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Lacerated Extremities

Okay now…. yesterday was a horrible day for Zoe. The dumbass that takes care of her at daycare let her play with scissors, and that didn’t have a very happy ending. Her finger got caught in the blades and the tip of her finger was cut off. I took her to the ER and she got looked at by one of the doctors at UPMC. The bleeding was stopped and I was assured that the lopped off tip it would eventually grow back. What boggles my mind though is why the daycare center allows children to play with scissors anyway. She wasn’t doing any projects or anything like that – they just allowed her to play with the thing. I don’t know about you, but my common sense just tells me that 2 year olds and scissors just don’t mix.

Aileen and I obviously are going to file a complaint to the state… I’m not sure what good that will do, but we feel it’s our responsibility to let other parents know that this daycare center is careless enough for something like this to happen. We’ve also decided to take Zoe back to her previous daycare, which she absolutely loved. It’s a bit of a hike for me to bring her there everyday, but it’s more than worth it for the peace of mind that they won’t call me and tell me “Zoe is bleeding pretty badly”. The thing about the daycare business is that you need to earn and keep a parent’s trust for their children’s well-being while they’re being taken care of. This daycare center has totally lost mine and I wouldn’t even think of bringing Zoe back there again.