Would you worry about these bruises on toddler?

[worriedaboutbruises]

Found these on my 20 month old when she came back from spending 4 days away with her father.

Can anyone reassure me they are normal bruises because I have it stuck in my head they are fingerprints

Ok go to the GP if you must but they are not in all likelihood qualified to determine one way or another and will instead refer any concerns to SS. If your DD has a ASW and you do not inform her / him I would consider you to be VVU ( especially if ex has unsupervised access)

I can't see a pic but I do know toddlers bruise themselves a hell of a lot from my years of working in nursery but I'd a bit more concerned about bruising between the thighs. A trip to the GP and SS is needed, so they can at examine it and put in on file as if she keeps coming back from her visitation with her dad there will be a log. Trust your gut with these things, you know your DD better than anybody else.

As everyone else says, you should speak to someone qualified to make a judgement call on it. Having said that my DS often has bruises on his legs including his thighs that make me think how on Earth have you managed that, and he's with me pretty much 24 hours a day.

The more I think about it, I wonder if it's finger prints from DS (4). They are quite small and ExP has v large hands.
Either way I'll mention it to the SW, I was going to today but the visit was cancelled due to the weather. We were just about to be stepped down to the 'prevention' service too 🙄

Be careful. You took photos so were clearly worried but didn't act. I understand you are worried about SS Involvemnt but if it comes to light from nursery/children themselves that you didn't act on your suspicions it will not be looked on positively.

Go to the gp - they can assess bruising and refer on if needs be. And you must tell SW. Equally you can use the gp visit as excuse as to why gp saw bruises - ie so your ex doesn't know you raised the concerns yourself.