Was I right to say something? Feeling a little guilty

[Monadami]

My DS is 19 months old and having looked at a few Nurseries found one I really liked. He will only be attending for 2 half days purely to give him some social contact with other children and some independence.

Anyway, we went in for a couple of settling in sessions. On the first day, I noticed at least 4 children had heavily running noses, 2 had green mucous running into their mouths. I was there for about 45 minutes before one of the staff members wiped a couple of the childrens noses, but one of the other children continued to have a snotty nose.

I understand children will have snotty noses and it can't be prevented, but to me allowing it to drip into their mouths shows a lack of basic care. It was also being transferred onto toys and soft furnishings.

When I was leaving I spoke to the Nursery manager and mentioned this, she seemed to agree with what I'd said and said because the room leader was off sick, the two other girls were being a bit slack. I'm now kind of feeling a bit guilty, as the two members of staff were obviously spoken to, as on my second day, the tissues and wiping was abundant.

Anyway, does anyone think I was over-reacting? Would you have said something too?

No, I agree with you. (I bet they would wipe their own child's nose)
Proves why room leaders are essential in a nursery.

Its very basic wiping childrens noses and when mnay children have a runny nose at once, which must happen a few times during the winter, the staff should keep tissues and wipes very close to hand so they can wipe frequently. In my dd's nursery, in the toddler group, there are dispensers with tissues at the childrens height and they have been taught how to help themselves and clean their noses when they need to. I'd still expect staff to keep an eye on them though and wipe a nose when the child forgets to do it themselves. You were right to say. Next thing would be to keep an eye on the childrens bottoms, sore bottoms indicate being too long in wet/dirty nappy. A good nursery will use lots of nappy cream (perhaps provided by yourself) and will change nappies at set times a day but also when needed. I try to keep dd's nursery up to date with her routine so that they know when she's likely to need a nappy change. Nurseries shuold be a two-way relationship where parents and careres work together so keep discussing things with staff and nursery manager. No need to feel embarrased by it!