The harsh winter weather is a reminder for all of us in the caring professions to focus on what we do best - care for young children. We have had so much doom and gloom in the news about cutbacks and redundancies, changing services and removing services altogether, that it is a wonder we keep going at all. But what does keep us going is the children in our care.
I was concerned last week when visiting one of our LEYF settings to see a little one looking rather tired and listless. Staff were giving lots of words of encouragement and trying to involve and engage this toddler. When I mentioned to staff that the little one looked tired and perhaps he was unwell, I was told that he had been like this for a few weeks, indeed a couple of months if they really thought about it. I discussed possible reasons for his listlessness with his keyworker and the manager, who informed me that he had not had a break from nursery for about six months. They thought he probably needed a few 'duvet days' at home.
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