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Am I being PFB about my eldest at a new nursery?

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FrankAndBeans · 30/11/2016 16:01

DD1 will be 4 in March. Went to a 'naice' private-type nursery up until Halloween. We have no intention of her going to private school so we took her out and put her into the nursery attached to the school she would attend thinking she would make friends that she would progress on with then. The school is just down the road, a giant academy school and our natural catchment. I am aware the staff to child ratio will be higher as I am not paying for this service and I know it won't be as polished as the private nursery.
However, since starting a few days after Halloween DD has had four injuries, mostly being hit with something and mostly to her head. She's had a split lip once and today she has come home with another head injury slip. She has also pooed herself whilst there today despite being completely dry for months on end and they've sent those pooey trousers home with someone else.
Am I expecting too much of this place or would you be disappointed too? It's so unorganised. DD has come out with other kid's bags before and misses her own stuff. Would be annoyed enough to raise the fact that in the 7-ish sessions she's had she has come away with an injury from four of them?

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SpeakNoWords · 30/11/2016 16:06

If you have a gut feeling about this new pre-school, then I wouldn't ignore it. What does your DD say about the new pre-school? Does she say anything positive or negative about it?

FrankAndBeans · 30/11/2016 16:08

She says it's brilliant (her own word), I like the teachers and when I went to view it I liked the setting but it just gives me a horrible feeling and I don't know why. The issue is, if I hate the preschool enough to take her out, should I not send her to the school either?

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SpeakNoWords · 30/11/2016 16:14

Can you ask for a meeting with the person in charge of the pre-school, and ask them about the number of injuries plus the general disorganisation?

lalalalyra · 30/11/2016 16:16

With the injuries you need to find out what is different. Are they less supervised? Are they allowed to do more? (This was the difference when my DD moved nursery) Are the nursery just more likely to send home an injury slip? DD's nursery send you a slip for head knocks and anything likely to mark - her old nursery send slips for everything, every little stumble or fall (including X bumped her arm with a sticklebrick. No red mark. No tears. Just for info.) I don't know how they had the time.

If your DD is enjoying it that may explain the poo incident - maybe she was having too much fun to get to the toilet jn time. That's quite common imo.

Colby43443 · 30/11/2016 16:16

The things you mentioned happened to my neice when she changed nurseries too. It turned out she was having so much more fun at the new place (and made far more friends than the old place too) she wasn't paying attention to anything else - so she fell, pooed herself several times, and once jumped off a swing copying her new friends only to break her ankle. These types of incidents aren't always a bad thing.

FrankAndBeans · 30/11/2016 16:24

I will ask for a meeting. I was tempted to today but they were busy at pick up time. Thanks all for offering other sides. I don't want to be too hasty.

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