to now be bloody annoyed...

[ElfOnTheTopShelf]

I posted a thread the other day, re my DD and something that is happening at the childminders here

She has come home today and despite wearing jeans today, she has a big bruise on her leg where this child has bitten my dd.

I'm proud of DD not hitting back, but, seriously, is there anything I should do? I cant have DD come back marked every day, it isn't fair on her. Does she just have to learn she'll need to ride this out?

Just read your other thread, and if I were you I would be expecting the CM to clearly explain to you what she is going to do to sort this issue out.

My DD went through a stage, when she was about 2yo, of being bitten/scrateched/hit by a little boy in her nursery. The nursery liaised with me closely about the situation. It was difficult cos the little boy was seemingly acting out cos his mum was in hospital (the nursery didn't tell me this as they have confidentiality issues, but I knew the mother).

The nursery made sure that they kept a VERY close eye on them both when they were near each other. During the period of time when there was this problem, they tried where possible to get them involved with different activities to each other, and spent a lot of time with the little boy. They tried very hard to spot every 'incident' to ensure that they could reprimand the boy WHEN it happened rather than after the fact.

Most importantly, without breaking confidentiality, they made me confident that they were dealing with the situation.

(BTW surely the parents should cut their child's nails, not the CM? Sounds like your CM needs to be bit more organised and firm with the parents.)

afaik, the parents have recently separated so I'm not sure whether this is playing a part.

I feel a bit sorry for the cm, she must be stuck between a rock and a hard place; and there are days when there is only dd and this girl, so must be hard to keep them apart.