A dinner lady has pulled out my child's tooth, am I overreacting?

Georgiegirl256

I'd hate to see the OP's and the rest of the over-reacting squads reaction to what our old dinner ladies used to do! It actually sounds quite barbaric when I think of it now....they used to tie a bit of string round the loose tooth, and the other end to a door handle, and then slam the door! :eek:

Georgiegirl256

Ches wrote: »

Now whos over reacting??

Definetly not meritaten....that was one of the most truthful posts I've seen on this thread.

busiscoming2

I'd have thought the dinner lady would have reported this action to the class teacher and in turn the teacher would have spoken to you at the end of school.

Are you overreacting? Depends on what sort of parent you are. I'd be pleased the lady did what she thought was best but I'd be miffed no one told me. You could always ask why you weren't told and go from there.

I'm a dinner lady and I certainly wouldn't be allowed to do this. I'm not even allowed to put a plaster on! Child protection has gone mad!

Mrs_Imp

carlamarie wrote: »

Now if the tooth had been knocked that hard that it had dislodged and was almost out, would there have been a lot of blood( dd said there was a little bit) and wouldn't it have hurt? (Again, she said it didn't and she's a bigger drama queen than I am)

When I was little I had a slightly wobbly tooth. My friend bumped my mouth. There was a teeny tiny bit of blood and my tooth was hanging on by a thread. It needed taking out there and then before it fell out and got lost, or choked me. At no point did it hurt beyond the 'ouch' of a bump to my mouth.

Get the pennies ready for the tooth fairy and leave it at that.

System

Actually, not splitting hairs or anything but the dinner lady could have put herself in danger IF the child had HIV.

Mojisola

busiscoming2 wrote: »

I'd have thought the dinner lady would have reported this action to the class teacher and in turn the teacher would have spoken to you at the end of school.

Are you overreacting? Depends on what sort of parent you are. I'd be pleased the lady did what she thought was best but I'd be miffed no one told me. You could always ask why you weren't told and go from there.

I'm a dinner lady and I certainly wouldn't be allowed to do this. I'm not even allowed to put a plaster on! Child protection has gone mad!

But that's because of parents rushing in to school to complain at the slightest thing!

marisco_2

JackieO wrote: »

I too think the dinner lady was probably doing what most mums would have done.

I too think that a maternal instinct kicked in and that the dinner lady was trying to help your dd. However working in a school she should be well aware of the numerous restrictions that apply, regarding what is and isn't appropriate contact with children. To stop her from putting the school and herself into problematic territory in future, I would recommend calmly raising your concerns over this situation with the school. I am sure they will appreciate being made aware and will take the opportunity to remind all staff of correct procedures.

seashore22

I swallowed a baby tooth as a child, so it does happen.


When my children lost their teeth there was never a second tooth visible either.

Mrs_Huggett

Sorry, but all I can see in my head is Peter Kaye doing his dinner ladies sketch........'It's spittin.....everybody in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

helzbelz_57

Mrs_Huggett wrote: »

Sorry, but all I can see in my head is Peter Kaye doing his dinner ladies sketch........'It's spittin.....everybody in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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