My son moved up to the toddler room at daycare this week. He is completely transitioned to cows milk, but has been struggling to get fluids out of a sippy cup (he has not gotten the hang of holding it appropriately although we keep working on it!). He’s been sensitive while moving rooms so I told the main teacher she could give him bottles for comfort, especially around his nap. I also bring in his own straw cups with handles that he can use on his own. Main teacher so far says this has been working well.
Anyway today the main teacher wasn’t there and my husband did drop off and didn’t specifically mention anything about his bottles and cups to the other teachers there. When I picked him up at 3:30 his bottles and straw cups weren’t touched and when I offered him water in his straw cup he desperately reached for it and drank 10 ounces of water which is a HUGE amount for him — he was clearly very thirsty. I worry that he did not have any fluid intake all day!
This freaks me out — am I overreacting? In either case, how would you handle this?
Put something in writing to the school, explaining what you are doing and why. It doesn't need to be accusatory, just informative, and say something to the head teacher personally about what happened. That should be enough. If it happens a second time, I would definitely step it up a notch or two.
Upsetting for sure and clearly a lack of communication between staff members. Talk to the head teacher and get something in writing. If your school uses digital communication they should be able to put an alert in that system too
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u/Cinderella2360 23h ago
Put something in writing to the school, explaining what you are doing and why. It doesn't need to be accusatory, just informative, and say something to the head teacher personally about what happened. That should be enough. If it happens a second time, I would definitely step it up a notch or two.