Nursery gripes

£930 is a bargain! I pay £1300 😞😩 but on a serious note we have similar issues and it is very annoying

Not sure how all nurseries are. Ours is exactly as you described. But I don't mind. I like that she is having fun. Clothes may come covered on paint or glitter on her hair, food everywhere.

I make sure that if there's an item of clothing I really like, it does not get used for nursery

I agree, my son loves going and does so much there! I have labels with his name on his clothing and only ever send him with plain/cheaper clothing for this reason,the staff are amazing and he gets great food and gets to do things there that I never do with him

I work in the nursery my son is at, and these kind of things happen to me too, but with the amount of complaining I do, i think they get the hint.

I've told them that he has allergies, so some nappies, so please don't use any others! (Clearly a lie, except adsa as his bum really doesn't like those) I also have a name stamp for his clothes. I would say something about the food, though, or pack a bib for them to use.

The app things make me laugh. I totally get why parents want to know. But, the more admin they are doing, the less time they are spending with the kids. The gov are changing requirements for nurseries so they do less admin and spend more time with the kids.

Clothes get mixed up, thats why you label them.

Food mess is going to happen. The children will be feeding themselves and might reject a bib.

I work in a nursery and I’m not offended by this in the slightest. I understand these things can be frustrating but please remember that some nurseries are busier than others, there can be days where we’re short staffed and rushed off our feet. They’ll be times where you’re changing 10+ nappies in one go, there’s bound to be a time where we make a mistake and put them in someone else’s by accident, we’ll always tell parents if they’re in a different nappy if we’ve ran out etc. 100% label your things!!! Just in general don’t send them into nursery in clothes that you extremely care about because honestly they’ll get covered in whatever no matter if they’re wearing a bib/apron. It’s an extremely hard job to do and it’s very underpaid. We do our absolute best and don’t get given enough credit! End of the day he’s happy and being looked after and that’s the main thing but if you’re really unhappy about the level of service I would voice your concerns x

I would definitely be speaking to them! Our nursery updates food, how much he eats, how long he sleeps, as well as pictures and what he does during the day. We do have the occasional missing jumper/item but they will message the next day to ask who's it is. My son does come home filthy with food absolutely everywhere but I give them the benefit of the doubt there because can you imagine looking after a room full of babies? I can barely keep one clean let alone 10 of them. I'd definitely bring up the nappy issue as well as them logging/tracking things for you as this keeps your mind at ease.

I'm in the same situation and we've decided to pull our boy out and my husband is going to stay home and pick up work on the weekends and school holidays (I'm a teacher). We're going to be poor for the next couple years but he's welfare is more important. If you can't stop work then I would recommend childminders. It's what we wanted but couldn't find any in the right location that we liked so decided to give nursery a try despite my concerns and it's not worked out for us. Attachment is so important in the first 3 years and nurseries are limited in what they can offer. There's always going to be staff change over and it's too many grown ups for such a little one to have to get to know and build a relationship with in my opinion