The head teacher at DS's nursery remarked to me that DS (3 and a half) was "slowing everyone down" because he couldn't put his plimsolls on for gym. (They are brand new and hard to do. He does his shoes and wellies OK so shouldn't be long before he gets the hang.)
Gym is on Thursday mornings about 20 minutes after registration. I have noticed that over half the parents, mostly mums, dropping off their children change immediately into plimsolls when they arrive - that is, THEY put them on the children.
So I mentioned this and asked whether I should be changing DS's shoes at drop off. (We are new and didn't get the introduction to nursery that most people get so are learning the rules as we go along.)
I was told that ALL the children do it themselves! They don't, they really don't, some of the parents do it and the teachers/TAs are talking to them as they do it so they must have seen it!
So I spoke to another parent and they said "Oh she always says stuff like that. She told us that was the only one who still used a sippy cup, but I know four children that use them. We just ignore her!"
AIBU to think that all they have to do is ask "Can you work on changing shoes at home" rather than lying?!