Ugh story like this makes me worried about putting my DD into nursery ..

[AlienLady]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c30616ev66eo.amp

what a sick and twisted individual.

My DD starts nursery next month and she will be 1. This story has made me doubt if it’s the right decision 😫

It’s scary but you don’t avoid hospitals because of Lucy Letby or GP’s because of Harold Shipman or taxi’s because of Christopher Halliwell. We only hear the badness, my DD had a fab nursery experience if that helps.

When I worked in a nursery I saw a worker throw a baby on the floor

What??? What happened ??

Was it reported to the police? What happened.

Yep this is absolutely why I didn't send mine to nursery until they could talk , pre school age and even then I went to one I knew the staff really well.
It meant having to really tighten the purse strings so to speak . Dhs wage covered everything needed there was just no holidays for a few years.

I now look after my friends dd once a week as she came back twice with bruises from.nursery they couldn't account for so she removed the baby from the setting. As she's lone parent she needs to work so I have her dd once a week the days the dad can't.

I worked in a preschool (3+) with some horrible people. The woman who ran it had her child there and her best friends child also went there. She was always putting her friends child down because he was cleverer than her child and she didn't like it - and then pretending he was wonderful when her friend came to pick up. It was horrible to see and I left as soon as I could.

I definitely wouldn't put a child of mine in a nursery when they weren't old enough to tell me what was happening and I was very picky even when they were 3 and were old enough.

I was fortunate to be able to be a SAHM but i would have used a very experienced childminder, preferably ex teacher if at all possible if I had to have child care.

No one said anything. She was acting like it was unintentional. I wanted to pick the baby up because he was crying but she shouted at us all not to pick him up. I was 16 and and she was my superior. No one reported it. The baby had a burst nose and she said she saw him bang it on the jungle gym. She didn't tell his parents about the nosebleed

But you still didn’t call the police? How bizarre.

This is awful, you could report her now. For all you know she still works with children.

Statistically children are far more likely to be hurt or abused at home, or when with a family member/friend.

Nurseries are the safest they have ever been. There will always be stories about rare events, if you make a decision based solely on that, you’re very poor at risk assessment, your children are not going to benefit from that.

You know even very experienced childminders or teachers could still abuse your child.

I don't know why none of the other women stepped in but I was just a kid. I quit within a week and it's just one of those things I thought about when I was much older thinking I should have said something

There is no way I would avoid nursery because of a story like this.

It is extremely rare and in most good nurseries the setup just doesn’t allow for it.

I have always been very happy with my children’s nursery and am confident they receive(d) care that was high quality when there.

It's scary seeing these stories. I understand your worry.

DC went to nursery and were happy. I felt comfortable leaving them there after I spent time there during the settling in, seeing the staff cuddling the children and seeing how the children interacted with the staff. Even if the staff would be on their best behaviour while I was there, little children aren't capable of hiding anything so I felt I saw a genuine representation of what it was like.

I took the view that a nursery might have 1 or 2 "not great" staff but there would be safety in numbers and at least staff are supervised by other people. A "not great" childminder felt like higher risk to me.

It makes the headlines because it is rare. The vast majority of children go to nursery without any issues.

I'm very happy with DC's nursery.

This is why I never put my kids in childcare until they could speak and I don’t use pet sitters. And I worry about my parents getting old and having to get help in. The lowest paid and unskilled shouldn’t be looking after the most vulnerable. If the vulnerable are being cared for the carers should be paid more and require more stringent criteria and qualifications to become carers.

it's not until they can talk for me. having a stranger look after your baby is an insane concept to me.

Your post is incredibly disrespectful to those of us that work in childcare.

It is scary, but the vast majority of us are passionate about giving children a good start in life!
I've spent 20 years working in childcare/schools. The money is so bad that I really don't understand why people who don't like children would even consider it. Really baffles me!

Awful and terrifying. Horrible, horrible woman.

There are always horror stories but the vast majority of nursery staff genuinely care for the children they look after and enjoy watching them grow up and develop.

Look for a nursery with low staff turnover and a mix of staff ages. Youngsters bring the energy and older staff bring steadiness and experience.