Bethesda Baptist Church Childcare Center

I would strongly encourage not to put your child here. I dealt with the unthinkable this week. My 4 month old baby came home with injuries from daycare. He had a gash on his elbow and a bruise on his ear. The next day I called the director and was told “the teacher noticed his elbow but not the bruise. He probably rolled in the crib and hit his head on the side”. If a 4 month old was developmentally capable of rolling so hard as to bruise themselves, I’m sure there would have been a lot of crying. So someone should’ve noticed. Secondly, the parent should always be notified of any kind of injury. The director, Kim Smith, was very dismissive and acted like she didn’t care at all. If this wasn’t abuse, it was certainly neglect. After withdrawing my child, she implied it was somehow my fault for not inspecting my child there at pick up and notifying the teacher then. But per their policy (which I was not informed of when registering him), parents are not allowed in the classroom. You are made to stand at the door and then leave when your child is handed to you. The teacher did rudely confront me about this policy after I attempted to change my sons diaper. The reason behind this rule being germs on shoes, however all the employees walk from the parking lot straight into the room. So where was I supposed to inspect him at? I asked to see video footage from the room, and I was told there are no cameras (when their website clearly states they have cameras placed around the facility for safety). Not to mention the teachers would be sitting around talking and gossiping while multiple babies were crying. So please do not trust this daycare with your babies.