Nursery teachers snarky comment

It sounds like that poster and her children get hit harder by colds than many others. Maybe she should feed them some foods high in vitamin C.

9 times out of 10 when mine get a cold, they aren't interested in laying around in bed because they feel absolutely fine other than the sniffles. If they just want to lay around in bed then they are clearly unwell and wouldn't go to nursery.

Quitting on a whim and finding somewhere else isn't that simple if you are the breadwinner and working is the reason why your child has a roof over their head and food in their mouths.

I hate this for you and your child , it’s absolutely foul behaviour on their behalf I’d definitely speak to the owner/manager . They are absolutely taking the piss and making a thing out of something that isn’t even a thing . I’m really sorry this happened to you both ☹️

Good for you. I prioritise a roof over my children’s heads.

People could be “a bit pissed off” all they want, I would not send my child into nursery with a cold. Colds make most of us feel miserable and I would also WFH whenever I had a cold myself. I prioritise my children’s wellbeing and wouldn’t subject them to the discomfort of not being in their own home/bed with a cold. Not to mention how selfish it is to send them in to spread it to everyone else. If my work hadn’t been happy about that then I would have quit and found somewhere else. There was a time I had a career and a child in childcare and I can honestly say I never sent them in unless they were 100%.

I should have ignored them. I hope you’ve noted and listened to those backing you. Through a terrible sequence of events for me (multiple late miscarriages and being the carer for my Dad through his lung cancer treatment), I didn’t study the degree I wanted to when my children were small and my post was to let you know you are doing a great thing incase those crappy replies hit the mark they were intending to hit. xxx best wishes xxx

Op ignore the haters
I worked, went full time uni (drove into the city 3 days a week), child went nursery (and school). I cried most days when i dropped off because i felt fucking awful and guilty. I graduated, got a good job and now have a good career and my children have more than they could before - and asking the youngest do you remember nursery? nope. they absolutely do not!

If nursery had made me feel like this id have gone nuclear. Hard enough as is. Have a word an clarify with them the hours

keep going OP,

It’s ok though, I can assume from the fact that you’re avoiding responding that you don’t, in fact, have a job, and therefore you being able to keep your children at home every time they have a mild cold is completely irrelevant to those of us who do.

No, you're misquoting, or you're not reading thoroughly. I mentioned those who have said they are SAHMs that aren't educated enough to understand why a Mum would want or need the hours of nursery OP requires.
Your last sentence has no bearing on anything here - did you just feel the need to put that in or are you trying to make a point of some sort ?

I was just looking for some career advice, I’d genuinely love to work somewhere where they’d be happy for me to take time off every time one of my children has a mild cold! Sadly as a criminal law solicitor I think everyone would be a bit pissed off if I didn’t turn up to work because one of my children had the sniffles 😭.

wow I think you need to stop obsessing over my employment status

Do you have a job? I’m really interested in your career because I’d like to work somewhere that is happy for me to take time off any time one of my three children has a mild cold! Maybe I could retrain.

I'm not judging SAHMs, I myself am a SAHM, my comment addressed those on this thread who have decided to 'go for' OP using childcare.

Its appalling that they thought that they could sit there ready to leave in their coats, they're paid till 6.30 to look after your daughter. They should put their bloody coats on when the working day is over. Find another nursery because if this is what they are like in front of the parents...
I wouldn't do this as a schol nursery teacher. What on Earth are they thinking??

Sahm here with a uni degree. Most sahm I know are educated women who choose to raise their children and then go back to work. I don't see how judging any mum for their choice in life- using childcare or being a sahm- is constructive.

Women can’t win. I’m currently a SAHM to two little ones and I’ve been on the receiving end of rude comments. I get asked all the time when my (still pretty young) baby is starting nursery because it’s so beneficial for them. When I was focusing on my career, I was asked when I was starting a family and told there’s more to life than working. 😂

Yeap.

The joy of being a woman in a man’s world. You need to be everything so they can be on holidays 😂😂 and the nursery knows that coz it is full of women whom know very well what you aren’t doing!

we always had a laugh (rant) when we realise female teachers would swear by the good day when my hubby was doing the school run and always want to tchat to me about any kind of issue when I was coming.

👀 2026 and we still at it. From women to women!