My child is 18 months and attends nursery, we’ve been happy with them so far.
Today we got a call that he’d had an accident in the garden at nursery as a swing had caught him on his forehead and left a small mark.
When I picked him up it was a big bright red mark on his forehead, with another bigger red mark down the side of his face. They said that he ‘accidentally walked behind a child using a swing’.
He’s only just started to walk, so would have walked over quite slowly. He was clingy, tearful and not himself at home this evening.
Part of me thinks these things happen at nursery, there are lots of children playing and running around. He loves going there and playing in the garden, some accidents are unavoidable.
But part of me thinks that this specific accident was avoidable. They seemed to act as if it was his fault for walking near the swing, but I don’t understand why they didn’t anticipate that small children will walk near swings and supervise more attentively. Or just not have swings! I’m also upset that they didn’t fully explain his injuries.
AIBU if I make a bit of fuss? I was thinking about asking if he could not play in the garden again until I’ve visited and seen the set up, and understood more what happened and what can be done to stop it happening again.
I feel like you have to pick your battles with nursery so don’t know if I am being a bit dramatic!