Hospital dilemma

[Mrlittleconfused]

My daughter is 10 months old and we found traces of pink in her nappies (what we thought was blood). So we get to the hospital as normal to make sure everything's okay. After numerous teams checking our daughter over (surgical, medical etc) no one could see anything wrong. So we're thinking that it's something daughter ate. Her bodies just processing it. So the duration were at the hospital baby's nappies are okay now cleared. Since we had a minor argument (about who should stay and who should go home that night to rest) we're kept in hospital for no apparent reason. Later we find out that the nurses took note of the argument between me and my partner and have alerted social services who are now investigating into why and how babys nappies had traces of red in them. We're now stuck in hospital waiting upon doctors to talk with socials to come to a conclusion as to whether it's safe for our daughter to return to our home....

Has anyone experienced anything like this or has any sort of advise. Can socials do this? What rights do we have?

Anything would be some sort of eye opener or help at this stage

Thanks in advance xx

Yes of course social services can do this. They will put safeguarding above and beyond everything. You need to accept it and work with them and not argue it. I assume they want to rule out sexual abuse if there was a query there was blood in the nappy.

Is she bf and do you have your period?

I can't offer advice but am sending you a hug as you must be frustrated and now very nervous.

If they keep 20 families in unnecessarily to protect one child from being abused, it's worth it.
Shit if it's you going through it though. Cooperate with everything.
(Doctor)

That must have been a hell of an argument. On a hospital ward

I'd suggest that if your 'minor argument' was enough to prompt staff to make a referral to social services then you probably need to have a really good look at how you are both acting generally in front of your daughter.

Medical staff see stressed out and scared parents all the time and are used to the odd tired cross word or squabble between parents.

Since we had a minor argument (about who should stay and who should go home that night to rest) we're kept in hospital for no apparent reason.

This makes no sense. If you were arguing over who was to go home you must have already know your DD was being kept in. She didn't get kept in because of the argument.

I once has social services come to my house because DS has been to a&e several times in the last 6 months. I was really upset as I knew i’d done nothing wrong but hey ho. Nothing ever came of it anyway.

Later we find out that the nurses took note of the argument between me and my partner and have alerted social services who are now investigating into why and how babys nappies had traces of red in them

Did the nurses say they'd reported the argument or are you guessing? Just because it seems weird for one thing to be reported and another thing to be investigated.

Unexplained (apparent) injuries will always be a safeguarding concern.

The social workers can explain your rights to you.

Unexplained blood in babies nappy is cause for concern and a safeguarding referral.

I also dont believe it was a minor disagreement, (in your eyes maybe) hospitals are highly tension and stressful environments and medical staff are used to minor disagreements without involving social workers.

Where you both wanting to stay or neither of you wanting to stay? I suspect this will make a difference. Both parents wanting to stay with a baby over night in hospital is understandable. Nether parent wanting to stay with their potentially ill child in hospital would raise more concerns.

You were arguing because neither of you wanted to stay with your daughter?

How is she now?