my child got an injury at daycare center was this neglect??my 22 month old child goes to a daycare where his?

Question

my 22 month old child goes to a daycare where his grandma works and her best friend owns. Today after lunch my childs grandma (also an employee) was cleaning him off, he was standing on the highchair when she was brusing crumbs off of him. He stepped off the side of the highchair and she grabbed him. When I got to the center everyone working there wanted to show me his "owies" He has a very big red rug burn type mark that goes all the way around the back of the his neck. I talked to owner of daycare about this and said he was grabbed by the arm and leg upside down. She must have grabbed the bib a little too. I asked why i was never notified and owner said well his grandma was there and your a little hard to get a hold of also that it was not a significant enough injury to call me. This daycare has called me for him having a diaper rash. They should have let me known it was his neck. He was evaluated at the er, doc said it was a signigicant burn. Should they have called me is it neglec

yes they noticed the redmarks, but failed to really tell me what happened. The red mark is 6cmx4cm. wraps around the back of his neck. No im not looking for a lawsuit or to make money im just wondering what everyone thinks and what they would do, would you report it?

Answer 1

yes it was neglect! U should of been notified immediately. In my state if a child has a neck or above injury no matter how minor it is the parent or emergency contact must be contact asap. u should of got an incident report as well and the grandma should never place a child on a high chair to dust him off thats like an accident waiting to happen. U should call ur states licensing of child care and file a complaint.

Answer 2

Well I had a similar experience with my eldest when she was 2 1/2.
When I collected her from her playgroup, they said she'd had a good day.
I'd gone shopping which had involved a bus journey and a long walk. She normally walked everywhere and refused to go in her buggy, but that day she wanted to be in her buggy. She seemed really sleepy and was sick. She couldn't even sit up in the shopping trolley. I took her straight to the doctor. Turned out she had concussion!
She had apparently climbed onto a table and somehow fallen off and landed on her head?! The staff told me the next day, when I asked them if anything had happened, but then denied this later on.
They wrote every little grazed knee, etc in the accident report book, but didn't write that in?!
If it had been an 'accident' why didn't they put it in the book?!
You really ought to look into this carefully. It may be innocent, but if not it needs dealing with and your child might be safer at another daycare!
Good look sorting this out!

Answer 3

my best advice to you is to take your son some where else since grama is right there they are more likely to tell grama if some thing goes wrong than to tell you also he shouldnt have been standing on a highchair thats more that 2x his heightthat would be like you standing on top of an suv and falling off who cares if there are crumbs on the floor theyll have to vacume at the end of the day any ways besides makeing family more than family is always trouble

Answer 4

I think you should look at this If the child has marks on his or her neck then i highly doubt they grabbed them by the arm but you should tell the size too. but ya its neglect if they don't call you or 911 or a higher official but I would seriously look into the matter if I were you .
Peace Out! and good luck.

Answer 5

OK,things happen,kids always gets bumps and bruises.accidents happen,I'm sure she didn't mean to do it on purpose and she probably thought marks were better than a cracked skull.BUT,you are his parent,so you get to make the decision wether or not it is important enough to call you,not the nursery school.i would be extremely upset with not being notified,EXTREMELY.let that be known.but do remember,things happen,and it happens to lots of kids.i would jump on the nursery school immediately following the phone call to grandma.....she should of called you too!!!!

Answer 6

They should have called you unless they did not notice the neck injury. If the baby was crying they should have checked him all over to make sure he was O.K. Accidents do happen so I would just watch out for them and make sure they understand that you want a call when ever your child gets injured and you will decide if you should go get him.

Answer 7

they should have called you, & she should have never let your little one stand on a highchair while he was being cleaned. If your child knows enough to show you his owies you know its something that probably hurt badly & he wanted only you to make it better. I think they were trying to cover there own bums by not calling you.

Answer 8

You should have been contacted and he should not have been permitted to stand in his high chair. In NY the center would have had to call licensing and report the incident since it resulted in a doctor's visit. You might want to call licensing in your state and tell them what happened. There seem to be some issues with the way the program is run.

Answer 9

The fact that they played it off as "no big deal" says to me that your child's interest is not the 1st priority. Your child needs to be somewhere it is. I realize that accidents happen. Sometimes they're major and sometimes more serious. The people who spend time with him need to feel that their own "embarrassment or whatever" comes second to contacting you when the accident happens.

Answer 10

its obvious that even with grandma there he isn't safe I would find a new day care.And just because grad ma friend owns the daycare does not excuse the neglect.Take pictures and get him to a doctor asap His injuries could be worse than you know good luck