Yesterday I dropped DD off at her nursery. She's gone since she was six months although is now two. First she started in the baby room then has moved up to a family room, however, my LO will start the baby room in January.
I'd taken DD's coat upstairs to hang on her peg although the children all start off downstairs together. I was at the top of the stairs watching, so they baby room staff didn't see me. One girl was coming up the stairs with a baby under each arm and kicking open a fire door to get through. DH says that Health and Safety says you shouldn't carry more than one child at a time, particularly on stairs. But that wasn't the thing that bothered me.
One little boy, obviously learning to crawl, was being allowed to crawl up the stairs. He'd ground to a halt after a few steps, mainly because he was looking at me at the top. A careworker was nudging him on his bottom with her foot to try and get him to move. She kept saying 'Come on, come on', but not in a particularly encouraging way. Then she just picked him up by one arm and carried him up the rest of the flight of stairs, dangling.
I'd hate to see DD handled like that at that age, or any age. When the careworker saw me, she tried to make light of it, saying he that he was about to move up in to my daughter's room.
Am I being too sensitive? It's the stairs, so I appreciate they don't want to be balancing kids on their, but this seemed a bit out of order to me. He must have been nine months or so. Should I say something? I have a meeting with the manager in a week about something general. I've been seriously considering getting a nanny for DD and LO come the New Year anyway and this seems to have confirmed the choice for me...