To be put off a nursery for this reason?

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Prepared to be told I'm really overthinking my nursery decision.
Basically one of the nursery's I have been considering putting DD into have put me off for two reasons. One they have put on their Facebook page a status asking all parents to check their children's hair for nits as they have yet again notice some children with nits. It not the nits I really have a problem I know children will get nits. Its the announcement on Facebook instead of speaking to the children's parents.
Also they apparently stick an accident sticker to the child when they have had an accident so that the parent knows and can ask what happened. Again I didn't see this as a positive even though they said it as if it was a good thing. All the other nursery's I spoke to said they keep a child journal about the child's day and that the child's key worker debriefs parents at each pick up. AIBU to be put off by these things? I know I probably going to choose a different nursery. But wanted to see if I'm ruling out this nursery too quickly. It is by far the closest nursery to us so would be the easiest option.

That sounds like a nursery which is trying lots of different ways to communicate with parents.

Some parents like/have facebook, some don't. Some parents like face-to-face communication, some are intimidated by it. Some parents like texts, some find them intrusive. Some parents like e-mails, some never check them.

Whatever systems they use, not all parents are going to like them.

The facebook thing will almost certainly be in addition to talking face to face with parents whose children actually have nits.

The sticker is most likely a back up to a system of injury book/written notes and just acts as a prompt to make sure that parents are informed.

I think you're over-reacting, and possibly writing off a good nursery.

My kids all come home with stickers ( backed up with a letter) for head bumps. Think it’s a sensible way to remember

Nits announced in face book makes sure they are breaking daft taboo of shame and telling everyone, if they did it one by one a few aren’t could be missed out and cause offence
You are being daft sorry but you are

Sounds well organized. We get a WhatsApp message from school about nits and they get a sticker if they have been to first aid etc.

believe me you don’t need a detailed run down of your child’s every move for a place to be good. My friend used to work in a Creche and she told me they pretty much block full those diaries or journals with the same for every kid every day

I think the Facebook thing is a good idea. Some parents will be given a letter, shove it in their coat pocket and forget about it, fishing it out in two weeks time when it’s too late. Or have a quick skim read and then forget to do anything else about it. A Facebook message is just another way of trying to get parents to read the information and take it in and act upon it. The more ways you can give the information, the more likely it is to go in and be acted on. (Verbally, letter, sign on the door, Facebook post, email, text - with any luck, every parent will see at least one of those).
The accident sticker - good idea. Hopefully you will also be asked to sign an accident form when you collect (and if you aren’t, you should be questioning why you aren’t having to do this), but if dc is collected by one parent and then straight away dropped off with someone else, the information may not be passed on and if complications arise later, the cause will not be known. Not all dc will be collected by the same person who will give them tea, bath and put them to bed. Some dc could have several people doing these tasks, so the sticker could potentially alert those people there has been an issue.

If you don’t like these things though, look elsewhere, but they are quite minor things to deal breakers imo.

Love the sticker idea and it might also help settle the children to get a sticker after an accident - nits is constant in our school so weekly checks for our kids

Both signs of a good nursery in my opinion.

I'm a teacher and accident stickers are very commonly used in school. It alerts all staff to keep an eye on them, and ensures the message gets home if the child is collected by someone who might forget to say. It also works like magic sometimes to let a hurt/ crying child choose a sticker. They have cute designs and the children like them.

Facebook for all the reasons started by PPs above. You need as many parents to read and cooperate as possible to try and stem the spread of nits!

Accident stickers are brilliant. We get an accident form in their bag but the sticker brings it to my attention and means I can make the time to read the form/ask questions if I need to.
Nits announcement - they probably sent a message home too but some parents might only have kids in once a week or whatever so mightn’t have had the info from the nursery directly yet and this seems an efficient way of informing people
To me both would be plus points rather than negatives - good and efficient processes to ensure parents get information

Thank everyone it seems I am completely over thinking this! It was the first nursery we visited so didn't really question it until we visited others and they all seemed to have different approaches.

Both things sound sensible.

My DC's school use accident stickers. They say something along of the lines of "I bumped my head today, please look out for signs I am feeling unwell" etc. I think it's a good idea.

Re facebook - sometimes people me don't check their emails / texts etc and something like nits is so contagious that it makes sense to do a mass mail type of thing instead of speaking to each individual parent.

Sticker is a fab idea. It's let's everyone who deals with the child know something happened and to keep a closer eye and prompts staff at the end of the day to tell parents.

My sons primary gives us a note at the end of the day but they also put a wrist band on the child, saying the injury, so anyone who looks after them knows.

FB also good. I might not read the newsletter but I'll notice the status when I scroll through FB at the end of the day and know to check. Sounds like the nursery has some great ways to communicate with parents.

I wouldn't have an issue with either of those things but you are entitled to. It's your DC, if the nursery doesn't operate in a way that you like them send them somewhere else. Don't feel like you have to justify it to other people, it's not up to them.

Neither of the things you mentioned is in itself a negative, actually probably positives, but if they are symptoms of your gut reaction that you don't like or couldn’t trust that setting then don't choose it.
You'd spend all day worrying and when something, even minor, happens you'd be questioning how they handled it because that initial doubt is already there for you.

Those things wouldn't put me off. The main thing, aside from safety issues, is now loving and caring are they. They rest is just detail.

Both sound fine to me - but don’t choose a nursery just because it’s the closest, if you have doubts about it (or just prefer one that’s slightly further away), or you’ll end up regretting your choice.