Strapped child in nursery

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My daughter was attending a new nursery for a few weeks because we moved and after few day I saw pictures that my daughter 3yo was strapped to chair, low chair, when I was asking manager about it she didn’t reply. Yesterday I saw one more picture on App where my child was again strapped to chair but that picture was deleted. Today I asked about that again she said my daughter was strapped just for 2 minutes because she was spinning around. I didn’t give any permissions to do strap my child what can I do now?

You don't need to have given permission for them to use safety straps for goodness sake.

I feel like your were being deliberately provocative in your title. She was strapped into what is effectively a low high chair which has safety straps not tied to a chair with a skipping rope.

At 3 I'd be surprised if she hadn't done the straps herself most children at that age would have tried to strap themselves in.

you can ask the staff more questions if you are unhappy OP.
Was she just in there for eating/activity, or was it more to restrain her? There are very different scenarios

They're using it to restrain the child, not for a meal time.

How do you know that?

Strapped to a chair? no, she was in a chair with straps. A bit different from your title.

So the straps on a chair that has straps, were used?...
With this thread and the one about a child being 'yanked' am starting to wonder if oftsed is lurking on the board so they can read threads and quickly 'say report to ofsted'!

Ofsted trolling Mumsnet

People seem to be missing that there was no safety need for her to be strapped in - ie it’s not a highchair. It wasn’t because she wanted them done up, it was to hold her still. I don’t think that’s ok.

So why are the chairs manufactured with straps?

Our setting has some of these chairs for children with SEN who need a lap belt for safety reasons. I can confirm that if children who don’t need a safety strap choose to sit in one of these chairs, they will invariably want the strap done up!

Don't under estimate the power of the viper's nest remember.... we're a scary bunch! 🐍

OP, was your child strapped to a chair as a punishment? Or was your child sat i a chair at mealtime or drawing or an activity and they secured her to a chair so she or he wouldnt fall off?

Bloody hell, just saw the thread title in active that a kid was strapped in nursery. Strapped to a chair, hmm, I don't know if it's just relief but I think that's fine.

I’d pull her out of the nursery. Any nursery that’s using physical restraints on a child should not be allowed to operate.

People aren't "missing" that, because you just made it up. The OP has provided hardly any useful information.

How do you know?

As should any nursery that doesn’t use physical restraints for safety!

OP, my friend has a similar chair and uses it with straps on for her 2.5 yo toddler FWIW. Was this at meal/snack time? It is a low feeding chair in essence.

Including safety straps ?

If they are using it as behaviour management technique that is not okay. At 3 I would expect a child to be sitting in a seat with no straps unless there are additional needs so they are needed for safety (for example falling out/off)
if they have strapped them in because they were spinning that is not okay as it is then being used as a restraint

No.
You're missing that it IS a highchair. Well, not a chair that is high but a child's dining chair with integrated safety straps.

You're also missing that wriggling and moving about CAN be a safety concern.

The OP hasn't said if this was at a mealtime where not sitting still and in place could mean a choking hazard or an allergy hazard.

We also don't know if the use of safety straps on a chair that comes with straps is nursery policy (for example, their insurance could be invalidated if equipment isn't used as intended).

We also don't even know if said chair has its own straps and if they were even the straps used.

@GoodChat how do you know that?
Where has OP confirmed that?

sorry but NO i wouldnt want my 3 yr old strapped to a chair for anything, i have a 3 and a 4 year old and none of theyre nurserys had these chairs :S the only likable thing was highchairs for eating but thats all and none of my kids used them at 3, they sat at a table on a small wooden chair no straps. and the spinning around thing sounds mental. so she wouldnt stand still so they restrained her? physically restrained using tools such as a strap chair??
NOPE i woud be pulling my child right out and reporting it, who knows what else they strap a child into a chair for.

This I thought they forcibly taped her into a chair!