Toddler being bitten at nursery

[Teaonthebedsheets]

Hi all, my toddler (2 years) has been bitten three times at nursery in the last couple of months. Always on the same day of the week so I suspect it may be the same child (possibly one having trouble settling in). I appreciate these things happen with small children but there's quite a few incidents in a small window of time and we've not been given that much information.

I'm not sure of what reaction/steps to expect from the nursery. What would you expect in this situation? This will help me gauge whether I need to go back and speak to them again. Thanks in advance.

I would speak to them and ask them what steps they are putting in place to stop it happening again.

This is really quite normal, but the nursery should be dealing with it. You should receive an incident form and they should apply comfort measures (cold compress, ice if necessary). If it’s the same child, they should be raising it with that child’s parents. When it happened repeatedly with my eldest, they showed us the materials they sent home with the other parents about how to address biting at home (they did the same at nursery). It is very normal though and a few times in a few months doesn’t seem like a lot. If it was happening weekly, I would be more concerned. Very often it’s friends just playing a bit rough and having a dispute and one not being able to vocalise their frustration. My dd’s best friend was the one who always bit her!

As above. This is too often to be just ‘one of those things’

It happened again today - twice in two days! They say they are dealing with it, but haven't told me how. What can I reasonably expect them to do?

I would not be happy if this was happening to my child. I would be mortified if it was my child doing the biting though, which seems more likely knowing my kids

I think it is quite normal for them to be experimenting with things like biting, hitting etc. But I would want to know what protective steps the childcare were putting in also