To worry about Nursery questioning?

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Ds (18mnths) started Nursery 2 days a week 2 months ago. He’s dc4, they’ve all gone to Nursery from around this age so I’m used to dealing with them. Ds is in a nursery I haven’t used before due to lack of spaces, so they don’t know us or us them yet.
They have a policy of documenting every injury as is usual I think, except they want to document every injury whether it happens there or not. So when I take him in if he’s hurt himself and got marks/bruises anywhere I need to fill in a form and explain what happened. I always let them know when I drop him if he’s hurt himself. But he is 18 months old, he has no fear and does everything at 100mph, climbs everything he sees and jumps off the top of you don’t get to him fast enough, he’s exhausting!
So it’s really bloody hard to know exactly how he got every little bruise or mark etc, his shins are always covered.
Without fail every time I collect him his key worker will pull me over and say “I found this bruise/mark/cut on him today and you didn’t tell us about it, I need you to sign this form” today was the same when I collected him except now I’m being asked to fill in the form and was also asked to explain how he got the bruise on his calf.
I have no idea!
The more it goes on the more scrutinised I’m feeling, and I feel like they’re genuinely feeling suspicious that I’m causing these injuries.
I’ve never had anything like this with the others at Nursery so I wanted to ask is this approach normal? Or am I right to worry about this. I’m starting to think I need to shadow him and stop him playing now incase he falls and hurts himself again which is just stupid.

Any insight would be much appreciated!

My dd's nursery had this, it was for them to be able to prove she didn't get the bruise while she was in their care rather than suspecting abuse or neglect at home

This would really annoy me. There are clear areas and types of injury that are more likely to non accidental and I can understand questioning those, but both my toddler are covered in bruises from knee to ankle. They clamber and wriggle and tickle each other. They never complain or show any awareness of them at all so I suspect it’s a skin colouring thing (we’re very fair and thin skinned).

This is common safeguarding practice and all nurseries should want to be made aware of 'existing injuries

It's not and they shouldn't.

The UK version of "safeguarding" is pure insanity. It's intrusive, overbearing nonsense which, crucially, doesn't work

With my kids I only ever had to sign that they had that Mark when they came to show it didn't happen at the nursery. Never had to explain how it happened. I don't think they can compel you to answer. Plus, if you share custody with ex, how are you supposed to be able to account for every mark?

If a parent refused to answer it would ring a red flag... which could be a sign.

They are well aware sometimes you won't have noticed a bruise a d may not have a reason for it and won't thinking abuser.

Seems like nursery schools can't win.
Report and requests in past cases are done so we can learn from past mistakes and try and make better safeguarding policys so that one child doesn't fall through the cracks.

Dammed if change happens dammed if it doesn't.
Personally I'd be happy to know that small small inconvence that is NOT personal may flag up a child in need.

I've been having this with my ds's nursery! It got so bad that they questioned every little mark and i told them he's a very active 3 year old who thinks he's Spiderman and jumps around all the time fearlessly. One day I got questioned repeated about 2 small bruises on his arm. I filled out the forms. Got questioned again and again. Then called in the office. LiterallyI felt so annoyed about it that I told them I wasn't bringing him anymore as it was making me feel like they were accusing me. They said sorry for making me feel that way and begged me to return. I did and now a month later it's happening again. I just feel like crap every time I take him in as half the time I don't know how he gets the odd bruise or mark. 2 weeks ago another mum shut his finger in the door at a play centre and they're asking about it now!!? Honestly he's my 5th child and i have never experienced anything like it.