KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center
KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center is a licensed child care center in Carlsbad, CA, licensed for up to 43 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2000. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times and investigated 3 complaints, 2 of them substantiated. The state issued 6 citations, 0 of them Type A (the most serious), most often for health & medication (2 of 6). 3 citations came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #21 of 30 centers in Carlsbad and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers.
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Based on interviews and children's records review the director did not have at least 1 child immunized prior to enrollment .This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 Deficiency Dismissed
Based on interviews and children's records review the director did not have childrens immunizations records complete. This poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
… Correction has been done. Director stated that all staff training was conducted on 12/19/26. LPA was provided sign in sheet with agenda. Based upon facility interviews with multiple parties, the facility was not sanitizing consistently in some rooms which poses a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
... 1 Director stated she retrained both S1 & S2 on bottle feeding procedures and will have a training for the entire staff on 3/20/25 and will send signed staff agenda to LPA Lane via e-mail by 3/21/25. Staff will follow verification aloud with a 2nd person before providing an infant a bottle. Based upon incident report received from facility and staff interviews, S2 gave C1 the wrong bottle and did not follow facility protocols to ensure C1 received the correct bottle with is a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on water testing results and interviews, facility tested over the Action Level Exceedance in the infant rooms and Toddler B (3) room. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to children in care.
Based on interviews, it was determined that staff members did not verify the correct date on a bottle of formula before feeding an infant. This resulted in a child being fed a partially consumed, day old bottle that had been repacked by the child's mother. This is a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care. 8 No further correction is being required by Licensing today.
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Staff allows unvaccinated children to attend daycare.
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Common questions
Does KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 6 Type B citations, listed above.
Have there been complaints about KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center?
California investigated 3 complaints since 2021 and substantiated 2. Allegations are shown only for substantiated complaints.
How does KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center compare with other daycares in Carlsbad?
It is tied for #21 of 30 centers in Carlsbad by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 72% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center last inspected?
Jul 29, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Carlsbad, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs KinderCare - Carlsbad Infant Center?
The licensee is Kindercare Learning Centers LLC, and the administrator listed with the state is Amanda Hernandez.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 376600648 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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