Biting at the child minder's

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My 15 mth son has a bite mark on his arm, child size. I am certain that it must have happened whilst at the child minder's.

I'm very happy with my childminder, she's lovely, and my son loves her. I understand that children bite, and it can't be helped.

What, if any, action should I expect her to take?

Lack of detail is due to my inability to type and stop ds from climbing over the back of the sofa.

I don't want to over react, but am a little concerned that a child being cared for with my son is biting and the cm may not be aware of it.

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Ask her about it. If she didn't get you to sign an accident book - by the sounds of it she didn't, then she may well not be aware of it.

Children can be very sneaky and if your DS didn't 'tell' his CM about it, then how would she know... it's winter, so the bite was probably covered by clothing.

Actions to expect:
Biting incidents to be recorded in accident book.
The child who is identified as being the biter will be kept a closer eye on, so that trigger events can be identified.

Agree - just be upfront about it and say what you've said here. Your DS will come up against a biter sooner or later (my DS3 was a nightmare biter), but the CM may not have realised it happened (although presumably your DS would have cried) and maybe needs a nudge that the biter is biting, IYSWIM.

Agree just tell her so she can keep an eye on it. DS has both been a biter and been bitten but CM was always aware and pointed it out to me.

thanks for responses, i did tell her yesterday (via text, not best communication method) but have not received a reply. i am sure she would have mentioned it if she had been aware, and am also sure that i'm bound to be a bit pfb about it.

Nothing worse than receiving a text message from a parent, especially on the weekend when its very obvious you have been stewing on it.I would suggest you ring and speak with her.

If she was aware then she should have noted it in the accident book and asked you to sign it but it doesn't sound like she was so I would either speak to her over the phone about it or when you see her next. You are not being PFB at all, you have seen a bite on your child and of course you deserve to know how and why it happened. The CMer also needs to know about it so that she can put in measures that will prevent it happening again.