My 14 month old DD has been in nursery 5 mornings a week since 10 months . Nursery comes highly recommended with a very good ofsted report. Due to covid we’ve had no opportunities to go inside the building and settle days were done in the garden. Prior to starting we were told they play in the garden every day and do all sorts of messy/sensory/structured and unstructured play. Just the usual nursery stuff, all good.
Since starting there’s been a few things bothering me but this is my first child and first childcare experience so I’m not sure if this is all standard and I’m expecting too much.
- we don’t get much feedback on what they do all day we’re told about sleep nappies etc on the app but not what they are actually doing. Think I’ve had 4 pictures since starting.
-we have asked that dummy use is limited to sleep only. Every time I pick her up I see her through the window with her dummy. Also every picture that I have received her and every other child has a dummy in their mouth. This is causing tantrums at home because she wants it all the time.
- quite a few times I’ve picked her up and see her watching coco melon on a tablet. I’m not very strict with screen time and maybe if I new they were doing other fun/education things through the day this wouldn’t bother me so much.
- a few times she’s came home and hasn’t been cleaned very well after a poo and little bits of bum are still on her bum. She is difficult with nappy changes so I know it can be difficult but I just don’t think this is acceptable.
-when she started I provided a puddle suit and outdoor waterproof boots for when playing in he garden, they sent all this stuff home at Christmas to be washed/ updated but they had clearly never been used. We’re in Scotland so it would be pretty clear if they were used regularly!
I feel because of covid it’s very hard to get a feel for nurseries and with my DD being so young I just have no idea what she gets up to every day, but the picture in my head is that she’s stuck in front of a tablet with a dummy shoved in her mouth and it is starting to bother me!