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Nursery gave me my son's poo in a bag!

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UsernameAlreadyInUse · 12/01/2015 21:42

Posting because I am in two minds whether to raise this with the nursery manager. Today when I picked up my son I was told he'd had an accident (but they weren't sure exactly what had happened) and they gave me his clothes in a bag. When I emptied out the bag and shook out his trousers a child's fist-sized lump of poo fell out of his trouser leg. Shock

First of all, surely they could dispose of the poo themselves and not send it home with him? Am I being precious about this? Maybe, possibly, it was an oversight on their part (but it was enormous!). Secondly, how much help is he getting with toileting that a huge lump of poo in his trousers isn't noticed? He also came home with his underwear on back to front. He told me that one of the nursery assistants helped him dress.

If I do raise it, what do I say? I went through all the paperwork and they don't have a toileting policy.

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Nolim · 13/01/2015 06:39

Eeeeewwwwww.
Maybe it was an oversight (what else could it be, a keepsake?) but it wouldnt hurt to ask what is the toilet policy.

JennyBlueWren · 13/01/2015 20:04

How old is he? What is the nursery changing policy? -they definitely should have one! I work in a school nursery and we are not allowed to wash/rinse/wipe clothes for infection control reasons. If it was on the child's bottom then we'd wipe, bag and bin it. If it was in a nappy or pull-up then we'd bin it.
I have binned very poo-filled pants before because I've thought the parents would rather that than getting it home to wash but not sure if that was the right thing to do.
When encouraging independent dressing you want to praise a child who has independently put on their pants even if backwards or inside out.

HSMMaCM · 14/01/2015 18:52

Maybe they missed the escaped poo in their haste to bag it up? I too would praise a child who put their own pants on, even if they were backwards. Still worth a quick chat to them though.

UsernameAlreadyInUse · 14/01/2015 21:48

I spoketo them yesterday and they were mortified! So at least it's not policy to send the poo home!

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