Bitten 3 times now

csa40

By all means go through the complaints proceedures but if you don't feel that your child is being looked after properly, change nurseries. If other children there don't appear to be being supervised correctly I'd worry about what else is going on.
A nursery should move heaven and earth to resolve your concerns. What have they actually done in response to your previous complaints so far?

CB1979_2

perhaps the problem is your kid?

sure it isn't doing it to themselves?

Marker_2

Complain to the parents. I would be mortified if my child bit someone else. My child is two and she has bitten me twice (it was half a kiss half a bite on my leg), first time I smacked her, second time I shouted so loud, I was so mad and hurt she never did it again.

The parents of these bitten kids need to sort it out, if the parents seem blaze about it, either bite them or threaten to bite their kids (I would anyway hehe).

You can stick a letter in to OFSTED, but I would talk to the parents first and foremost!

Savvy_Sue

But the nursery may not be willing to tell you who is biting your child - assuming they know if the supervision is lax!

Mips

I really feel for your little one - my lad bit my daughter and they were playing quite amicably until he did this. She screamed so hard and he left bite marks. I picked him up and put him in his cot away from the fun. Biting is not acceptable.


My youngest lad bit ME so hard on the leg whilst I was sat on the computer.. I yelled NOOOOOOO so hard he jumped out of his skin but I was left with a bruise - it REALLY hurt me.

I can teach mine not to bite, remove them from playing and shout 'NO' but in a Nursery I don't suppose they can do that to the kids they mind.

I should expect they should tell the parents of the culprits - you don't pay £30+ a day for your child to be bitten and unhappy :eek:

choccymoose

Marker - The nursery is bound by confidentiality and is not allowed to tell the parents who the biter is and visa-versa.

Mips

CB1979 wrote: »

perhaps the problem is your kid?

sure it isn't doing it to themselves?

Comical.

Any other Pearls of Wisdom today?!

Bitten_2

Pretty Sure CB1979, as one of the bites was on her cheek!!!
The reason i have not taken her out yet is that she loves it there, it doesn't faze her and she has not picked up the habit herself. I chose the nursery as it was the best of about 20 we looked at in the area, the staff are lovely and who knows the next one i take her to may have kids that bite and kick!!
I have complained to the nursery and they are starting to observe the child to see if his routine needs altering: earlier nap, later lunch etc. Thank you everybody else for their advice NOT YOU CB1979.

CB1979_2

woah i wasn't actually being sarcastic.

i was wondering if that was the actual problem.

alot of the time parents often don't think their kids are the/cause of a problem and it's always someone elses.

for once i was actually genuinely being serious.

if it was for the bite on her cheek though, you would've had to convince me more! lol

oh and if anything i think the kid needs an earlier lunch, he's obviously very hungry

but i understand why you have all this guilt, cos you chose the "best" one and now it's coming back to bite you on the !!!!! (well actually your kid all over!)

hope you get it sorted it out

Bitten_2

Thank you CB1979 you are obviously just being polite however having read some of your previous posts i get the impression that that is not the case.
I have no guilt either i stand by my decision - the nursery was the best and i doubt there is a nursery out there without a problem of some kind, i appreciate people's advice, that is what i was after not some one trying to be a shrink!!