My son's nursery teacher thinks....

loopylass

long walks with the family dog splashing in puddles
mine do hopping races inside
hide and seek
simon says and they have to carry on doing it until i say something else like run on the spot
but as my eldest is 17 and my youngest is 8 and my other son is 14 the 3 boys go over the park come rain or shine and play football
its harder to find exercise to do inside lol but regular few minutes exercise daily should be fine for that young age

Bambam

Don't be upset J. We mums can be a little bit sensitive to comments when it comes to our children - see everything as criticism. I expect the heating hadn't been on that long in the classroom and it probably was a bit cold for the teacher. I'm sure if DD had been cold on the way to school she would have told you. You sound like a very caring mum, otherwise you wouldn't have upset yourself the way you did.

Janepig

Bambam wrote:

Don't be upset J. We mums can be a little bit sensitive to comments when it comes to our children - see everything as criticism. I expect the heating hadn't been on that long in the classroom and it probably was a bit cold for the teacher. I'm sure if DD had been cold on the way to school she would have told you. You sound like a very caring mum, otherwise you wouldn't have upset yourself the way you did.

Thanks for that - DH said I was being a bit over-sensitive but she did make me feel really terrible. Thankfully she was a supply teacher so wouldn't be aware of what a sweaty mare DD is, and hopefully I won't encounter her again!!!!

Jxxx

jellyhead

i had that with my eldest, he never got cold and would overheat easily.

does she take a cardigan when other family members drop her off? maybe your family know the nursery isn't warm, but it's the first time you've been there when it's been colder. ask to see their thermometer in case it's too cold for comfort.

jellyhead

siren do you have cable or satellite TV? the ceebeebies channel has a 'boogie beebies' programme where they dance, that's exercise i suppose. i have no idea when it's on, i saw it around 8am this morning but my baby is 1 so he doesn't often watch tv. if you can get the actual ceebeebies channel it's probably on more often.

i take mine out in the rain to jump in puddles, but that doesn't work for my sister whose kids have bad asthma. swimming is cheap here, 2.80 for adults, 1.40 for kids and under 5s go free. we also go to the soft play area but it's 3.50 per hour even for babies and my ten year old is approaching the max height, his friends are too tall so it's not as much fun going with us without taking a mate along.

siren13577

Hi Jelly,

I have Sky so I'll stick boogie beebies on, I like the idea about the puddles and splashing he'll like that and with the rain we're bound to get it will be good exercise, I'll take him to the local jungle gym around here. Does anyone know if it's half term next week? I think it is but have not been told properly yet

Thanks

Scarlett1

siren13577 wrote:

Hi Jelly,

I have Sky so I'll stick boogie beebies on, I like the idea about the puddles and splashing he'll like that and with the rain we're bound to get it will be good exercise, I'll take him to the local jungle gym around here. Does anyone know if it's half term next week? I think it is but have not been told properly yet

Thanks

yes half term next week..

Dead_Eye_Jones

ariba10 wrote:

I would ask her where she studied medicine.

why do you have to be a doctor to understand basic ailments, in this day and age we all have access to information and to assume a nursery school teacher isnt intelligent enough to make basic observations is a bit unfair. Hmm I have a sore throat, a cough, and a runny nose - geesh whatever could be wrong with me - only 7 years of study can save me!

fyi my teaching partner is briefed by those on high on certain things to look out for. Its funny, parents are fast to blame schools when they fail to diagnose conditions but get upset when they try to be helpful. I think we need to draw a clear line, lets ensure schools are there to educate and leave welfare to parents for better or for worse. Where that leaves the kids of parents who dont care, I dont know, but hey its clear from these posts we dont want it both ways.

I guess this is whole other debate at secondary school level, but these days its all about parents getting their naughty kid to get diagnosed with attention deficit disorder so that they are allowed to do what the hell they like for the rest of their lives - its ok, they arent naughty, its an illness :S

If you are concerned surely the answer is obvious- go talk to a gp.

cantcope

asandwhen wrote:

Sorry to hijack your thread - but can those with underactive thyroids tell me how much medication they are on - my wife is on 175mg of thyroxine is that a high dose?

I've been on 150 for the last 6 years. started at 75 and shot up to 150 in the first year. As someone already said. I am not overweight however when i was first diagnosed i had put on nearly 2 stone in less than a year. Diet and the thyroxine have helped get the weight back off.

I dont get up funny, dont think so anyway.

jellyhead

deadeyejones it's not that we don't want any teachers mentioning something they think might be a problem - it's excluding the child from eating treats when everybody else is eating them in front of him that makes me angry. that's not 'trying to help' - it's very unkind especially to a preschool child. unless the parent has asked for eating to be monitored or restricted for some reason then why should a nursery teacher take it upon herself to deliberately exclude him because she thinks he's overweight?