ACTIVE POOR Compliance

Cradles and Crayons

2230 N ZARAGOZA RD STE 101, EL PASO, TX 79938

License #1672845 | Expires: May 31, 2018

Day Care Center
Type
64
Capacity
24
Inspections
22
Violations

Compliance Summary

4
Critical
11
Serious
6
Moderate
1
Minor

Inspection History

Date Type Result Violations
Dec 15, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Dec 11, 2025 Annual Inspection Violations Found 1
Sep 3, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
May 19, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Apr 14, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
Feb 19, 2025 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 18, 2025 OTHER Compliant 0
May 29, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jan 17, 2024 OTHER Violations Found 1
Jan 3, 2024 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Aug 31, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jul 5, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Jun 16, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 5
Jun 12, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Jun 12, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 2
May 10, 2023 OTHER Compliant 0
Mar 16, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Mar 10, 2023 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2
Feb 13, 2023 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Feb 3, 2023 OTHER Violations Found 2
Oct 20, 2022 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 4, 2022 Annual Inspection Violations Found 7
Nov 1, 2021 Annual Inspection Compliant 0
Oct 12, 2021 Annual Inspection Violations Found 2

Violation Details

Serious Corrected

Employees did not wash their hands after diapering.

Corrected: Dec 11, 2025

Minor Corrected

A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2023 Report with a run date of 01/16/2023 indicates that the operation did not report the number of employees who left employment in 2023 by the required date of 1/15/2024.

Corrected: Jan 19, 2024

Moderate Corrected

Three infants were observed watching a movie with school aged children in the same room.

Corrected: Jun 16, 2023

Serious Corrected

Three bottles were washed at the hand washing sink in the infant room.

Corrected: Jun 16, 2023

Serious Corrected

Fifteen children were placed in one area doing the same activity with the youngest child being 9 months and the oldest being 10 years old.

Corrected: Jun 16, 2023

Serious Corrected

The infant caregiver did not wash her hands between diaper changes of two infants.

Corrected: Jun 16, 2023

Serious Corrected

Food in refrigerator was stored uncovered.

Corrected: Jun 16, 2023

Critical Corrected

Cleaning supplies were accessible to children in care in the main classroom. Multi-purpose spray cleaner was placed on 3ft shelf.

Corrected: Jun 16, 2023

Serious Corrected

Food stored in refrigerator was observed to be passed the expiration date.

Corrected: Jun 16, 2023

Critical Corrected

Inspector observed a thirteen-month-old and a fifteen-month-old infant sleeping in stationary swings at 11:58am. Infant caregiver confirmed, infants fell asleep approximately around 10:59am. Infants did not have a medical need for sleeping in the swings. Corrected during the inspection, both infants were placed in their individual cribs. Photos were taken.

Corrected: Mar 10, 2023

Critical Corrected

A ten-month-old infant was observed sleeping on bouncy with a blanket inside a crib. Corrected during inspection infant caregiver removed the blanket and bouncy from the crib. Infant did not have a medical need to sleep in a bouncy inside the crib. Photos were taken.

Serious Corrected

Sign-in log was not available for parents to sign-in children during early morning drop off at the center.

Moderate Corrected

Infant monthly feeding instructions had not been updated since infant's enrollment November 2022.

Serious Corrected

One caregiver in care of Children did not have pediatric CPR training.

Moderate Corrected

Four 12-month-old infants' cots were not labeled.

Moderate Corrected

One of operation's director's file was not available during the inspection.

Serious Corrected

Two caregivers who take care of children under 24 months were missing SIDS and Shaken Baby Syndrome training.

Serious Corrected

One caregiver in care of children did not have pediatric first aid training.

Moderate Corrected

One child's file was missing a medical health statement.

Critical Corrected

One child's file was missing authorization signature for emergency medical care.

Serious Corrected

A monthly fire drill was missing for June, July, August, and September. Corrected during inspection, a fire drill under three minutes was conducted and documented during this inspection.

Moderate Corrected

A caregiver's file was not available during the inspection. File was available at a different operation.

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Data Source: texas_dfps — Last updated: Mar 4, 2026
Data is provided as-is from public government records. It may not reflect changes since the last inspection.