Biting
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They’re not allowed to tell me who the child is but in my head I’m thinking why isn’t their parent being notified???? And if they are, why are they still allowed to come back every day if this is a continual problem
This is tricky because as you said it’s very developmentally normal for this age. We went through the same with my son getting bit at that age. It wasn’t the same kid every time. I’m sure they are letting the parents know but just not telling you. Some of what our daycare did to try to help was they read a book about not biting every single day with the kids. You can also ask them if they’ve tried to identify whether this is happening at the same time or under the same circumstance - like a kid tends to bite when it’s clean up time or when they’re playing with blocks or whatever. If they can identify the triggers they should be able to have staff more closely monitor during those times in particular. As a teacher myself it’s honestly just not possible to catch 100% of things 100% of the time, but there certainly are ways they can be proactive about it which is what I’d be wanting to hear when speaking to them about it.
@Amanda ive worked in daycare for over a decade and a repeat biting situation in a classroom usually boils down to one of 3 things. 1. If there is a child who is in a biting phase, most schools doccument each biting situation right after it happens documenting things lik time of day, situation where the bite occured, which child, any potential triggers like before lunch or after an arguement. This doccumentation takes time, often a month or two, working with the parents to resolve the issue. 2. There are multiple biters and many students are going through a collective "trend" of biting. Just like they would a collective fascination with blocks or the kitchen center or a song. Its part of how they socialize at that age. 3. Your childs classroom is chronicly understaffed. Its unfortunately common. Childcare has a high turnover and midshift quitting is common. Many schools cant afford to hire many floater teachers so if there are callouts staff is streched thiner that day.
Teachers can also be distracted by lesson planning or activity prep or evaluations if they dont have someone to cover them during planning. If this is the case your teachers may not be able to manage the classrooms effectively or intervine in an altercation fast enough before the bite happens. I mostly worked in the 1-2 year old clasroom and when youre there by yourself even doing diaper changes makes intervention before a bite very difficult. I understand that confidentiality comes first, but make sure that the director knows that you need to know what the issues are as best as they can share so you know your child is safe while at school and the situation is being monitored
I would ask them what they are going to do and then if nothing happens and it continues, take her somewhere else. It’s for her safety.
We have a meeting scheduled at 5:30 today
Is she being bitten by the same child or will they not disclose because if that happened once when I was working in a nursery we’d be extra ontop of it to prevent another case as that’s the worst thing ever!