Nursery opening hours

[meltedgalaxy]

Hi,

My DS (1) has been attending nursery for about 3 months now and we've had a few hiccups with the nursery from issues that have left me feeling abit uneasy but my DS seems to enjoy it and is coming on really well.

One of the issues is, a long day is 8am-6pm

I work 9-5 and I'm an hour commute away (nhs student nurse, I couldn't choose location of my placement)

I dropped him off today and managed to pick him up at 17:50, I was delighted I was ten minutes earlier than i expected.

I then had the manager come down on me like a ton of bricks about her having to wait with my son because he's always the last child there and she has to get home, they shut the nursery for 6 so I need to pick him up before 17:00 - 17:30

She even added "most parents come at 16:30 because they're so eager to see their children"

I am eager to see my child. I love the bones of my child, I can't help the fact I have to earn a living.

Now, we also pay for a full day of 8am-6pm so I always assumed picking up at 6pm at the latest was okay, as that's what we pay for and I assumed it was a long day.

I have no one who can pick him up for me?

Is this normal? Like I said I have had a few other issues so I was already put off but he seems so happy there. After this, I'm really worried about sending him back

What a bitch!!

She's a cheeky fucker of the highest order. So long as you collect him before 6.01pm, she can shut her trap. I'd report her actually, but I think nurseries are pisstakers anyway.

@aSofaNearYou

I pick my daughter up at 6 and there's a whole queue of other parents doing the same, so this isn't a universal thing with nurseries. Personally, I would look into other ones.

I would too. Different nurseries have different demographics, and although there's no need for her to be horrible about it it's not nice to feel like your child is always picked up last, so I would consider looking for another one where that isn't the case, especially since they've been horrible about it and you say you have some other doubts. That wasn't why we moved nurseries - we moved house, and wouldn't have done otherwise - but it is much nicer for us all that DS is now picked up around the same time as most of the others rather than being left last.