Attends nursery comes home with a dirty backside

BirnamBear

That is disgusting and there is absolutely no excuse for that kind of treatment of a child. If you did that as a parent social services would accuse you of neglect - phone the registration people

vickynleon

omg your poor son, thats awful, when my little boy went to nursery i was annoyed that he was sent home with his top a little wet from having a drink because i had put clean clothes in his bag incase of little accidents, i would be fuming if they sent him home dirty and sore, you should really put in a complaint like alot of other people have said or at least speak to the manager and see what he/she says. good luck and hope you get it sorted so your little man can be more comfortable.

grey_lady

I agree with what the other posters have said, you should provide them with wipes and tell them that you insist they use them otherwise report them to ofsted. Feel free to pm me their name and i will pass the details onto ofsted for investigation.

I_know_my_ABC_and_my_CMYK

pinkladyof66 wrote: »

our son is 3 and half years and has special needs and attends a special needs nursery. I did offer time and time again wipes and they refuse to use them. We dont have the pleasure of changing nursery as it is the only one in our area that offers what we want. he attends a main stream nursery too a couple of afternoons and they too send the nappies home. The other afternoon the entrance hall to the nursery where all the bags and coats are stank to high heaven of poo it was terrible. all the mums have to smell this when they arrive and i went to get our sons bag and it was his (shock horror)

as our son is older the stench is terrible - and i had to bring it home in the car 6 mile journey with the window open as i couldnt for the life of me find a bin in the street. (now that is another thing was has happened to all the waste paper bins in the street nowadays doesnt seem to be any).

I'm just wondering here if you contact ewnvironmental health and aske them if this is an OK thing to do.

Surely the nappies should be disposed of in a dustbin and not stored for the parents.

I dread the think what it must be like in summer with all these dirty nappies hanging around.

It only takes one fly to land and lay eggs and if a parent forgets to take theirs home and its left for well who knows, the thought isn't pleasant.

When my son was a baby we had to be really careful to change him straight away as his skin would just erupt if he was left even 30 mins so being left not clean as your son is would have meant a trip to the doctors.

I wouldn't have been very pleased either.

The blue paper they are wiping your sons bottom with is used in school kitchens for soaking the grease out of fried foods such as chips, it's not meant for wiping young child's bottom. The paper in itself could actually make him sore as it too rough for this area.

I hope you get this sorted.

faerie~spangles

I suspect the cost of disposing of soiled nappies would greatly increase the cost of childcare to the parents.

esmf73

I've read all the posts by the OP and skimmed the rest. I used to be the Chair of a community run playgroup - responsible for everything. There are millions of rules and regulations that need to be adhered to. The playgroup I helped with had 14 - 20 children and whilst it wasn't special needs we took ALL children - and did have children with compromised immune systems, ASD children and one child who couldn't use his arms and legs or speak.

NONE of them was ever sent home with a dirty bottom or with soiled nappies. Children were changed at the changing table (situated in the disabled / staff toilet) with the door slightly open (to protect staff) and staff wore gloves and aprons (disposable) whilst doing it.

By the sounds of it you will have other agencies involved with helping you look after your son - can you get one of those involved and to accompany you in picking up and get them to speak to the nursery? Alternatively contact environmental health / ofsted / the charities commission / the board of the charity who runs this nursery....

It will cost the nursery to properly dispose of nappies and they may well have decided that as they only have a few children (I think you said 6) that it is not cost effective. But I think you need to find out. Worst case scenario - could you get them a nappy pin (like you can use at home) then they could wrap and dispose! Best of luck

delain

I was given dirty nappies to take home when my twins, now 7, were at pre school, and when my 9 year old went to a different one, it seems to be standard procedure.

I would be concerned about the rough paper and still being dirty though, that's not on. My squeak is another one prone to getting sore, I would be livid if inadequate hygiene at nursery was causing her to be in pain.

rachbc

TBH from what you say this is the tip of the iceberg. This is a speciallist nursery from children with complex needs and its being staffed by volunteers? I hope they aren't using the volunteers to make up the 2:1 child/ staff ratio as this HAS to be qualified staff. If they are scrimping on basic toileting what else are they cutting corners on?

Teenie_D

mildred1978 wrote: »

Yep. You have to open your little pot of pee, hold it out and they dip a test strip in it, then you put the lid back on and take it away with you.

Not from where I am, they would do all that themselves and chuck it away for you, they would give you the pot back but it is emptied.

OP this is disgusting practice, both of mine attend a nursery and not once have I had to deal with an uncleaned bottom and definately not a dirty nappy in the bag. The worst I had was when DD was being toilet trained and she had had an accident and they didn't clean the poo out of her pants properly and it was everywhere, even on her shoes which they stuck in the bag with dirty clothes. I went mad and spoke to the key worker and she was mortified, the manager even came up and asked if it had all been sorted out for me.

I too feel so sorry for your wee boy having to have his bottom cleaned with the blue roll stuff, that is just not right. I provide nappies, wipes and nappy sacks for DS, I would continue reiterating that you want wipes used on him. Good luck

Teenie_D

rachbc wrote: »

TBH from what you say this is the tip of the iceberg. This is a speciallist nursery from children with complex needs and its being staffed by volunteers? I hope they aren't using the volunteers to make up the 2:1 child/ staff ratio as this HAS to be qualified staff. If they are scrimping on basic toileting what else are they cutting corners on?

Mmmm very good point!