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Accident at nursery

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MummyMacca · 06/05/2008 15:44

Just want to check something as it's the first time this has happened to me...

Got a phone call at work this morning to say DS (2yrs 9mths)had hurt his finger at nursery-the entire nail had come off whilst in the little tykes house in the garden and noone saw what happened...

I raced up there and took him to A&E which is thankfully over the road, he had an xray/dressing which fell off straight away. he was great and recovered really quickly. now I'm left chewing over what to do/think. DH is foaming.

I know accidents do happen at nursery but this looked so awful-absolutely no nail, just the nail bed. I feel a bit sick thinking about it actually, but like I said, accidents do happen esp. at nursery.

What would you do??

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Twinkie1 · 06/05/2008 15:45

Why are you fuming?

Do you expect someone to go in the little house with them?

MamaG · 06/05/2008 15:47

Her DH might be fuming and yes, nobody expects them to go in teh playhouse with them but when you send your little one to nursery you expect them to be safe. When something horrid happens it can be an awful shock - whether you are unreasonably pissed off or not!

Hope you're ok mummym

RubySlippers · 06/05/2008 15:47

aw - your poor DS

firstly, accidents do happen at home and at nursery

it sounds like your nursery did the right thing in getting him to A & E

have you had an incident report to sign and a discussion with the nursery manager?

I would do nothing right now, except see the accident form and have a calm discussion

Lulumama · 06/05/2008 15:48

it is an accident

a bad one though

you need to find out what happened and why and if the nursery need to take steps with regard to supervising and if the toy he was hurt on is broken or faulty

Hecate · 06/05/2008 15:48

Ouch. My legs have gone soft, reading that! Poor thing.

What would I do? Nothing. Accidents happen, especially to kids. Far more happens to mine at home than has ever happened at childminders, nurseries and all the schools they've ever attended put together!

RubySlippers · 06/05/2008 15:48

Twinkie - i guess her DH is fuming because he is upset his little boy is hurt!

canofworms · 06/05/2008 15:50

I wouldn't do anything tbh. Especially if nothing like this has happened before and you are happy with everything else there.

My dd has only been at nursery 8 months and we've filled the accident book in at least 3 times!!

Ps my nursery always says it's the dads that are more concerned/angry

Hecate · 06/05/2008 15:51

Which is totally normal - they get hurt at home and you feel a bit guilty, give them cuddles and forget about it. They get hurt 'out there' and you want to bring back hanging! Perfectly normal feeling.

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MummyMacca · 06/05/2008 15:52

DH is fuming, not me. I'm a tad shook up.

I don't expect someone to go in the house with them, but I wouldn't mind knowing how it happened, that's all. it just smacked a bit of 'sun's shining, chuck the kids outside for a bit'.

To be fair, the accident report was balanced and said that supervision needed to be increased when they play in the house. He's little for his age so if some of the bigger kids are in there he's scuppered! He's been going there nearly a year and is the first accident he's had there. Bar every illness known to man except leprosy and TB.

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Sexonlegs · 06/05/2008 15:55

What a shock for you and your ds.

Like others have said, I would need to understand how it happened. For a nail to come off, surely there must me some damage to the play house to cause that. Can't possibly think it would have been another child.

I have to say when dd2 had an accident at nursery, dh was more cross than me. The nursery nurse was beside herself. I just took the view that accidents happen, and as guilty/cross we may feel, we cannot be there 24/7.

Hope you are all ok again soon.

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MummyMacca · 06/05/2008 15:59

They are at a loss to explain how it happened, that's the frustrating part of it. The manager and a nursery nurse both searched the house and found nothing. DS said 'underneath a foot' and 'stood on it', but i can't understand how that would take the nail off and he was still shaking and in shock when he said that. All v weird.

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auntyspan · 06/05/2008 21:50

Oh dear I do sympathise - my DD had her front tooth chipped when she was 10 months old - she had been crawling with a toy in her mouth and was knocked by another child.

I was desparate for answers when it happened, why had they let her crawl with something in her mouth, why had the slightly older, more boisterous child been reigned in... but as my mum pointed out it could have easily happened at home....

agree with the other posters really - ensure you get the accident book signed and discuss what the nursery are going to do to try and avoid such a thing happening again.

mommycat · 19/05/2008 12:39

Well at least they called you! We picked up our DD one day recently - again, nice day, kids in the garden - and her whole face was cut and bruised - we had no idea what happened and they only filled in the accident report the following morning, very apologetically, after I went in and demanded to know what happened (I'm the man of the family by the way; DH hadn't even noticed when he picked her up, just thought her face was dirty from food or something).

It is frustrating not knowing what happened but it sounds like your nursery did what they could. I'd be more angry if they hadn't told you or called you.

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