going to visit a few nurseries this coming week - Page 2

emamum · 18-11-2007, 19:35

13) do you have any jobs going?????

emamum · 18-11-2007, 20:02

how old is you little one glasgow guy??

glasgow guy · 18-11-2007, 20:11

nearly 2.5 months..and belting 14lbs..these were taken last week !

glasgow guy · 18-11-2007, 20:16

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1) what qualifications do you have?
2) how do you keep the children safe?
3)can i see copies of your policies?
4)when were you last visited by ofsted?what did they say?
5)how many children do you have here?
6)how many qualified staff do you have?
7) who will be my childs key worker? what qualifiactions do they have?
8) Do you take students? what jobs do they have?
9)When we you last inspected by the fire services?
10) who makes the snack? do they have a food hygiene certificate?
11) who is the first aider? who coers when they are not here? can i see their certificate? is it over 3 years old? (if so they are not qualified)
erm.........12) erm.......... how will you help me and my child settle into nursery?? it can be stress full for both parents and child...

printed off for tomorrow...

many thanks..karma left

emamum · 18-11-2007, 20:17

aaah, so you are looking for a baby room.... ask what they will do if your baby cries, some will leave them for a while... you really want someone 2 go straight away, where do they keeop bottles and how do they know which childs bottles are which? (doubt you want him drinking a strangers breast milk) how will they warm the milk (NOT in a microwave-hot water)will they follow your home routine or try to make him fit into theirs? ( he is too young yet, they should follow yours) how often will they feed him (on demand-NOT every 4 hours) what safety do they take when changing nappies? ( gloves, plastic aprons-seperate for each nappy change and child+disinfect the changing mat)... hope all this helps... will post more if my brain starts working! lol

glasgow guy · 18-11-2007, 20:19

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aaah, so you are looking for a baby room.... ask what they will do if your baby cries, some will leave them for a while... you really want someone 2 go straight away, where do they keeop bottles and how do they know which childs bottles are which? (doubt you want him drinking a strangers breast milk) how will they warm the milk (NOT in a microwave-hot water)will they follow your home routine or try to make him fit into theirs? ( he is too young yet, they should follow yours) how often will they feed him (on demand-NOT every 4 hours) what safety do they take when changing nappies? ( gloves, plastic aprons-seperate for each nappy change and child+disinfect the changing mat)... hope all this helps... will post more if my brain starts working! lol

will add those to your list...
obviously the microwaves a no no when heating breast milk as it would zap any goodness from it ??..I want to them to think that I know what I am on about..

emamum · 18-11-2007, 20:20

only just seen the links.... aaah, he is lovely, little cutie.. i love babies.. kind of a need for my job.. lol

Margaret Pilkington · 18-11-2007, 20:20

I have only just seen this Thread, but i think the questions that have been posed just about cover it.

I know when we were choosing a place for Tiddler (who was 3 at the time)...we were give a copy of the latest Ofsted report, told who his keyworker would be, told about the policies of the nursery, told about snacks, and that the children were limited on the amount of sugar they were given Healthy Teeth being cited......all the questions that my daughter came up with were answered and we were told that we could visit at any time.

emamum · 18-11-2007, 20:21

best way to heat breast milk is under your arm , so that it is body temerature.. thats what i do..

Neil · 18-11-2007, 20:23

Telling us which 3 are you looking at might help us to help you. Some of us might have kids at them.

glasgow guy · 18-11-2007, 20:34

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Telling us which 3 are you looking at might help us to help you. Some of us might have kids at them.

little tinkers
toppers
and the one down sparth house way..

emamum · 18-11-2007, 20:37

the only one i know over here is oscar bears, i saw them in the park once, must have been holiday club, there were 2 very young nursery nurses and 15 kids, all running wild... not good

Neil · 18-11-2007, 20:39

I was once told how good Oscar Bears was until the person moved their little one to Fairfield Children's Centre

buttonsmum · 18-11-2007, 20:42

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I was once told how good Oscar Bears was until the person moved their little one to Fairfield Children's Centre

We were happy with the baby room at Oscar Bears, it was only when Siobhan moved into the room downstairs at 2yrs that we became unhappy with the service.

emamum · 18-11-2007, 20:45

have you got appointments to go see the nurseries? a good time is at 9 am when they are busy and you can see the reactions of the children as their parents leave them and you can see how the staff react to th children, how much patience they have with the crying children...