Nursery trouble - some thoughts please

[PavlovtheWitchesCat]

My 16month old daughter goes to nursery 1 day per week from 8am - 6pm and alternative weeks, also for two hours on another day.

My husband and I share the childcare on other days, juggling around work.

My issues are:
The nursery staff, in particular the manager, seems to think we are treating the place as childcare, rather than as a legitimate place for our child to develop and grow and as such are not involving us in her development - we have to probe to get answers from them about how she is doing, she has not arranged a parents meeting for us, despite asking

They have moved her from room to room for an hour each day, without talking to us about the best place for her to be, and now moved her permanently into the older room, rightly so as she should have been moved ages ago, but without discussion with us, her parents either as to why she is moved now, or why it has taken so long.

The carers are obviously bored, especially with the older children.

The manager is more interested in making sure we pay on time than listening to us, or sharing her experiences there.

I have a suspicion that she misses meals, esp when she goes in for 2 hours over lunch - she is never messy, not a jot of food on her clothing. and is always hungry, even though her book states 'eaten all'. (she is ALWAYS messy when she eats at home, no matter how much we try to keep her clean and she does not usually eat much lunch, on those days she eats all her nursery lunch, plus another when she gets home).

So, my reason for posting. Should we seek an alternative nursery, or accept that they will all be like this? It might only be one day per week, but we want to make sure she is in the best place to grow and learn.

Ideas welcome.

[RubySlippers]

well at least your DD seems happy but i think you need to get the other stuff sorted