State Suspends Arvada Daycare License After Infant Placed in Critical Condition
Westminster police opened a criminal investigation after a state order found the operator caring for four infants under a two-infant license.
By Marco Whitaker ·
Colorado regulators suspended the license of an Arvada home daycare after an infant in its care was hospitalized in critical condition, according to a state suspension order and a parent whose children attended the facility.
The Colorado Department of Early Childhood documented that the child arrived at a hospital in "critical/near fatal condition." Westminster police have since opened a criminal investigation into the incident. No arrests have been announced. The order also cited the operator's prior misdemeanor child abuse charge connected to a February 2026 incident.
The same state review found the operator was looking after four infants while her license permitted two. The injured child and one of Hannah Fuller's sons were among the four. Fuller's two sons were enrolled at the daycare.
Fuller said an assistant to the operator, who is the operator's daughter, called her in a frantic state to say an infant had choked and needed CPR. Fuller said she was told little else when she arrived to collect her children. "My gut was like I think something worse is going on, but you don't want to think it, because then you feel guilty that you put your kids in that situation that could have been them," she said.
The injured child's family has asked that their name not be published. Fuller relayed an update from them: the boy has a traumatic brain injury and retinal hemorrhaging, and doctors are tracking small gains. "They're just taking little improvements as wins, and just hoping for the best," Fuller said. "They do know he will never be the same."
Fuller said police have asked parents to bring their children in for physical exams to check for internal damage. She said investigators have not told parents what they believe happened at the daycare that day. "Why is no one being held accountable? It's really frustrating," Fuller said.
A police spokesperson said in a statement that investigations involving children's safety take time and require careful review, and that the department must protect the integrity of the investigation and the privacy of those involved. The daycare's owner is scheduled in court on October 29 on the earlier child abuse charge.
