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To be pissed off at nursery constantly closing at short or no notice?

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AngeloMysterioso · 07/02/2025 10:01

Not for the first time, I've just received a message from nursery, saying due to sickness they're having to shut DS2's room and I have to pick him up by 11.

I work nights. I had literally just got in bed when the message came through and was about to get 5 hours sleep before picking DS1 up from school. As it is I'll now have to go through until 2am with no sleep at all.

AIBU to be really fucked off that this keeps happening?

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AngeloMysterioso · 07/02/2025 10:15

Apparently they've had to send three staff members home due to sickness. Guess it's just as well I'm not a doctor or a teacher or someone who can't just drop everything to go and pick my kid up. I've genuinely lost count of the number of times this has happened.

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NuffSaidSam · 07/02/2025 10:14

YANBU

I'd look for another nursery.

Ime it's unlikely that this nursery is otherwise well run apart from a problem with last minute sickness. This is indicative of wider problem with management.

DoYouFeelLikeAPlasticBag · 07/02/2025 10:11

Wouldn't they have known this when he got dropped this morning? Am I being stupid?

Very annoying but I suppose there's not much that can be done if they know you've got the message.

TeenToTwenties · 07/02/2025 10:11

I guess they are running on minimum staff numbers to keep costs/prices down.
But that means as soon as someone is off sick they are stuffed.

TwentyTwentyFive · 07/02/2025 10:10

You need to move him to another setting. There is absolutely no reason they should have to repeatedly close at short notice. As a one off sure shit happens but if this is a regular occurrence then I would be looking to move him asap!

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AngeloMysterioso · 07/02/2025 10:10

LemonPeonies · 07/02/2025 10:03

Pretend you didn't get the message? 🤣Seriously though after night shifts I'm dead to the world.

Not an option, I replied to the message asking if he could go back in his old room for the afternoon (he only got moved a few weeks ago). Apparently they don't have the space.

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InTheRainOnATrain · 07/02/2025 10:09

Find a new nursery! We’ve used 5 nurseries over the last 7 years with our 2 kids and this hasn’t happened to us once. The closest we’ve come is the school nursery wrap around once closed an hour earlier, at 5.30 rather than 6.30. But that’s a single incident and didn’t cause any issues at all because 5.15 is our usual pick up anyway.

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 07/02/2025 10:09

Could you explain you’re a shift worker and it would be dangerous for you not to sleep and could your child be looked after in another room?

In the longer term I’d look to move nurseries as this is not sustainable.

SockQueen · 07/02/2025 10:03

That's really poor. I'd be looking for a new nursery. Reliability is very important to me (I've also been a shift worker in the past)

pearbottomjeans · 07/02/2025 10:03

YANBU at all. I’d look to switch nurseries - DS2’s nursery went this way and ended up closing abruptly one day as too many staff quit (of course they said it was illness and recruitment shortage but none of the other local nurseries were struggling). Luckily he was about to start school so just had a couple of weeks off! Can’t have been a very happy business. Is there a different option?

LemonPeonies · 07/02/2025 10:03

Pretend you didn't get the message? 🤣Seriously though after night shifts I'm dead to the world.