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Worried about the nursery that I work in

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KeyLimePie98 · 24/09/2024 15:08

I started work as a practitioner a month ago but I’m starting to have concerns. First of all, staff are often out of ratio, meaning two staff to many children outside and it’s hard to be watching everyone all at once. The manager has apparently complained about the state of one of the rooms, the toddler room (I don’t work in this room) that toys are everywhere and it’s a mess. staff aren’t happy saying that the manager isn’t supportive. I’ve also noticed mould around the window sills. Staff stand chatting and children have accidents. I’ve been into other rooms to get something and children are often left to cry as apparently nothing will soothe them. Would you raise concerns and how?

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Rubyupbeat · 24/09/2024 22:55

@Ifoughthefight I agree with everything you say. How can you trust your perfect little one to strangers? They need their mum/Dad. Nurseries are a business and like all business there are going to be bad ones.
I can understand if you have to work to live, but not just for a bigger house, car, holidays etc...

Monkeysatonthewall · 24/09/2024 23:18

beenwhereyouare · 24/09/2024 21:36

You're really assuming A LOT here, and being terribly unfair on working mothers. Not all of us could afford to be SAHM mothers. We weren't taking foreign vacations or buying expensive clothes. We were just trying to buy groceries and keep the lights on. On MN, we often warn young women of the hazards of stepping off the career ladder and staying at home; we hear their stories all the time. Scared, stuck, no place to go and no money to do it.

Think before you just come out with something hurtful, please. Moms that work elsewhere deserve just as much support as SAHMs.

She's just a nasty piece of work.

And yes, I'm triggered. Triggered as someone who tries to do her best (just like other mums) and then some pricks come on Mumsnet and start teaching us about something they absolutely don't understand.

Monkeysatonthewall · 24/09/2024 23:20

Rubyupbeat · 24/09/2024 22:55

@Ifoughthefight I agree with everything you say. How can you trust your perfect little one to strangers? They need their mum/Dad. Nurseries are a business and like all business there are going to be bad ones.
I can understand if you have to work to live, but not just for a bigger house, car, holidays etc...

Another one.
Honestly, f* off.

Pickledprawn · 24/09/2024 23:57

Ifoughthefight · 24/09/2024 19:13

That breaks my heart. Kids left alone crying...
Money is not everything and a mum's presence in the early years is more than everything, more than a big house, oversized car, expensive clothing, foreign holidays

🙄 a completely irrelevant comment.

Thedogscollar · 25/09/2024 00:11

Ifoughthefight · 24/09/2024 19:13

That breaks my heart. Kids left alone crying...
Money is not everything and a mum's presence in the early years is more than everything, more than a big house, oversized car, expensive clothing, foreign holidays

That's such a sweeping statement.
You clearly have no idea why the majority of mums use a nursery.
I suggest you educate yourself a bit more.

Happii · 25/09/2024 10:17

Ifoughthefight · 24/09/2024 19:13

That breaks my heart. Kids left alone crying...
Money is not everything and a mum's presence in the early years is more than everything, more than a big house, oversized car, expensive clothing, foreign holidays

Yeah that's exactly why most families have both parents working- to afford luxuries and extravagant things. You're a clown, you're either financially supported to stay home by a partner or have inherited wealth; both are of course fine, but judging others is ignorant and clueless. A mothers presence is not more important than a warm, stable home with food on the table, no.

beenwhereyouare · 26/09/2024 00:14

Rubyupbeat · 24/09/2024 22:55

@Ifoughthefight I agree with everything you say. How can you trust your perfect little one to strangers? They need their mum/Dad. Nurseries are a business and like all business there are going to be bad ones.
I can understand if you have to work to live, but not just for a bigger house, car, holidays etc...

Who said that's why the OP works? Oh, I forgot. @Ifoughthefight did. Which of course is ludicrous because how would they know?

Women, please quit attacking other mums. Stop surmising or downright making up accusations. Why would you want to add to working mom guilt?

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