melco
05-09-2012, 06:31 PM
Hi,
I had a lo who is 14months today, he starts with me properly tomorrow but today had a 2 hour settling in session.
I have 2 children of my own aged 6 & 8 and I also have after school children who also started today aged 9 & 10.
Basically when we got back from the school run all of us were in the dining room and it was 5 mins from the 14month old being picked up and he bent down and hit his face on a plastic house, I picked him up and had a look and there was a little blood on his tongue but nowhere else so think he may have bit his tongue. I filled out an accident report and when Mum arrived I was my normal happy and cheerful self and explained what he had done but she was looked very shocked and then I received 20 questions about how it happened, where I was etc etc. I think she thought I had left him alone!!
I brought her into the room where we were to show her exactly what happened and explained that we were all with him and he was fine 2 minutes later. Tomorrow when he comes he will be staying for dinner as well as the 2 after schoolies and she then started questioning how I will look after when I prepare dinner.
I told her that I will be preparing dinner during the day and that if I need to I will put him in the highchair with some toys, she told me that he would not like this so good luck. I don't know what else she expects me to do as I can have him walking round the kitchen! I also think she has decided 2 extra children will mean I can't cope but as they are older having my 2 or having all 4 will not make a difference to how I will be able to look after her lo.
Also she then asked whether I had given him some milk, she only told me to give it to him if he was tired, I did not give him any as he was happy and I did not see the need. She said that I need to give him some at 4.30pm otherwise he would not have a drink but this was the time he was going and I had given him some water.
Anyway basically I thought everything was fine and I wasn't worried about telling her about the accident as I even met her at the park the other day and he fell over twice and hit his head quite hard against a pole!! So he does have accidents.
But now I just feel sick and deflated like I am in the wrong even though I know that I could not have prevented him hurting himself. Also she went home with my accident report!! So will have to ask for it back. Great!!
Anyone else had days like today? I am now just worried about him starting tomorrow as we were all getting on so well. I don't want it to be ruined.
Thanks for reading
melco
I had a lo who is 14months today, he starts with me properly tomorrow but today had a 2 hour settling in session.
I have 2 children of my own aged 6 & 8 and I also have after school children who also started today aged 9 & 10.
Basically when we got back from the school run all of us were in the dining room and it was 5 mins from the 14month old being picked up and he bent down and hit his face on a plastic house, I picked him up and had a look and there was a little blood on his tongue but nowhere else so think he may have bit his tongue. I filled out an accident report and when Mum arrived I was my normal happy and cheerful self and explained what he had done but she was looked very shocked and then I received 20 questions about how it happened, where I was etc etc. I think she thought I had left him alone!!
I brought her into the room where we were to show her exactly what happened and explained that we were all with him and he was fine 2 minutes later. Tomorrow when he comes he will be staying for dinner as well as the 2 after schoolies and she then started questioning how I will look after when I prepare dinner.
I told her that I will be preparing dinner during the day and that if I need to I will put him in the highchair with some toys, she told me that he would not like this so good luck. I don't know what else she expects me to do as I can have him walking round the kitchen! I also think she has decided 2 extra children will mean I can't cope but as they are older having my 2 or having all 4 will not make a difference to how I will be able to look after her lo.
Also she then asked whether I had given him some milk, she only told me to give it to him if he was tired, I did not give him any as he was happy and I did not see the need. She said that I need to give him some at 4.30pm otherwise he would not have a drink but this was the time he was going and I had given him some water.
Anyway basically I thought everything was fine and I wasn't worried about telling her about the accident as I even met her at the park the other day and he fell over twice and hit his head quite hard against a pole!! So he does have accidents.
But now I just feel sick and deflated like I am in the wrong even though I know that I could not have prevented him hurting himself. Also she went home with my accident report!! So will have to ask for it back. Great!!
Anyone else had days like today? I am now just worried about him starting tomorrow as we were all getting on so well. I don't want it to be ruined.
Thanks for reading
melco