Little Bears Tender Care · Infant Center, Vista
Little Bears Tender Care is a licensed child care center in Vista, CA, licensed for up to 22 children and serving infants and toddlers. It has held its California license since 2022. Since February 2021, state licensing staff have inspected it 4 times. The state issued 5 citations, none of them Type A. None of them came in the last 12 months. Measured by weighted citations per inspection, it is #29 of 53 centers in Vista and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers.
Inspection record
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Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. LPA and Director observed there aLysol disinfectant spral on the top shelf of a moveable cart, directly next to three infant bottles, that were without lids and had remaining milk, not preventing contamination. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Accessible to infant aged children on the playground, was a pretend kitchen, with an attached cunveyor belt that is not developmentally appropriate for infants in care. Futhermore, there was another toy kitchen that was broken and had an accessible sharpp broken edge. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in nine of nine infant child sleep logs reviewed. When asked how sleep logs are documneted, it was disclosed that the position is not recorded. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one of nine infant files reviewed. Specifiaclly, Child 8 LIC 9227 was missing dates and signatures, disclosing if the child has the ability to roll over. Which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review, the director did not comply with the section cited above, (ref#1),(ref#2), and (ref#)3 did not have tb testing within the last year of being hired which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Common questions
Does Little Bears Tender Care take infants?
Yes. It is licensed by California as an infant center.
Has Little Bears Tender Care had any serious violations?
No Type A citations since 2021. It has 5 Type B citations, listed above.
How does Little Bears Tender Care compare with other daycares in Vista?
It is #29 of 53 centers in Vista by weighted citations per inspection, and has more citations per inspection than 68% of California licensed centers with enough inspection history to compare.
When was Little Bears Tender Care last inspected?
Mar 3, 2026. No citations were issued during that visit.
How much does Little Bears Tender Care cost?
California does not publish individual centers’ prices, so ask Little Bears Tender Care for its current tuition. For comparison, the median full-time price at licensed centers in San Diego County, which includes Vista, was $1,462 a month for infants (about $1,840 today) in the state’s 2021 Regional Market Rate Survey.
Who runs Little Bears Tender Care?
The licensee is Maribel Hadnot, and the administrator listed with the state is Carol Hadnot.
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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 376300425 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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