La Petite Academy of Bakersfield

My child ended up here because honestly there are very few options in Bakersfield for infant care and this was the only place I could find with 10 months out from when I needed childcare for an infant. The teachers in the infant room are without a doubt nice and so is the front staff. I was not concerned about my child’s safety. However, I feel this center is understaffed compared to other places my children have been to. I’m sure they follow state ratios, but for the price they charge at other places I’ve seen staffing at above standards. Many days when I picked up my baby she had a pooped diaper and a rash. It happened so frequently that I had to check every day. One time my child was handed to me with a blowout and poop got all over me. The setup for naps is horrible for a sleeping environment. They have a half wall plexiglass partition but the overhead lights stay on at all times, no sound machine and no nap time for all the babies. This resulted in my baby never getting more than a single 30 min nap, when at home she’d nap for 2-4 hours. At times on the camera I’d see her passed out asleep on the floor so I feel that they just waited till the babies fell asleep from exhaustion to put them in the cribs. She switched to another facility and her frequent diaper rashes have dropped immediately to almost no diaper rashes and she has never been handed to me with a pooper diaper at the new facility. Also, she now naps for 2 hours daily. I think the staff is good and they do what they can but the overall policies/practices leads to a poorer quality of care for the $400/week you’re paying. Additionally in the older rooms at drop off I’d frequently see kids crying by themselves in corners. At my other kids preschool crying children were always with an adult as they redirect (frequency of crying children my older kids classes is much less). I just feel that there are higher quality places for the price they charge, but if you’re in need of a place this place is a safe environment.

My experience here has been phenomenal. The staff here are very understanding and supportive and engaging to my child. Thank you!

Terrible customer service. Booked a tour 1 month in advance, got texts for the tour multiple times and my husband and I arrive and the front desk says they aren’t taking any enrollments when I asked this in advance and they said yes. Then she proceeds to tell me she called me yesterday. No calls in my log. What a waste of time. They had a good name and I’m very disappointed in the poor communication amongst their department. Maybe save yourself some time and not try to book here. Their internal communications seem very faulty.

We recently started attending La Petite . I am very pleased with my daughter's teachers from the start they have made her feel at home and comfortable. There's not one day she doesn't come home and tell us about her day at school and Miss Lupe..... My son is in the infant room and I feel the LOVE and warmth from his teachers .... We are very Happy to be part of La Petite Academy. ..

We love this La Petite. We were previously at a medium sized daycare with more of an in home feel and are so happy we moved and found this great place for our kiddos. They provide hot nutritious meals, which is much better than the uncreative straight from the fridge meals my kid was stuck with before. My son started in the ones room and loved the teachers. He is now in he twos room and the teachers look for dozens upon dozens of age appropriate milestones he should be meeting each week, cognitively, emotionally, etc. It's comforting knowing they have all these behaviors memorized (because their constantly teaching and looking out for them). My 7month old loves her teacher who has decades of infant experience. Shoes must be covered in the infant room to keep germs away from the babies as much as possible. Every single teacher, no matter if they work with my kids or not, knows my children's names and are always happy to see us. Child care is a hard job, and these great people do it well!