Nursery poor safety

[Picoloangel]

My prohibitively expensive nursery takes disorganisation to a whole new level but today they've reached a whole new depth.

Went to collect DD who is 20 months old with gorgeous curly hair. She had been given a Croydon facelift ponytail with an ordinary rubber band in her hair not even a proper ponytail band. Quite apart from the fact that she was pointing to her head saying "ouch" I have a major issue with the fact that a toddler was given an elastic band which could've been a choking hazard.

Btw I have NEVER sent her to nursery with her hair up or in slides because she puts everything in her mouth. I had even rung the nursery last week reminding them of this when I read a terrible story about a child choking to death at nursery.

AIBU? There is more to this with nursery being crap on a number levels. We are moving out of the area in the next few months otherwise I would move but just want to keep disruption for DD to avminimum and she loves it there

Do you know a 3 year old girl died today im a play area accident whilst apparently being in the care of a nursery. link. I thought that's what this thread was about. Jeez.

When I went to pick up DS up recently he was wearing a gold lame headband.

OP I'm sorry that you suffered miscarriages, but I'm shocked by your implication that your child is somehow more precious than other children because of this. Everyone's children are precious.

growlithe I hadn't heard that's horrendous.

Ok, an under 2 probably couldn't get a hairband out of a ponytail, but how do people stop young children eating their hair clips?

DD would benefit from them, but she just pulls them out & straight in her mouth! And although I realise she has access to other small objects (eg stones) it does seem a bit daft to deliberately put more hazards in her way.

Tried headbands...... elastic ones & she ends up at risk of strangulation, plastic ones are ideal for poking in her eye as she attempts to put it back on herself.

Is there an answer or is she destined to have bad pudding bowl haircuts for the next few years?

Growlithe - I knew about that case. That has happened in the city I live in. It's horrible

DD has long hair and she can't get the hair ties out so she gave up. Clips would be a nightmare.

I can't understand how her hair is long enough to go in a 'Croydon face-lift' BTW I am from Croydon and that's not awesome funny but not long enough to go in her mouth when she's eating. I agree that the rubber band was stupid.

shelby2010 start with two and clip one over the other in an X.

If I went to collect my child and they were saying "ouch" about a hairband then I would mention it to the staff there and then!

In general terms though I wouldn't care about hair being tied up. My DS is 25 months and in his nursery room they have a hairdressing box full of brushes, combs, sparkly clips, hairbands etc and all the kids seem to love having their hair done. I don't think a hairband is more of a choking risk than say, a crayon or a bit of playdoh.

When I first saw the thread title I thought it might be about something serious like fingers getting stuck in doors. That happened at DD's nursery. The next day all doors had those plastic guards attached to the hinges to stop it from happening again.

Just to say my 19 month old is forever pulling her hairbands out of her hair ( and half her hair with it!) so I believe it is possible to get a elastic band out of hair at a very young age.
I wouldnt make a fuss over this in particular though but I know people that would and I wouldnt think they were being particularly precious especially if the ponytail was hurting the child.

Thanks Pants will give it a go, will concider glue if it doesn't work. Actually, maybe I should try DH's extra strong hair gel?!

I have a DD the same age, and I wouldn't be happy about this at all. I can understand where you are coming from OP.