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Hi, new here. I've been lurking for several months but now have a question I hope you all can help me with.
I work in a center, and today after nap one of our kids woke up with a red mark on his cheek, sort of resembling a scratch, but more like a light colored hickey. Since the kid hadn't done anything after nap but wash his hands and go eat snack (we discovered the mark while he was sitting at the table eating), we figured he must've rubbed his face against his cot while in his sleep, causing the mark. Another child got a very similar-looking mark on his face a few days ago and none of us teachers know where he got it from, so we're thinking he must've gotten the mark from his cot too. My co-teacher rubbed her face against a cot for a minute and said it hurt/irritated her face.
Center workers, any dcps who use cots for naptime--have any of you experienced kids getting skin irritations from cots? Of course we use blankets and pillows on the cots for the kids to sleep on, but sometimes they move around in their sleep and end up resting their face on the cot itself, not their pillow. I'm mostly just asking for peace of mind, since as you can imagine Mom is not too happy and my co-workers and I really have no idea how else he could've gotten a mark on his face. Thanks in advance for any help!
I work in a center, and today after nap one of our kids woke up with a red mark on his cheek, sort of resembling a scratch, but more like a light colored hickey. Since the kid hadn't done anything after nap but wash his hands and go eat snack (we discovered the mark while he was sitting at the table eating), we figured he must've rubbed his face against his cot while in his sleep, causing the mark. Another child got a very similar-looking mark on his face a few days ago and none of us teachers know where he got it from, so we're thinking he must've gotten the mark from his cot too. My co-teacher rubbed her face against a cot for a minute and said it hurt/irritated her face.
Center workers, any dcps who use cots for naptime--have any of you experienced kids getting skin irritations from cots? Of course we use blankets and pillows on the cots for the kids to sleep on, but sometimes they move around in their sleep and end up resting their face on the cot itself, not their pillow. I'm mostly just asking for peace of mind, since as you can imagine Mom is not too happy and my co-workers and I really have no idea how else he could've gotten a mark on his face. Thanks in advance for any help!
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