Nursery in a heatwave

[dingodollarman]

We're apparently due a heatwave next week. Do you send your kid to nursery as normal and just trust they keep them hydrated, cool and comfortable?

They have milk, water or juice at breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, tea every day in the nurseries I have worked in.
We would refill water bottles if needed.

Yes, of course.

Though they have air conditioning, so will probably be more comfortable than at home!

DDs Nursery has air-con so I still send her as long as the air con is working.

I bet your nursery has you pegged as “that mother” lol seriously are you stupid? Of course they will keep him cool and hydrated..

So are you booking the week of work every time it’s hot? School too. The next 18 years?

As a nursery manager I find this thread really weird
Of course we know how to care gut children in a heatwave
We're not stupid
We are childcare professionals

What will you do when they start school?? will you also have the same worries?

Get a grip OP.

And you know kids are never dehydrated in Britain unless majority ill they are just thirsty

Thinking about it, I've worked in early years for about 25 years and I've never had a child keel over because of dehydration
Or any other reason either
I can't keep a house plant alive but you can 100% trust me with a toddler

So the water bottle was almost empty at the end of a session?

1. it’s been used, kids kept cool.

2. probably not going to refill it until the next session, for freshness.

3. why would you think they wouldn’t know how to keep the children cool? Do you have reason not to trust them?

We have free access to water alongside water bottles. Plus water and milk with snacks/meals. You’ll likely find the water bottle you provide is a back up.

Having previously lived in Australia for 18 years I find the idea of not sending your kids to nursery or school because it's too warm amusing

I have to take enough time off work to deal with stomach bugs, colds, chest infections etc.

The heat? God no, they can deal with that!

a few days of warm weather

do you fuss when we have a bit of cold weather

i do wander how the next generation are going to cope in life when older

They will be fine, nursery stuff are professionals and know how to provide care in all seasons!

If you have concerns about your specific nursery you need to discuss it with them.

Think the op has gone.

Maybe to buy a box of grips

Nursery has air con and is cooler than my suntrap house. And they are better at getting DS to drink than me. Why on earth would I keep him off?

We're apparently due a heatwave next week

Been reading the Daily Express or Daily Mail?

News flash: it's summer. Summer generally means slightly warmer temperatures, admittedly not always in the UK.

The nursery will know how to keep their charges cool. It's their job to do so.

My DS doesn't even have a water bottle at nursery! They have a drink at breakfast, snack, lunch and tea, they can ask for a drink at any other time and will be given one, and when it's hot and they're in the garden I've seen them with big jugs of water out there offering extra cups. No one's dehydrated yet ...

How do you know the water bottles have not been filled with fresh water?

I work in a nursery and I refill the water bottles every hour or so on hot days. On a normal day I refill them after lunch.

We also provide an icepop in the afternoon on really warm days.

We will really do our best to keep the children cool and comfortable in the hot weather.

I am always shocked at how many parents don't provide sunhats when it is warm