DAYCARE FALL

OMG! Where did he fall from and has he been to the ER?

Instantly ask what happened, how it happened and when it happened- worked in childcare for 6 years that's a decent cut

Claude’s suggestions:

That’s a nasty split lip injury - it looks like the lower lip has a deep laceration, possibly through the full thickness (you can see it’s gaping open rather than just cut on the surface). Here’s what I’d do in that situation:
Get it assessed urgently - this looks like it likely needs medical review, possibly stitches or glue, especially if:
The cut goes all the way through the lip (visible from inside the mouth too)
It’s still gaping open rather than the edges sitting together
There’s a cut on the frenulum (the bit connecting lip to gum) - these bleed heavily but usually don’t need stitches
Any teeth look loose, chipped, or out of position - worth checking those front teeth in the photo
Where to take him:
A&E or urgent care if the cut is gaping/deep, or if you’re at all unsure
In the meantime:
Firm, gentle pressure with a clean cloth if still bleeding
Ice wrapped in cloth to reduce swelling
Keep him calm
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Keep him calm - mouth injuries look far worse than they often are because of how much they bleed and swell

Worth asking daycare:

• Exactly what happened (fall onto what surface/object)
• Whether they gave first aid and when
• Why the call came after the fact rather than more urgently, given how it looks

Lip injuries in kids usually heal really well even when they look dramatic - but this one looks like it’s at least worth a same-day medical opinion rather than watchful waiting at home.

You were probably given an incident report, right? He’ll have to go to hospital so the daycare will have to report it to the department of education as a serious incident. I’d: 1. read the report thoroughly. 2. Ask the educators/director what happened. 3. Keep written communication about the medical care he is receiving and 4. Ask what actions will they take if it happens again.

It all depends on what they say/documented it happened. What did they say?

That looks like it needs stitches. I hope they asked you to come pick him up right away. I'd go to emergency as normal GP and urgent care won't treat this. I'd be enquiring more about what happened at daycare too.

Get that baby into emergency, some cases with lip injuries do require a plastic surgeon.
If you’re left out of pocket for any surgical expenses, please claim that back through the childcare. I ended up paying around $4,000 for surgery following a fall at childcare and emailed the childcare requesting they send me the steps to claim through their insurance. I hope you’re doing ok mumma 🥺🤍

I work in childcare and would definitely have called and said is a significant wound and looks like it needs stitches. I would tell the parent he needs to go to urgent care and to please collect asap.
There needs to be an incident report completed also.

Holy fk! Thats bad
Have you rang/ emailed / called
What was there response...
They will try and turn it around on you though
My son fell we picked him up to find a bump on his head
* HE DID NOT have that when we dropped him off that morning the woman said some bullshit exuse and I said " no,no he did not have that last night ( night before) or this morning
She just looked at me i wanted to slap her
Go get him checked out by your gp
Then id call and demand an explanation coz fk man they have a duty of care and that's disgusting
How is your little one
Did he say anything like mummy I fell of the swing ( for example)
He is scared or anything...

yepp went to the ER, his going for a GA tomoss. daycare said there was 3 educators around & he was running and fell forward onto a metal drainage