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Unregistered 09:38 AM 07-12-2012
I am not talking about anything needing dr care, but bumps and bangs that leave marks. How active do you do you think your group is? What ages are your group?
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SunshineMama 11:16 AM 07-12-2012
I have never had any serious doctor-required injuries. I do occasionally have bumps and bruises, only because my group is mostly 3+ and they play hard. I allow the kids to play and don't make them all stay in a padded room all day. We go outside and run around and jump and climb and swing
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SilverSabre25 11:41 AM 07-12-2012
Injuries that require a doctor: Once in 2.5 years (that was just this past Saturday; dcb hit his arm on a chair and sprained/bruised his wrist)

ACTUAL blood being drawn (as in, good gracious let's get you cleaned up and get a look at that): um...maybe 10 times in 2.5 years? I think? Maybe 15 times? That doesn't include my DD's recent spate of scraped knees though. Some nosebleeds, split/bitten lips, a couple of scraped knees/heads (dcg tripped into a tree once), one BAD scratch that led to us tearing out our 3-season room.

"Blood" being drawn: scratches and scrapes that are red and *maybe* have a few drops of blood and *maybe* desire a band-aid but only at a request: lots.

Bumps, bruises, bangs, bonks, etc: Countless. These kids are active.

Ages: I care for newborn--4.5
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Lilbutterflie 11:51 AM 07-12-2012
In 3 yrs, I've had 0 injuries that required doctor's visits.

Countless scraped knees, a couple really bad ones. Bumps & bruises, oh yeah. There have also been a few cuts, and maybe one or two hands that got caught in a door. Again, nothing requiring a doctor. They are kids and we are active. Our outdoor time (weather permitting) is 2-3 hours per day. I care for newborn until they go to kinder.
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clep 11:53 AM 07-12-2012
In the last seven years:

One child cut herself falling down twice in the same month. One required stitches to the eyebrow and one was an extreme gash to the top of her head where she hit head first into a wall corner.

Other than that, no blood.

Several bite marks.
A few bumps and bruises.

That's it.
I think I have about six accident/incident reports and two were for biting.
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lil angels 11:56 AM 07-12-2012
I have had twodoc visits in 12 yrs we were dancing and a little boy fell and his big tooth went through his bottom lip. Hehit it on my rocking chair. And just about three months ago I had a little girl fall on my jungle gym and shall we say clothes lined herself. Between the legs and she was bleeding talk about mortified. I felt so bad for her. The doc said it happens to girls a lot they slip and fall and it causes tearing. So needless to say I now have boards over it and it is a rock wall now. The bumps and minor scratches happen lots I guess. But they are kids and wea are busy.
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cheerfuldom 11:59 AM 07-12-2012
just the normal bumps and bruises, even that is fairly rare, maybe one bad bump a month (leaves a mark). I cant remember any DC kid getting hurt to wear it drew blood, knock on wood. We had one really bad bite a year ago, another bump on the head that left a noticeable "egg" about a month ago, thats about it.

4 years ago I had a baby bite on an electrical cord (he was the one that I had to over, over, over kid proof for....sneaky little rascal) and get a tiny one second "zap". we did an accident report for that but he was fine.
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EntropyControlSpecialist 12:18 PM 07-12-2012
We are a large, very active group! It happens quite often here. Some days, I write accident reports for several children. Some weeks, none at all.

I am the type who writes an accident report for anything that makes a pink mark on up. Never any serious injuries, yet. Bumps, bruises, scratches, skinned knees, and bites though have happened.
It's always the same 4 children.

We're ages 2-5.
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Kiki 12:41 PM 07-12-2012
Originally Posted by SilverSabre25:
ACTUAL blood being drawn (as in, good gracious let's get you cleaned up and get a look at that): um...maybe 10 times in 2.5 years? I think? Maybe 15 times? That doesn't include my DD's recent spate of scraped knees though. Some nosebleeds, split/bitten lips, a couple of scraped knees/heads (dcg tripped into a tree once), one BAD scratch that led to us tearing out our 3-season room.

"Blood" being drawn: scratches and scrapes that are red and *maybe* have a few drops of blood and *maybe* desire a band-aid but only at a request: lots.

Bumps, bruises, bangs, bonks, etc: Countless. These kids are active.

Ages: I care for newborn--4.5
Mine are about the same too, kids get a lot of bruises, scrapes, red marks, scratches, and yucks. My children's legs are covered completely in battle marks from their play. (I mean my OWN children, not DCK, I'm sure they have tons of marks too, but my children are outside after hours and like to be a tad more rough than I allow them during day care hours.)

I've only had 3 serious accidents here, and only one that required a 911 call. The first was a fall that left a pretty decent egg, second, same girl got knocked over on the carpet and fell nose first. Yes. Nose first rug burn & a pretty swollen little face around her nose. 911 call was a few months ago, me and the baby took a plunge down the steps from the bathroom, and landed on hardwood. Out of instinct I held him up against my chest and tried to correct myself, instead we did a nose dive down and he ended up hitting his head on the floor UNDER my body because of the way I was holding him.
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BumbleBee 12:52 PM 07-12-2012
Bumps, bruises, minor scrapes = all the time. Basically from the time they are learning to walk and older.
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crazydaycarelady 02:16 PM 07-12-2012
I watch 6 kids 0-5 years old. I'd say combined someone probably gets hurt once per week that requires mentioning to parents - a bonk, scratch, etc.

In 21 years I have had 4 injuries that required a doc/dentist to look at.
1) kid fell and banged his mouth on a chair, a baby tooth was loose, he eventually lost it.
2) girl also fell and banged herself on a chair and had a split under nose, nothing required
3) same girl fell again and needed 3-4 stitches in forehead
4) dcg got bit by my dog and need some glue

Also had one kid have a seizure and went to the hosp. turned out he was getting a fever and it was a febrile seizure.....

.....so that looks like about once every 4 years! LOL
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EchoMom 06:44 PM 07-12-2012
I've been caring for 6 children age 0-5 for only six months. In that time I have only had who very minor injuries. My son was learning to pull himself to standing and he used a sitting only baby as his leverage, the sitting baby fell over and happened to hit is head on the bouncer metal support. Left a bruise on his temple for a few days. 2nd one a 4 year old boy was walking up the steps too fast in socks, slipped and hurt his ankle. Put ice on it, he was fine. Oh, and one blister on a pinky toe after a long walk in shoes too tight, not my fauilt. Other than that, no bruises, scratches, etc., nothing.
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Solandia 05:52 AM 07-13-2012
We have bruises, bumps, scrapes & scratches....pretty much every day. It has been pretty calm lately, but that usually means the lull before the storm.

In 10yrs, there have 'only' been 3 kids go to the ER for stitches (all chins...from tripping and hitting the chin on the floor -or- bonking it on the table to fetch a toy off the floor. There was NO preventing it.) A nose bleed that last 10 minutes.

I must keep in mind that have all boys 99% of the time (I have had 2 daycare girls my entire 10 yrs). And half of those boys have been very active/ADHD. It makes for an amazing amount of "lack of personal protection". Good kids, very few interpersonal issues (very little biting/hitting/pushing)... just a lack of care for one's own body.

The upshot to that, is very little crying over "boo-boo's". Unless there is blood, it is a "I'm okay!", and run off playing. Even blood doesn't always stop the play. I do NOT have or allow use of scooters, bikes, swings or climbing structures....so our injuries are all at ground level. I shudder to think of what our injury list would be if I did.
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