit
- July 23, 2026
- On file
- 4 visits since February 2024 — 1 cited nothing
- Most serious
- Serious —
A.'s food card is expired.
· July 23, 2026
Washington DCYF publishes each citation in the licensor’s own words, with a risk level.
Jul 2026 Licensing visit 3 findings
Licensing visit · July 23, 2026
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(3)(c) · Serious
There is a gate at the bottom of the stairs blocking the emergency exit pathway.
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(1)(a) · Serious
There was clorox bleach spray cleaner and clorox toilet bowl cleaner underneath the bathroom cabinet and is accessible to the children - provider removed during the visit.
Apr 2025 Licensing visit 2 findings
Licensing visit · April 14, 2025
WAC 110-300-0105(2) · Serious
Olgas 14 year old daughter does not have a PBC or a TB test.
Emergency preparation and exiting
WAC 110-300-0166(4)(c)(i) · Serious
The back nap room exit window was locked - provider corrected during the visit.
Feb 2024 Licensing visit 1 finding
Licensing visit · February 14, 2024
Storage of hazardous and maintenance supplies
WAC 110-300-0260(5) · Serious
A toilet plunger/brush was accessible to the children - provider removed during the visit.
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What it costs
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Details
- Area
- Bellevue, 98007This home’s state page lists no street address.
- License
- PL-25256
- Quality program
- Early Achievers Level 3
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
- 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.