Frequent accident forms - is this normal?

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DD is 19 months and attends nursery once a week, for a full day. Most weeks (or perhaps 2 in 3 weeks) she comes home with an accident form. Never anything particularly serious - today she has gained a bruise to her eyebrow, apparently she fell off a chair.

Is the frequency of her injuries/accident forms normal? DH says there are too many of them, she injures herself far more frequently at nursery than when she is with us or our parents, and the staff can't be watching her well enough. I disagree and assume it is normal, but I admit I have no comparison to make.

What do you think?

It's normal IME. I think it's because you don't particularly notice small bumps and bruises at home, but at nursery they have to be extra cautious and fill out a form. I imagine that if you started recording every bump at home, you'd be surprised how many there are.

I would say normal too. The accident forms should all go to the manager to be analysed and appropriate action taken. If you are concerned I would say something but otherwise just monitor carefully and see if there is a pattern of types of accidents/times etc

Agree with the others, very normal. As others have said if you noted every bump at home there would be lot's. Also logically they will have more at nursery as more children and toys to trip over.

Hi 19 months is a typical age for accidents as they are becoming more mobile and curious with not much sense of danger or particulary good brain/body coordination! Plus nursery is purposely a more challenging physical environment than the home with lots of other little people to bump into! If you are concerned speak to your childs key person. Most nurseries review accident forms every half term and if anything seems unusual it is looked into. This can be put down to floor space not being adequate or furniture needing rearranging to allow more safe movement. The time of day/week can be a factor too. Is your child having more accidents at the end of a long day or at the end of a long week where they are tired?
Of course inadequate staff supervision or the wrong ratios could be the cause but maybe look into other reasons too. I'd suggest speaking to the room leader as its best to bring up issues early on before they eat away at you and your dh. Good luck

Just a thought, but if the accidents often involve her banging into furniture, tripping up etc it might be worth taking her for an eye test - DS was like this for a while and when we eventually took him to the optician it turns out he is incredibly long sighted and couldn't see anything well at all. He has so many fewer bumps and bruises now that he has glasses (but don't get me started on how a 3 yo boy treats a pair of glasses!!)