My MIL has started having my ds (just turned 1) on a Wednesday afternoon to break up his full week at nursery. He often falls over or bangs his head while he's there, but he's at that cruising / trying to run before he can walk stage, so apart from saying that I'm finding it hard work being there to catch him all the time, to imply that she should be doing the same, I don't know what else to say. She picked him up fro me today as I was delayed in traffic. When I got to her house, I knew something was wrong because she was sitting with him on her knee soothing him. She said he'd crawled up to the wall and hadn't stopped in time, but it was only a little bump. Anyway, my DH had been at hers earlier (no car seat for him , so didn't bring ds home with him) and said that her dogs (2 labradors and a jack russel) had really been mithering the poor boy and were constantly really in his face and licking him. They'd barged through a door which had sung back and banged him on the nose, making him cry but MIL said it was only a little bang and he was making a fuss over nothing until dh pointed out that if a door had hit her on the nose it wouldn't have to be a hard bang for it to hurt (she didn't tell me about that one). I don't want to piss her off or offend her as I need her for emergencies, but I'm beginning to think that her having him once a week is a bad idea at the moment, and I don;t want him harrased by dogs as however well behaved they are, they're still animals and therefore unpredictable.If he got bitten or badly hurt because I hadn't said anything I'd never forgive myself. I just don't know how best to broach the subject without sounding like I'm accisung her of neglect. But I don't think she should have him anymore, until he's a bit older.