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Nursery - advice pls

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SassyCrab · 09/05/2024 21:05

My 9 month old went to nursery today and I’m really shocked. It was the second day of him starting and I got a phone call asking to pick him up around half 1 as he has a temperature, he did keep me up the night before but I thought it was down to teething. When I picked him up he was screaming (he’s usually a really happy baby) but again I thought it was just down to him being “ill”. Well when I asked when he had his last bottle, the nursery worker said “ I didn’t feed him one today as he’s had loads of food” ? What ? My babies 9 months old and hasn’t had a bottle all day because he’s had food?! So I took him home and gave him a bottle, he went asleep & woke up completely fine. This tells me he was crying because he was hungry for a bottle and they couldn’t identify that and just called me straight away to pick him up. My poor baby! I just don’t know what to do, I’ve called the nursery and told them he needs his bottles of milk priority over food! I just don’t know if I can trust them looking after him if they can’t even tell he’s hungry for his bottle & to add to that I took his temperature when I got home it was 36.5. Opinions?

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Crabble · 09/05/2024 21:35

If you have them instructions and bottles and they ignored this then yes I think that’s bad

Miloandfreddy · 09/05/2024 21:26

I'd let it slide for one day and give them an opportunity to redeem themselves. If it happens again though I would be finding a new daycare.

SassyCrab · 09/05/2024 21:16

Miloandfreddy · 09/05/2024 21:10

Surely though you tell them what time he has his bottle.. eg 9am 12pm etc. my nursery will do exactly what i ask of them within reason.. so if the bottle is 10 mins late, or baby cries looking it earlier then they will follow their lead. I can't understand them not giving it at all unless your instructions were a bit vague

I told them I will feed him around 7am before nursery and then his next feed is around 10.30/11 and she said okay that’s fine. It is common sense though to feed a 9 month at least once between when I dropped him off at 8am and half 1, he’s a baby he don’t need big meals. He needs milk! And yes I give them everything (3 bottles) so I don’t understand how they thought it’s ok not to feed him all day.

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Miloandfreddy · 09/05/2024 21:10

Surely though you tell them what time he has his bottle.. eg 9am 12pm etc. my nursery will do exactly what i ask of them within reason.. so if the bottle is 10 mins late, or baby cries looking it earlier then they will follow their lead. I can't understand them not giving it at all unless your instructions were a bit vague

Crabble · 09/05/2024 21:07

What instructions did you leave about his bottles when you signed him up? Did you send a bottle with him to nursery?

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