When to pick up child at nursery - every child was crying!

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Hello,

Is there something I can do in this situation?

I put my child in nursery last week for two half days, but I am taking him out and thankfully found a much better nursery where has hasn’t cried!

Those two half days I picked him up, the first one he cried himself to sleep as he was tired and they refused to put him down for his morning nap as the room they play in is also the sleeping room so they put ALL the under 3’s to sleep at the same time after lunch.

The second time I picked him up, he was so tired, he fell asleep in the morning and he missed his lunch so he was sat crying on his own whilst they were feeding him.

Also every single child was crying their eyes out and the nursery nurses were sat there annoyed trying to get them to all sleep at once. It was awful!!! They were so stoned faced. Those poor children.

Surely you should follow the child’s routine a 10 month old needs two naps still?

It can’t be normal that all the children are crying??

Should I complain? Write a bad review? He is not going there again!!

Raise your concerns with ofsted

Unfortunately some nurseries are run like this. The idea is probably get them all to sleep at the same time and then send all but one member of staff on their dinner.

Agree, if you are concerned you need to tell OFSTED.

Before you go to Ofsted, please speak to the nursery. 2 days is not very much time either particularly at this time of year when staff may be on holiday. So things may be out of routine somewhat.

Speak to the nursery and log this down but if no improvements have been made I would report to OFSTED

When my lil one was in nursery he seemed really happy and enthusiastic to go, then after a few months the enthusiasm went and I assumed the novelty has worn off.
It even got to a stage where he wasn’t unhappy to go but he would have been much happier staying home with me and so I started to think what it was.
After back and forth with the nursery politely and asking if any changes have happened and then reassuring me nothing has changed and his growing up and maybe his not stimulated enough I started to notice small things like he seemed hungry most days when I bought him home, he seemed to run straight to the door as soon as he saw me approaching the window and also things like when I packed the nappy bag there didn’t seem to be much missing. Example I used to pack 6 nappies for the 6 hours he was there and after a few months noticed the same amount of nappies were coming home - and when I asked and enquiried about if they had spares at the nursery they use; they said no.

Anyway long story short I marked my sons nappy one day and sent him for the 6 hours and when I picked him up he was wearing the same exact nappy. And the thing that was alarming was it was bone dry !?! And when I asked they said they haven’t started doing any sort of potty / toilet training.

I worked out clearly my son wasn’t eating there although when I was picking him up they would tell me they gave him X Y and Z.
They were adamant the nappy had been changed although the manager who wasn’t in the nursery room with my son but managed the nursery didn’t seem too convinced it was changed but had to believe her staff.

I took my son out and kept him home with me and used the days to have days out with other children, museum trips, educational days out so he wasn’t missing out and he started at another school nursery the following September.

I have never looked back and my son thrived and enjoyed the change so much better.

I think if something seems odd then it is.

Agree. Not normal or right for them all to cry. I did work experience at a nursery and in one room, after lunch they were all to lay down and watch a film maybe fall asleep. Thin it was a 3 to 5 year room. One little girl was moving about and didnt want to be still and they were quite mean to her. Telling her to stand out of the room herself just for not sitting still at 3 years old (minimal moving and whisper to a kid beside her) I ended up going and trying to comfort her cause they made her upset. The girl who was doing it was chatting non stop about her own beautiful baby. Couldn't believe she was being so mean to someone else's beautiful baby whilst boosting about her own. I wish I had said something I would now but was younger then. But seeing it stuck with me. They wont all be tired at the same time and if they are all crying something isnt right.