Kids of EB

[MA_PE]

we have friends that used au pairs for their kids when the kids were small (kids are college aged now). It's basically a form of indentured servant.

 

[snickerd3]

so i made tuna noodle casserole for diner last night. Minisnicks reaction after first bite was a scrunched face and a yuck it is mushy comment. I called my dad to talk some sense into minisnick (its one of my dad's all time favorite foods). My dad asked him if he put black pepper on it, it is much better with black pepper on it. I got the pepper grinder and put black pepper on it for minisnick and he polished the plate in no time. His second most favorite person in the world has a lot of power of persuasion.

my sister is his most favorite person in the world.

 

[Lumber Jim]

^^ Super smart!!!!

 

[Sapper PE LS]

OMG, my daughter (2 yo) had her elbow dislocated at pre-school yesterday. So, I understand this is something that happens actually quite commonly, and it isn't the end of the world. What bothers me is that nobody at the school mentioned it to my mother in law when she went to pick my daughter up. My daughter was in tears and pointed to her arm and said "teacher hurt" and then passed out in the car seat on the way home. Took her to the doctor and sure enough, elbow dislocated. So my wife and mother in law talked to the teacher and the director yesterday and it was a cluster fuck of misinformation, accusations that my daughter was being unsafe, etc, etc, BS, BS, CYA, BS, nonsense.

I rolled up in there this morning and explained to the director that I will have a written investigation report conducted by her staff in my email inbox by 5PM EDT tomorrow and she can coordinate with my wife on a time for a meeting next week to discuss the findings and next steps. Woman was in tears when I left the office.

 

[matt267 PE]

How's your daughter doing this morning?

 

[Ble_PE]

Holy crap, that's terrible Sap. I can't imagine what I would have done in that situation, but I think that you handled it very well. I hope your little girl is doing alright today.

 

[NJmike PE]

That is horrible bro. I hope she is doing ok. What is your initial reaction to the story? Do you think that the teacher was at fault for what happened?

 

[Road Guy]

You don't actually think paying $250 or more a week entitles you to know what happens when your child gets hurt do you? (sarcasm)

We had something similar happen and what irritates you(me) is no one ever knows what actually happened, but we had gotten several notes previously when our little bundle of joy had bumped into a kid on the playground or inadvertently scratched another kid. I was pretty furious and the owners of the facility basically were just "hey were sorry we don't know what happened" what sucks is that unless your actually threatening legal action they don't really care, most of these places in the burbs are full and on waiting lists..we ended up having to go to another day care cause it was obvious the owners just didn't give a shit..

 

[snickerd3]

that sucks sap. Doesn't matter that it is a common thing, it shouldn't have happened. Why would they need to grab her arm and pull? Did they even ice it? Hope she is doing better. That's messed up they didn't tell you. If Minisnicks just takes a ball a little too hard to the face they tell me about it.

Hope they get to the bottom of it!

 

[Sapper PE LS]

Little sappette is doing fine today. No I don't believe the bs story they told. I think the teacher got tired of my daughter not listening to he instruction and forcibly moved her by the arm and hurt her. Of course there is no proof, but I told the director that I wanted to see the report of findings from her internal investigation and if the conclusion doesn't make sense I'll ask an external third party (read CPS) to conduct a review of the incident and file a complaint with the police.

 

[Lumber Jim]

What kind of force does it take to dislocate an elbow on a two year old? My oldest boy and I have been wrestling and rough housing since he was able to walk and nothing has ever been dislodged. He's not exactly the go easy type either.

Accidents are one thing but a CYA story because they're afraid to tell you the truth requires handling it the way that you are handling it.

Sap, I wish you the best. I hope you find out the real story and can get it resolved.

 

[snickerd3]

CPS should probably be contacted anyways regardless of the outcome so when it is time to renew the facility license the state inspector knows they have to look a little harder at staff behavior and training.

 

[MA_PE]

I don't believe a dislocated elbow is common at all. when you pick a 2yo at school and he/she is crying someone in charge there had better tell me why. When there's an injury the director/ultimate person in charge had better tell me why.

Sorry to hear this Sap and I like your plan.

 

[ventilator]

My daughter dislocated her elbow stepping off the curb at the store while mrs vent held her hand. It can happen really easy at that age so hopefully it was an accident but that def owe an explanation. They should have called as soon as it happened and I hope you can bust their balls for it.

My kid came home with a huge wide scratch all down his back one time. Looked like he fell and scraped it down something like a table or something. It was the first thing I saw as soon as I changed his diaper that day and so next day I had to yell at them b/c they didn't tell me about it. Nothing ever came of it and he was fine so I didn't push anything but they way these places behave is unbelievable sometimes.

 

[ventilator]

I don't believe a dislocated elbow is common at all. when you pick a 2yo at school and he/she is crying someone in charge there had better tell me why. When there's an injury the director/ultimate person in charge had better tell me why.

Sorry to hear this Sap and I like your plan.

My daughter has done it twice and my son once. At that age the joints are still so loose because they haven't fully formed yet that a dislocation can happen without too much force. That's how Dr explained it to us. Fortunately for the same reasons after getting it set back in place the healing is almost instant and no damage is done.

But like you said, somebody better fess up to a kid getting hurt.

 

[Road Guy]

our incidents were more along the lines of falling off a slide, or running and falling, or getting a cut of some sort, but yeah If I thought a staff person had done harm then I would already be at the police department..

we had a call to come get our youngest from 1st grade, no one could tell me what happened, but he had fallen on the playground somehow and needed 12 stiches just above his eyebrow, same treatment, the principal was just like "im sorry no one saw anything" I had a disdain with that teacher but I had a good relationship with the principal (by then this was our 3rd kid going through that school) so I don't think there was anything other than him probably trying to play evil Keineval or something, but it just irritated me that they just sort of shrugged their shoulders and said "we didn't see it"

 

[MetsFan]

Damn, that sucks man. My son has only come home with bites from other kids (2-3 times) or small bruises. They're pretty good at calling as soon as something happens though. I would be pretty upset if nobody told me as soon as it happened.

 

[kevo_55]

Whoa crazy Sap!

I hope that you find out what actually happened.

 

[Road Guy]

last night I went out for a run, didnt really want to, but I am not in the shape I need to be, suprisingly my 13 year old daughter asked if she could go with me, weird I know right - a teenager and all.. so as we head down the street she says "were going to run through the field where all the coyotes howl at night right?"

sure thing.. so what if she is using me to go listen to the coyotes howl, but I will take it... probably going to blink and my kids will all be gone.....

 

[matt267 PE]

^ she doesn't have to out run the coyotes, she only has to out run dad.