Nurseries: Is this normal?

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DD (aged 1) just started at nursery this week and my first week at a new job after maternity leave. I had a call at lunchtime from the nursery asking me to come and fetch DD because she'd had diarrhoea. Is this normal?

When I got there, she was the only child in the nursery and just dropping off to sleep in a cot. When I asked the staff for more details, she explained she'd had loose bowels and wasn't eating a great deal so they would like her removed (as per their handbook apparently).

She seems fine, not off colour and is fast asleep at home. Work have been lovely and let me off for the afternoon but I'm a little concerned that each time she's faintly poorly, I'll get a call....

Any thoughts? Am I being a horrid mummy by wanting the nursery to look after DD when she's got a pooey bottom? I'm a single mum so do rather need a bit of flexibility to make the return to work, well work.

Yes, very normal. The policy is usually to send them home and then you have to keep them off for 48 hours from the last loose nappy. The same for vomiting.
I did a stint in the baby room a couple of weeks ago and a baby had 4 loose nappies and was sick after lunch. The manger phoned the parents but nobody answered their phones for several hours. Grandma collected and brought in the next day when baby had to be sent home again. Later in the week I was ill, as were a copule more of the babies.
Nursery is not the place for poorly babies. But sometimes it os really difficult to tell when a baby has an infection or if it is normal for that baby. Some children have very loose bowels normally.

This is normal, hopefully as time goes by they will get to know her and not call at every loose bowel.

My children both used to suffer with loose bowels when teething it was a nightmare as they would be sent home and not allowed back for 48 hrs.

I dug my heels in a few times as it was quite plainly ridiculous. I used to ask if he/she had a temp or had been sick, had they been playing etc and usually asked if we could see how they went and of course if they got unwell i would come straightaway - seemed to sort it out.

poor you! Especially with new job to worry about on top of starting nursery which can be stressful anyway! I've never known this after one loose nappy and I've had 5 Dcs. I work full time and have had lots of experience of nurseries

Nurseries vary in their policies to asking parents to remove child after 1 loose nappy. I have never had to collect a child for loose poo (DS1 now 6, so 4 yrs at nursery, DD2 now 3), however, they all adhere pretty strictly to the 48 hours clear rule.
If the question is "is it normal to have to pick up child early in first week" then the answer is a resounding yes. First month at nursery feels like they spend more time out than in, I'm afraid. Good luck.

I just typed a list of when I would send home; then decided it was way TMI so didn't post it

Deciding if a poo is an upset tummy or teething or normal for that child is so hard

My 2 year old son is attending preschool for 2 mornings a week. He has been going for 2 months and screams and cries every time I drop him off. He will also cry at home if I tell him we are going to preschool that day. I know it can take a while for children to settle but I am starting to wonder whether this is normal. I also have some doubts about the preschool itself. He is potty training and in the space of one 3 hour session on Friday he managed to wet himself twice. I worry that they don't really play him enough attention. He has also developed a very bad stammer and I wonder if this could be linked to his anxiety with preschool. Am I overreacting?

Sorry. I didn't mean to hijack this post. I meant to start a new one but my sleep-deprived brain failed again.