to think this is a bit dangerous in a nursery?

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DS is 7 months and his nursery is an open plan 0-3 unit. All the children wear string aprons tied at the back and round the back. As these don't fit the youngest they have knotted the string....?

I was a bit when I saw my baby wearing one just seems a bit unusal?? OTT/AIBU??

All the children wear aprons? Like, apron aprons? Knotted the string where? Your 7 mo wears an apron? Sorry, just clarifying, it seems utterly bizarre!

would you rather the apron covered in paint or your childs clothes

Erm, very bizarre. Do they wear them all the time? And if so, why?

i would raise this question directly with the nursey, or have you already done that? what did they say?

Children wear aprons knotted at the neck? All day?

sorry i dont understand? they wear them all the time? or just at paint time or meal times?

Auntie, dd's nursery have tabards, not aprons and if her clothes get paint on then so be it. That's why I send her in rags because I know they're going to be doing messy things.

rockbat you are one of the sensible parents, when i was doing my training as a nursery nurse, i got sick and tired of parents moaning about there child's cloths

This sounds v strange. How mucky can a 7 month old baby get? I can understand using bibs while eating, but 7 month old babies don't really do painting and messy play do they?

I also send ds in old clothes to nursery, they wear aprons for messy play but he still gets filthy. I don't mind, I see it as part and parcel of him having a good time.

Never seen a baby in an apron before!

DD2 goes to playgroup (she's 2 and a half) and if painting or glueing she has an apron on- they loop one of the strings from round the back through the neck bit and tie in a bow at the back (sounds weird when I write it, but just to make it fit, not tight enough to choke or anything). They don't keep them on for longer than they are doing the messy activity.

Wouldn't some kind of bib or tabbard be more appropriate for a 7mo?

in the nursery i worked the babies did painting, normally finger painting but at that age it was more about texture than painting

AuntiePickleBottom Have you had a bad day?

They wear the aprons for meal times and for craft activities. I was expecting tabards which go over the head and long sleeved bibs for meal times. The aprons look dangerous around the neck TBH.

7months is very young still.

They really hammered it home when we signed her up there. To be fair though, very few of her clothes have come back with paint on. Now spaghetti sauce and wee is a different matter :o

The dc's nursery puts the toddlers in aprons for dinner time.

I also send my dc's in hand-me-downs. They have weekend clothes and nursery clothes.

Yes Toddlers wearing aprons that fit sounds spot on......but babies which don't fit seems odd.

no i have not had a bad day, infact the total opposite.

so your child only wears an apron for meal times and for craft activities.

where is the problem

In my title AuntiePickleBottom

but if you don't like it, perhaps pack a tee-shirt for the staff to change your baby into before doing these tasks

i don't think that a 7 month old would be left unsupervised

At 7 months I don't think he would be doing arts and crafts so I was going to supply 3 long sleeved baby bibs. I'll then happily take them home to wash them.

I wouldn't want a bit of string tied round the neck of a baby that young - I even watch my 3.5 yr old when she's playing with ribbons.

Doesn't sound very safe to me, is thoughtlessness probably. I would definitely tell the carers to stop using aprons tied around their neck and put an old t-shirt on the babies instead.

They can just about sit up a 7 months! Seems ott to be doing arts and crafts anyway. I wouldn't like my baby to be wearing a tie on apron at that age.

I just don't think its safe.
How do I say that to the staff though!?? I also hate them using paper towels to wipe babies faces but if I turn up bibs and flannels in hand I think they might think i'm a bit PBF.....even though this is my 2nd! :)

Your child so I think you can say you don't want your child wearing something tied around his neck.

It is the sort of thing Ofsted would pick up on.

You have to say something - 'that really is not safe as they could get the strings caught and choke.' That is it. Add 'I'd rather she had dirty clothes' if you like. I don't think the nursery are likely to argue the point.

You could let the paper towel thing go