To stop sending my child to nursery cause they allow him outside

[O8O818]

here me out, I hope I'm not being PFB but I am so fed up with my child's nursery. Time and time again I've said he is not to be outside, but nobody listens! Each day he comes home caked in mud, all up his back, caked on his shoes, not wearing any gloves or a hat, some times not even wearing his wellies just his indoor shoes! Its Baltic. On Friday I went to collect him and they said he was outside making hot chocolate... with the mud he was rolling around like a pig in shit but he was covered from head to toe, in his hair, his ears, his back from when another kid through a mudball at him I don't know whether I'm overreacting though? Aibu!!

He’s a boy, they are as you put it happy as a pig in shit when rolling in mud. Let him run free as far too soon he will be glued to a phone or keyboard. Boys will be boys and it’s good for them, please don’t spoil his fun.

I'm reporting this for sexism, gender stereotyping and not reading the fucking thread.

Sweet baby Jesus, she said on the first flipping page that she didn't mind him going outside, but she did mind him being left on his own to just roll around in mud in unsuitable clothes.

YABU send old clothes and shoes let him be a child and have fun if it's cold dress him in suitable clothing for outdoors.

The OP sends in an all in one suit but they don't change him into it. Or change him into wellies on days he has other shoes on when he arrives. Or put a hat on him. Or supervise him outside. It's really not the OP that is the problem here.

Right, Lweji and anyone else that can read, do you fancy forming a support group for people that have banged their head against a brick wall for so long, that they are actually contemplating setting up a forest school for unicorns (waterproof clothing provided)?

Why do you keep telling the nursery he can't go outside ??
How do you know he is unsupervised? You seem to be sure about a lot of stuff that you can't possibly see if you're not there ?
Stop being ridiculose about the mud,
Kids don't need to be wrapped up like adults and they are hot because they are constantly moving

I honestly think the OP needs to ask for this thread to be closed. She has had great advice about approaching the nursery and the possibility of moving to a childminder.

The amount of people who haven't even bothered to read the OPs post is astounding and the discussion is at a bit of a dead end. Perhaps you could start a new thread @ O8O818 to discuss the ongoing problems with nursery (leaving the mud out of it).

Puddle suit! You can get them pretty cheap in asda so you could even get one to wear one to wash as they say!

@hazeyjane

Oh,

Start a new thread!!! This one has turned into a moron-fest!

I think kids should be outdoors as much as possible and the more time they spend playing with mud the happier and healthier they are. My daughter looks like she's been dragged through a hedge backwards every day after forest school but that is how a childhood should be.
As long as they are dressed properly, the nursery is doing a great job.

Your grievance is that he is not dressed properly (partly your fault) and not supervised adequately? So dress him properly and make sure they know that he's to be wearing his waterproofs and wellies and to be supervised. You should NOT ask them to keep him inside. I suspect you're just pissed off at all the muddy washing..

So dress him properly and make sure they know that he's to be wearing his waterproofs and wellies and to be supervised.

Or you could read just the OP's posts. The OP who must be banging her head against a brick wall at the sheer number of posters who haven't even read her opening posts.

If you can't move him, all you can do is meet with the nursery manager and threaten a report, it doesn't sound like a great nursery to me that they are letting him mill about in the cold on his own so much and that they haven't responded to your questions on his clothing. I'm sorry you don't have better choices op, it's awful to be stuck in a childcare situation that's sub-optimal but happens so much - in reality good settings can be hard to find.

I thought it was 1st April when I read your post!! Are u having a laugh!! Why don’t you just go the whole hog and wrap him up in cotton wool!!

I thought it was 1st April when I read your post!!

Maybe by the time April 1st comes round people will have read the OPs posts?

Lweji

Brick wall anyone?

Icerebel

for you too?

No for me please, i'll have a I'm already in the corner rocking backwards and forwards muttering about all in ones.

Omg get a grip! He's a child... They getting dirty and love being outside

Not being horrible but is he generally messy in everything he does because some children are just like that - for example eldest son was always super clean at nursery however middle child came out having painted his hair blue on many occasion and loved the mud kitchen at reception where weekly he would come home with his t short brown! Teacher apologised but sometimes kids are too quick, refuse to wear all the gear etc etc!

Omg get a grip!

Attention all shoppers, grips can be found in aisle 3, next to reading glasses.

I don’t have anything against children getting dirty and enjoying themselves, but there has to be boundaries, especially at nursery.

His school teachers won’t be too pleased if he rolls around in the mud at playtime.

I think it sounds extreme. My three kids never came home covered in mud, and I don’t think they missed out on anything!