My son has been at his current nursery for nearly a year an a half.
When he first joined one of the "selling points" was that they used an online app to provide pictures to parents and updates on his progress.
This was a bit hit and miss in the baby rooms but they did occasionally upload some stuff to it, however since he started in the toddler room (just before Christmas) he's had 2 picture uploaded to the app and absolutely no development info/progress/observation updates. I get given a sheet of paper when I collect him detailing his nap time/nappy changes and food but that's it really.
Is it too high of an expectation to expect a few pictures during the week and a bit of info as to how he's coming along outside of when he had his bum changed in the space of months?
I do feel at the moment like his nursery is a bit meh about keeping parents in the loop and I just feel like I have no real idea how his time is spent / how he gets on there. I've tried speaking to staff to get a picture how he does but I rarely get anything beyond 'he's been great today' or 'he's has a hard day today'. I feel like I'm never really given any meaningful info. I don't expect something every 5 mins but if you're going to show off to incoming parents that you have an app to keep them up to date is it not a bit rubbish to then just barely use it?
I have multiple friends with children in different nurseries who all seem to get very regular info/pictures of their children and know what they are doing.