Injuries in Nursery

[SirMcG]

Wonder if anyone can help, upon pickup from a private nursery that costs hundreds a month my child (aged 3) often has unexplained injuries, I feel it is increasing distressing me specifically when on head and face.

Nursery continiously blame my child, in that it is not being reported to an adult. I have completed numerous accident forms on pick up that note 'unexplained'. I have reported it on three plus occassions, spoke to my child about the importance of reporting, nursery have done the same, a game has been set up to illustrate the importance, and they say they have checked the child over periodically, still the issue persists.

Is there any advice?

What are they like at home, falling over, bumping into things? Do they cry, tell you when hurt @SirMcG

Is this a nursery you generally trust and believe provide good care in other respects, or do you have concerns more generally? If it's one of a number of things and the trust is gone, probably best to move.

If you like the nursery otherwise, seven unexplained injuries over what sort of timeframe? Seven in a year is very different from seven in a couple of weeks. And roughly how many on the head/face? Nurseries should be very proactive about bumps to the head. A bruise on the shins, much more likely to go unnoticed (or for nursery not to be able to say precisely which bump or trip caused it).

I think @sittingonabeach 's question about what they're like at home is relevant as well. If they trip over, are they the sort to stop and need a cuddle, or are they immediately back on their feet and racing towards the swings? Are they physically cautious or always pushing their limits or in between?

Any other signs that they are shy or quiet with the nursery staff or in a group? My youngest struggles to advocate for herself if the staff are busy with other children – anything from saying that another child hit her to saying that she's going to the toilets. The nursery have never blamed her for it, but it has been noted as a skill they are trying to help her develop.

Absolutely wouldn't be happy with this.

My 2.5yo gets injured its noticed and logged on an app that immediately notifies a parent. Includes what happened, where, pictures if appropriate, details of staff that witnessed the injury.

We have to tell staff any injuries from home so they can be logged on same system including parents explanation of cause and an extra staff member has to witness your explanation and sign it as a witness.

They notice quick. We once forgot to tell them about a bump on the head over the weekend (by this point a small mostly healed green bruise under fringe) and we had a call within the hour asking if they had it on drop off or if they'd missed something happening.

If a parent reported a head injury to their child that we hadn't seen, we would investigate where the child said it happened and see if we could make that area safer, remind all children that it's OK to tell an adult when you're hurt, and note that area as a place to keep a closer eye.

Twice might be acceptable but 7 unreported head injuries is ridiculous. If we even notice a red mark on a child's head we're phoning parents to inform them, even if the child can't remember how they got it, and filling out accident forms. Head injuries can be serious later even if they look like almost nothing.

I posted on another thread but I think my answer might stand here. Our boy was bullied, no injuries thankfully but it got to the point where is was absolutely in meltdown mode at the prospect of leaving the house for nursery let alone stepping foot into nursery. Only advice I have is have a look at nursery advice and find another nursery. Also worth checking out the reviews too, especially if there any comments around reporting.