Toddler always filthy after nursery

[meditereb]

My ds is 22 months old he always comes home filthy from bursery ! Snot and and food all over his face ! Aibu to expect them to at leaat wipe their face a bit ?? Is this considered normal ??

He's one year old. He is a baby.

@bambalaya 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

A child of 22 months will have little or no idea that their face or nose needs wiped. It is absurd to think they would do it themselves. The nursery staff should at least try to keep him clean.

My daughter could wipe her nose from the age of 2. Unfortunately she normally just smeared the snot all over her face. At that age I would absolutely expect the nursery to help with wiping their faces, especially after food.

Ew no, that’s unacceptable. He’s not even 2, they should be showing him alllll the TLC. To be fair my 21 month old does wipe his own nose if a cloth is lying around but it’s not like he goes and seeks out a tissue if he’s got goo on his face. As if!

@bambalaya are you seriously implying my ds is behind ? I would laugh but i think you are soing it on purpose now !

I work in a nursery and we always keep faces clean. Clean, warm flannels are in constant supply.

Neglecting care routines is uncomfortable and impacts children’s day significantly. It’s embarassing, uncomfortable and can attract flies.

Definitely mention it.

Messy play activities fine to be covered in that. Food and snot not ok. I'd definitely mention it to the manager, sounds a bit off if they can't give them all a basic wipe after eating at least.

He does tru to "wipe" if i ask him although not good enough but my question is not that anw . they should do it for him !

My two used to come out looking hideous. So much so I never planned to do anything directly from nursery or pre school because they would be too filthy.

My son was the worst. He would come out covered in mud, paint and drenched as he has a thing about water.

Paint, mud, water, food etc is normal.(even though some paint and food stains are evil and don’t come out).

I assume he goes to a day nursery at his age? Yes I would absolutely expect them wipe faces if they were too grubny or snotty or encourage child to wipe their own face) These places aren’t cheap and It’s not nice for kids to walk around with snotty noses for hours.

Thanks all i will definately mention it !

I'd be a bit concerned at a 2 year old not trying to wipe their own face if asked. Clearly not fully, but if they asked the child to and at least an attempt wasn't made, I'd be wondering why

Have you ever had an almost 2 yr old yourself? I'll bet you're a laugh a minute man.

That’s a lack of basic care and you must complain to the manager.

Mine is always super dirty... all general grub and snot... but then keeping on top of the snot is probably a full time job alone

I would mention it, my DD is always suspiciously clean when I pick her up, whatever they do during the day they get rid of any evidence before we come :)

Faces and hands should be clean - it's basic care.

I also think this is unacceptable.

At DD's nursery the 1-2 years group are taught to get a tissue and wipe their own nose but DD has never come back with snot on her face so I know that when she's been a bit coldy the staff must have helped her with it.

@bambalaya ds is 23 months and sort of wipes his own face. He won’t do it u less we ask him to but he happily takes the tissue or flannel or whatever and tries.

@ememem84 my son does that too but @bambalaya was inplying that bursery staff are not expected to do that for him he sgould donit by himself ! That's ridiculous to me ! My ds wont stop what he is doing go find a tissue and wipe his face he is a baby !

DC always comes home filthy, but her face is free of food, snot and general muck! Surely that’s a basic thing they should be doing so they don’t get it in their eyes?!

My twins would come back from nursery with filthy, food and paint stained clothes. They never had a dirty face or snotty nose though. The nurses would encourage them to wipe their face after meals and when they had a runny nose. Same with washing hands after the toilet. That’s just basic care. I would have a word as he is still very young to remember by himself.

I wouldn't have an issue with that. Sometimes I don't clean my son's face properly either - his skin gets dry easily, so especially during winter and early spring I try to reduce washing his face.

It's just food and snot, it doesn't harm your child. If he himself doesn't care, you shouldn't make a big deal out of it. There are a lot of other things that are far more important in a nursery.

Food round a toddler’s face is not good if they are playing outside because insects will be attracted to the food and the child could get stung/bitten. Put this politely in an email to the nursery and request that food is wiped up.

@bambalaya he's 1. And OP is paying them to care for her child. So if she wants them to wipe his nose they can do it.

He's not a baby. He should probably get a job rather than dossing about at nursery