Nursery not telling me things

[jemma1995]

So I honestly don’t have many complaints with my child’s nursery. He has been there since he was 1.
However he is 3 and he came back home this evening he told me his arm was sore.
When I asked why he told me he had been to the park and on the way back he was in the pram and they didn’t put his belt on so he fell out.
I honestly understand that these things happen the staff are so busy and I’m not mad about the event as such as it was obviously a mistake.
I just feel a bit unsettled that none of this had been mentioned to me at pick up.
Would you be annoyed about this or should I let it go?
Thanks

Honestly I would expect to be told about that happening. I would query why it hadn't been mentioned. If that's the only thing that's happened in the time he's been there though I don't think I'd make a huge deal about it.

Id be more surprised that a nursery put a 3 year old in a pram. As well as him not being able to prevent himself falling out

Did this actually happen or did he make it up.

Well I suppose it’s a safety thing as it’s an inner city nursery on a busy road but yeah I get your point. I like to think he’s not that good at making up such an elaborate story but yeah who knows

I'd be very careful about assuming a 3 year old is accurately reporting!
I'd run it past them in the morning.
If that did happen though you need to be mad - they're not following their own policies by not telling you.

Ours generally report ‘injuries’ but not every single imp or impact or tiny scratch.

So if he’d bumped out, but got up, said he was fine and not seemed in any way injured then they wouldn’t mention it.

Whereas if he bumped out, and was upset or appeared in pain then they would.

I wonder if it was one of those more excited than ow at the time. But now it’s quieter and it’s a bit sore and I’ve remembered the event it’s more ow.

Lol my eldest DD had some fantastical stories about the most mundane of things at that age. She grew into a teenage drama queen later

Thankfully as an adult her version of things is a tad more reliable

Oh yeah definitely I get that they do exaggerate and maybe hes completely blown it out of proportion. I don’t want to accuse anyone as they take great care of him! But yes I will mention it

Definitely bring it up, it may have been a total non-event at the time but if he's complaining of pain because of it they will want to know. They won't see it as an accusation or complaint if you don't want it to be.

If your upset you can mention that his arm hurt and what he said but I absolutely would not trust his version of events.
I hit 3 year old dd over the head with a frying pan the other days and she has on several occasions fallen from her bedroom window in the middle of the night and had to crawl back in through the cat flap 🤷🏼‍♀️

A Reception child in my class told me she got the bus to school this morning. She lives next door - I saw her arrive with Dad from their house. She was adamant they’d got the bus. Children elaborate or embellish stories. Did he climb onto the pram and fell out before they’d managed to strap him in? Did it happen when they got back after unstrappping? I’m not saying your child is lying but sometimes children say things and genuinely believe them but they’re not always the entire truth! I’m also surprised they put 3 year olds in prams - we never did this when I worked in nursery!

I'd definitely ask them about that, maybe there's an explanation (and he is telling it a bit differently than how it happened as he is 3) I wonder if he had a small fall while getting in before being buckled, but yes if it happened and they didn't tell you id feel a bit annoyed