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Post by Ericsmomma on Sept 14, 2004 15:43:20 GMT -5
Afternoon all,
Well, we are three weeks into preschool and Eric's only
had one head cold...and it didn't last as long as the usual..about 5 days. He only missed one day of school..
Thats good for him!
Anyways, tell me if you think I'm being too picky...
Every day Eric comes home he is totally FILTHY! I don't mind the clothes being dirty, but his little face is covered
with food, dirt, occassional snot, etc. He has food in his hair and yesterday it looked like dried oreo cookie in his eyebrow. Maybe I'm anal, but at least wipe his face off!
It just upsets me because I hate seeing ANY kid like that. I know they are busy in the classroom, but they
have 2 teachers with about 12 kids. And the therapists are in and out all day helping out. I think a little face wiping wouldn't be too much of a burden! I'm trying to
think of a tactful way to address this without coming off like a royal pain in the a...
Am I out of line? If not, any suggestions on how to
deal with this? Thanks,
Dolly (mom to messy Eric)
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Post by Ericsmomma on Sept 14, 2004 15:45:35 GMT -5
Me again,
I forgot to mention that his occupational therapist is really working with him feeding himself so I know he would get messy....I just don't think its right to LEAVE him that way for the rest of the day.
Dolly
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Post by DevensMom on Sept 14, 2004 15:58:06 GMT -5
I know how you feel because I am the same way .
How about putting a container of wipes and a little note to please use this to clean the face and hands for sanitary reason if nothing else.And send it tomorrow with him.
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Post by momofrussell on Sept 14, 2004 16:06:47 GMT -5
No, you aren't being too picky in my book! When something like that happens over here, I tend to JOKINGLY approach the situation as to not offend anyone but get your point across. Maybe the baby wipe idea would work.. or maybe just find out how independent they are letting Eric be. If he can FEED himself then tell them or drop a note that Eric needs to learn to WIPE himself up too!!!  I had a couple REALLY SAGGY unchanged diapers back when we first moved here to MO. I just told them I knew they weren't there to play babysitter but coming home with a diaper that hadn't been changed all day was upsetting me. I found out that a couple of the days it happened the teacher wasn't there and the others weren't taking care of him the way Ann did. She made sure it never happened again and it didn't! I know they are all busy with these kids, but a dirty face like that is WAY gross, and NOT good for hygene purposes... they should wipe down or have the kids do it! A. |
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Post by Ericsmomma on Sept 14, 2004 16:22:17 GMT -5
hey, great ideas about the "cleaning himself up"...that way it gets Eric involved with his own care plus maybe his teacher's will make sure he is cleaned up before he comes home...thanks for the input...
Dolly
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Post by Emilysmom on Sept 14, 2004 19:11:23 GMT -5
No!! You're not being too picky at all! Even if he ate lunch within minutes before you picked him up, his little face should be cleaned off before you or other parents start to arrive. I would simply tell the teacher that you really appreciate the fact that they are helping him be independent with eating, but he still needs help with cleaning up after he eats and you really hate to see him like that....especially the snotty face, yuck!! I mean.....wonder what they would say if you brought him to school that way? I'd do it really politely, but would let them know it's not acceptable at all.
Susan
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Post by christie on Sept 14, 2004 19:41:27 GMT -5
Nooooooooooooo WAY at all are you being to picky. I just LOVE A's idea making it a suggestion that ERIC also learns and works on cleaing himself after eatting and such, there is noooo way they can get mad. We actually had that in Christopher's IEP when he was in preschool CC ~ |
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Post by Tammy on Sept 15, 2004 0:06:31 GMT -5
I totally agree with A's suggestion...
We had the same here and did exactly that...
I keep a box of wipes in the kitchen for face washing after meals... so Lewis already knew that is what I expected... so I started sending a box of wipes to Daycare with him... and he gets MOST upset if he cant get them to wipe after meals...
And the staff there think it is GREAT!!.. now all the kids want wipes to clean up after meals!!
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Post by ALLISA on Sept 15, 2004 9:33:05 GMT -5
Hey Dolly ! The same exact thing happened to me once last year.... Erin came home with dried Mashed Potaotes all over her face.... I was VERY upset !! She eats lunch around noon & I pick her up at 2....so I figured she had the mess for 2 hours ! I called the teacher right away & told her I was upset....basically I got an excuse of a late lunch, therapist fed her, and it wasn't unitl they DRIED that they were really noticeable ?!?!  It has never happened before this time or after, but now I have written in her IEP that I want Erin cleaning HERSELF after meals & snacks.... like Eric.... she is messy and usually they wipe her down.... but I think she needs to be doing it to herself, along with disposing of her trash. You are definitely not being too picky...don't hesitate to tell them that you are upset & expect that this will never happen again ! I felt like you...that between the teachers & therapists coming in & out....someone must have seen it and why the HECK didn't they just wipe it !! |
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Susan, Proud mom of Michael (32), Justin (25) Emily (22ds), and Jordan (20).
