Hygiene warning given by nursery

[Katied1331]

Looking for some advice, our DD is attending a nursery for 15 hours and today we have been called in for a meeting as she apparently has severe nappy rash that they believe needs to be seen my a GP (granted it is a little red but nothing a bit of cream won't fix) they also insist on applying yellow cream at every nappy change something that we don't do as this created a problem with our other children! She has been sent home from nursery and not allowed back until she has seen a GP!

The nursery manager has since emailed us and requested a meeting on her hygiene (hair/clothes/previous nappy rash) she has ringlet curls and doesn't allow us to comb/brush her hair so sometimes it does look a little rough! Obviously I am upset that we are being called in but is this anything I should be worried about?!

P.s my LO often refuses her hair to be brushed (and washed) so I usually give her something to do to distract her!

Hi OP, just a bit of advice for detangling toddler ringlets.

1. Its easiest to do it in the bath, with loads of conditioner slathered on.
2. In-between hair wash days, Johnson's detangling spray is magic. It makes even the tangliest of ringlets easy to detangle.
3. Don't underestimate the value of a good quality hairbrush.
4. Put her favourite video on the TV or iPad while combing her hair, and tell her if she doesn't let you brush her hair, the TV is going off.
5. When detangling, grab a small section of hair at a time, and clamp it really tightly in your hand so that if there's any pulling from the brush, your DD won't feel it pulling at her scalp.
6. Start combing each section from the bottom, then gradually work your way up. If you start at the top, then as you pull the brush down, you're just tightening all the knots and it'll hurt more.

Be careful. I've been nearly banned from here for far more subtle 'troll-hunting' than this. It seems the administrators are far less interested in actually dealing with the piss takers than berating the people who dare to point it out

I would think the yellow cream would cause an issue if it wasn’t being washed off regular.

I think young kids in nappies do best having a. Quick bath every night of course the skin doesn’t take to kindly to being drenched in pee.

while in the bath the chips could at least her her hair combed with a damp comb .

Nappy rags is sore OP should be on the case straight away and it appears she hasn’t

Really!! Oh no!!

I have never put anything about a troll before so I didn’t know.

I looked back on that other thread and I had misread it earlier, the other poster said in her opinion…

My bad 😬. Sorry - and sorry mn hq, please don’t ban me x

My daughter has very curly hair so when she was a toddler it was a nightly bath and comb through with conditioner to get the tangles out without pain, now she's older and it's long enough it's plaited tight except when it's taken out to comb.

Im not accusing social services of being tunnel visioned. I am a childrens social worker!

One single post from the OP and lo, 17 pages of posters who know better than she does and they are judging.

It's a hobby of sorts I suppose.

Covering their insurance? What are you talking about?

To get a viable insurance policy as an organisation your health and safety procedures and risk assessments need to show you are doing what you can to prevent spread of disease and injury etc.

Asking a parent to visit a GP if a child has a rash (which may be contagious) means that if other children come down with a rash which causes a severe illness - caught/spread at the nursery, the nursery can show they took all reasonable precautions. If a child is gravely ill from catching a virus at a nursery, the parents may well sue and the nursery need insurance to cover this.

Absolutely. Take care of your daughters hygiene. My own LO has a rash currently and I apply the cream every day, and staff is under strict orders to do the same. Can’t believe you’re asking strangers opinions on this.

For the nappy rash, nothing works better than sunshine. Lie down with baby on your chest, bend knees and spread bum cheeks apart and let sun light get to the rash. Obviously, only a few minutes at a time bit try to do this a couple of times a day. If you don't have a suitable outdoor space, sun through a window or even just air without sunlight.

For the hair, frankly, I'd just cut it really short for it doesn't need brushing.

I mean, not really. I’ve read loads of helpful comments offering suggestions if the OP is struggling.

The thing is, whatever has happened, the situation has got to the point where the nursery have taken a safeguarding decision. It might seem over zealous but we don’t know what they have seen and there has been no update from the OP.

some comments are a bit judgey but most are not given the information provided.

Can’t believe you have given the staff strict orders!

I don't know why people are still responding to this thread. The OP was either looking to rile people up or doesn't want to hear what's been said now she knows she is wrong because either way she has completely disappeared.