TMC TOTS
TMC TOTS is a licensed child care center in Houston, TX, licensed for up to 76 children and serving infants through school-age children. It has held its Texas license since 2025. Since October 2021, state inspectors have visited 12 times and investigated 4 reports. Inspectors recorded 21 citations, 5 of them high-risk, most often for staff ratios (6 of 21). None of them came in the last 12 months. 14% were corrected during the inspection itself. Its last 2 inspections found no violations. Measured by risk-weighted citations per inspection, it is tied for #638 of 882 centers in Houston and better than 9% of licensed centers statewide.
Inspection record
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The operation allowed for a staff member to be present at the operation with a pending background. This was corrected during the inspection when I observed the staff member leave the operation.
An operation allowed two caregivers with pending backgrounds to be present with children. This was corrected during the inspection when both caregivers were observed leaving the building.
The sanitation report was not available for review.
A staff member did not know the youngest child in the toddler classroom and the information was not posted.
Two preschool children were allowed to go to the restroom by themselves without proper supervision. The caregiver was observed walking back and fourth between the restroom and preschool classroom.
Three out of ten caregivers are missing a high school diploma or equvilent.
Three out of ten caregivers did not have a photo identification available for review.
An infant not yet on table food has not had an updated infant feeding sheet since August of 2024.
Three out of eight children were missing a health statement.
Children in the younger toddler classroom were observed riding toys bicycles around the classroom and on top of mats while other children were sleeping. While the children were riding bikes, no caregiver redirected or intervened the behavior and allowed the children to continue riding the bikes in the classroom and on children's mats.
During the walk through inspection I observed a caregiver changing diapers with out washing her or the child's hands.
In the younger toddler classroom the sleeping mats were not properly spaced out and were touching.
During the walk through inspection I observed a caregiver changing diapers with out washing her or the child's hands.
Multiple types of food was observed uncovered in the refrigerator. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver through the food away.
I observed the cook/caregiver serving whole grapes to the younger toodler children, older toddler children and preschool children.
Multiple children were observed sitting in a feeding chair without being strapped in. This was corrected during the inspection when the caregiver strapped the children in.
During the walk through I observed a caregiver leaving the younger toddler classroom to wash children's hands. The classroom had two caregivers with thirteen children. The specified age group was tweny-one months and the ratio was one to nine. The caregiver was observed taking one child at a time to wash there hands, leaving the other caregiver by herself with twelve children. The caregiver was observed doing this two times before i intervened. This was corrected during the inspection when i informed the caregiver that she was leaving the other teacher out of ratio. A third caregiver stepped in and helped the children was there hands.
Two out of ten children were missing an updated shots record.
Toddler children were observed walking around with training cups and a toddler was observed falling asleep in a crib with a bottle in there hand. This was corrected during the inspection when i observed the caregiver removing the child from the crib and placing him at the table to finish his bottle and I observed the caregiver taking the children's training cups and putting them in the children bag.
The fire inspection was not available for review.
A caregiver with a pending background check was observed in the toddler classroom working with children. This was corrected during the inspection when I observed the caregiver immediately leaving the operation.
About this center
Common questions
Does TMC TOTS take infants?
Yes. Texas licenses it to care for infants through school-age children.
What are TMC TOTS’s hours?
6 AM to 6:15 PM, Monday through Friday, according to its state licensing record. Confirm holiday and summer hours with the center.
Does TMC TOTS accept child care subsidies?
Yes, according to its state licensing record.
Has TMC TOTS had any serious violations?
Inspectors recorded 5 high-risk citations since 2021. The most recent was on Sep 17, 2025: “AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation.” Each one is listed in full above.
How does TMC TOTS compare with other daycares in Houston?
It is tied for #638 of 882 centers in Houston by risk-weighted citations per inspection, and is better than 9% of licensed centers statewide (out of 9,147 Texas centers with enough inspection history).
When was TMC TOTS last inspected?
Mar 6, 2026. No violations were found during that visit.
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Citations are quoted from Texas HHS inspection records. Many are corrected the same day, and a citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall.
To see the official record, search operation 1800535 on Search Texas Child Care. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026.