To want to give the nursery staff more for Christmas than my cleaners?

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I’ve got a lot toddler at nursery and the nursery staff are amazing with him. He has 3 main workers in the baby room and others chip in as and when needed. He’s there for 3 days a week and we pay the nursery around £800 a month for this.

We also have 2 cleaners every other week who work a total of 3 hours and we pay them £45 for 1.5 hours work each (£22.5 each) so £90 a month.

The nursery look after our child and which is obviously a massive responsibility that they really well and he’s thriving there. The cleaners also do a great job but in my mind we should give the nursery staff more in terms of presents/vouchers. However, looking through mumsnet some people seem to say that staff at nurseries etc shouldn’t get lots of presents and then cleaners should get at least the total of their average clean. It seems a bit strange to give the cleaners £20 each and then the nursery a box of chocolates for the staff room when their workloads are so different?

What do other people think?

In my nursery we keep a y gifts that are individually addressed to us by name, the rest gets split so everyone get something.
We also usually get £50 bonus off our employer but I doubt we will this year because covid.
To give you an idea of the type of individual gifts we get this year I've got a wine glass and miniature bottle, a soap set, a candle and a box of Maltesers. We don't expect gifts of any sort though!
If I had a cleaner is probably give them £20 cash or an equivalent voucher.
In the end it's up to you though, nursery staff really aren't going to judge you if you don't give them anything, no clue what cleaners expect.

When my children were in nursery and I had a cleaner I gave the girls in nursery more. They were looking after my children which was a very big responsibility. My nursery staff were a great group of girls and my three children loved going there. They really became part of our family and I enjoyed having a little chat at the end of the week when collecting dc. I had three children in their nursery at different times over 6 years. My niece and nephew also attended so we have a history of 15 years with same nursery. I still see the nursery stuff locally and we stop for a catch up and they always ask about dc. On the other hand yes my cleaner did a good job once a week for four hours, I paid her more than what the nursery staff were on per hour and in fairness although it was great having the house cleaned I could have managed without her.

@SamsMumsCateracts

Also, it's really insulting that some don't see us as part of their child's family. We are with some of the children in our care for more hours a week than their parents are. We love them like our own, we worry about them, we kiss them better when they're hurt or ill and would give our lives for them. It's sad how underappreciated many of us are.

That brought tears to my eyes. My DD's nursery is amazing and so are the people who work there. When she moved from the baby room to the toddler room one of her carers from the baby room got upset on her last day. I can tell from the way they talk about her and hug her if she's upset how much they care about her and I can only hope they know how much we appreciate them. I can also tell from her reaction how much she cares about them! Nursery workers are a huge part of our children's lives and should be appreciated as such.