Open Arms In Home Daycare

My daughter was with Open Arms for 10 months. My experience with this daycare in the beginning was great. But somewhere along the line things started going awry.
The owner was cited by department of social services for being overcapacity. She failed to notify the parents and then made up elaborate lies to try to cover it up. I called the department and also talked to the inspector who went out there to verify. It got to a point where she couldn’t even keep her lies straight.
When you are looking for daycares, ask how many children are there and what their ages are. Only 4 infants (under age 2) are allowed in a large family home daycare. She had 7 at the time we took our daughter out.
Also ask if they are participating in the Food Program. State gives daycares money to provide healthy nutritious meals and comes out and inspects to make sure it is being provided. I didn’t see them eating healthy meals so I always packed my daughter’s lunch. I have also on several ocassions seen them preparing ramen. I always assumed it was for the workers to eat, never in a million years would I have imagined that they would be giving it to the kids. Also if you are breastfeeding and pumping, make sure the daycare knows how to properly handle it, not microwaving it.
I also saw the owner leaving kids on the changing table alone and sometimes raising her voice at the kids.
The aides who watched my daughter were wonderful, but they were overwhelmed with the number of kids they were watching, sometimes by themselves.
I hope by sharing my experience, that parents out there will be more discriminating in selecting a daycare. Ask questions and if they can’t answer to your satisfaction, go elsewhere.

BEWARE BEWARE BEWARE The director is only after one thing, and its not the care of your little ones.
My child attended this daycare and loved it for a very long time, then things began to change, too many kids were being enrolled, which made it very overwhelming.
The owner was lucky enough to find great staff, but they dont seem to stay for very long, which means your child will have to adjust to new people often.
If you dont mind your infant eating ramen noodles, hormel ready made meals, and spagetti o’s everyday then this is the place for you.
Oh and if theyre out of food for the day she’ll feed your kids pop corn and crackers for lunch.
The staff and surroundings make you feel very welcome, but dont be fooled the director has lied time and time again. (how can you trust someone with your kids when they lie over they simplest of things)
If you are considering this place make sure to follow up on references, call some parents, find out about any compaints that may have been filed on the facility, and always make sure to make surprise visits.(to any daycare you may choose)
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I will defend my review, as my experience at open arms was wonderful –when i dealt with her staff, not the owner.
The staff was not fired***** They quit! One of which still has proof that she quit.
The day liscensing showed up both of her staff was there, and they showed up during the day not in the evening when someone was late to pick up their child. Why on earth would a state agency fine someone with out proof, they require the childrens files they dont base their findings on what they see entirely. WOW… these filtered reviews dont know what theyre talking about. Capacity was not the biggest issue, all the parents knew there was too many kids. It was the lies that came out of the owners mouth. And the fact that our kids were constantly sick, their toys were not washed daily as they should have been and our kids were not eating healthy foods.
I really wanted to get past all of this and was hoping the owner changed her ways, but this proves she’s still the same old crook.
Good luck — Kids and Stuff