Really feel like im gonna have to drop out of uni way things are going with my childcare arrangements!!!

Not only am I paying a fortune but I do not even know why I'm paying the private nursery anymore!!! I went to collect the girls and my eldest was being spoken to like a piece of poo off the cleaner because she asked whose sweets they were on the tabel - they happened to be the cleaners (little did she know I was around the corner getting my youngest and heard everything! she got a shock whe I popped my head round!!) and my youngest had a saturated nappy on! no word of a lie it was literally round her ankles it was that wet! and she stunk of poo and yet they hadnt changed her???!!!!! wtf!! I even mentioned it to the nursery staff and got no response!! Took them home changed my little ones nappy and shes red raw with nappy rash to who knows how long shes been like that for!!! I'm fuming!!! Nursery manager is useless and always says that her staff arent like that when you compain, as I've already had a pevious run in when one of them called my eldest a little sh*t - nice or what - all because my daughter didnt want to hold her hand to come to my car she wanted my hand - which is understandable i think!

Ive looked into other childcare arrangements but we cant physically afford them :( my funding from uni covers the childcare costs alone each month! im definately going into the wrong profession the amount these get paid and they arent even looking after the children properly!!!

I wanna say somehting to the nursery manager again but she names and shames when you complain about a memeber of staff!!!

Uni is hard enough as it is without sitting in lectures worried if my kids are being treat nice and the little one having her nappy changed regularly! after all i provide them with nappy so cant see their problem!! I know they are short staffed as half staff are on maternity leave but they shouldnt have taken more kids in at beginning of september then in my eyes its ridiculous - they have the cook and cleaner acting as nursery assistants atm due to staff shortages!!

Anyway rant over I needed to rant to someone as H2B is at work :(

i would have no problem about being named .............are the cook and cleaner CRB cleared?...i think there treatment of your children is disgusting ....out your complaint in wrting to the nursery owner.
doe the uni have a creche? what about looking at a childminder ?

yes i would definatley look elsewhere anywhere!! its hard enough studying i know becaue i am myself, without worrying whats happening to your childeren whhile you are studying!! i cant beleive some of the things you have said this is not good at all. kids can be naughty but it never gives ANYBODY the right to call them a little s**t. and especialy if they oonly asked a question.
your child is the most precious thing to you and they should have that i there mind but they clearly dont have x x

Uni have hard ship funds, talk to a student support officer, explain what is going on and they will find alternatives for you. This is hard, and it must be so tempting to give it all up, but when you get there most hospitals have a nursery on site. I think it is appalling and something needs to be done, what do the other mothers think??

Maybe uni could pair you up with someone who does oposite timetable to you so you could share the childcare??? When I was there the year groups met at different times??

when i was little my mum gave us to a naybough to look after when she was at uni is there anyone like that around you could use

i would report them. ofsted. Thats discusting. take a camera with you every time you pic them up. if shes liek it again take a picture of her in the nursery.

That is the most horrible thing ever. I would definitely make a formal complaint, i'm not sure how nursery's work but is their an ombudsman or something you can contact?

Is it a Nursery run by a single person or a nusery owned by a national company?

aw hun im so sorry to hear this about ur little ones bless them both so much,i have a little boy and he goes into nursery when im at wrk i wasnt happy with the last one he was in as everytime i picked him up he had a runny nose and was always poorly,i know this is nothing compared to what your going thru with your lil ones,so i decided to change him over and his new nursery is great its a sure start one which i think can be better than just a normal one,i would look into another one you cant have ur lil ones going thru that its discraceful hun, if u get tax credits i know they help u out let us know what happens and big hugs to u as i know how upset u must feel xxx

i totally understand hun.. i have just had to leave my course today because i cant afford childcar.. its £183 a week. im gutted though as my daughter loves her nursery and i think theyre great.. im just gutted i cant continue in my course cos of how expensive childcare is :(

hope something works out for you hun. Big Hugs xxx

You should report them. Even if they are privately owned, i'm sure they still have to pass OFSTED regulations and rules, and would all have to be registered as childminders, CRB checked etc, thats no way to look after your daughter x

This is why I dont have strangers looking after my kids. No offence to anyone who uses nurseries or child minders, but I just could not do it.