Advice...

S.,
You have to take action against the daycare. My heart goes out to your son. I can't imagine how frightened he must have been.
Also, don't hesitate to get this information out to everyone. Expose them on this website. We, as consumers, need to be more vocal about these types of things. The people who take their children to that daycare deserve to know what happened.
Good luck.
C.

S.,
At the very least I would contact the Missouri Child Abuse Hotline. If you are in another state sorry, contact that state's Children services or whomever is in charge of licensing day care. This may be an isolated incident but it's an incident. I would also be looking for somewhere else to be taking my child, and be certain the director of the daycare knows so they can take corrective action against the employee responsible.
I'm so glad to hear that in the end your son was ok.
T.

OMG, my heart breaks for your little boy and your family. My prayers are with you while you figure out what to do. God bless you and your decision to figure out how this NEVER happens to another child again.

S.,
My heart goes out to your son. That should have never happened! Many others gave you great advice about calling Family Services and Daycare Licensing. This must be reported so that it can be dealt with for your family as well as any other children that are being cared for there. My personal opnion is that you should alert not only the moms on Mamasource but also any agency or person who might actually use that daycare. I know it must be hard to tell people what happened but you don't want others to send their child there. I would also definitely recommend talking to your pediatrician about how to help your son get through the trauma. Fortunately, kids can be very resilient but he still will need some extra TLC to feel safe again. When searching for a new daycare, you can review the files of daycare facilities and homes that are licensed at the daycare licensing office. This way you will see what types of complaints or licensing violations they have had against them. Good luck!

I don't know if you have a case or not, but you should contact family services and let them know what happened. They may be able to point you in the direction of someone who can help you. Also, the state gives daycare aide to those who cannot afford it. I'm sure that they would like to know the name of the daycare so that they can take them off of their list of providers.

If he wasn't injured or other harmed, then there isn't a lawsuit. It does sound like you can report the daycare to the State and alert them to the problems.

But lawsuits are only for cases with actual monetary damages (i.e., an injury with medical bills)

First thing you need to do is document everything, and I mean everything. Who was working with your child, how long you estimate he'd been in the room, etc. Then you need to go to the director and tell them (calmly) what happened, and ask them what she/he intends to do about it (my thought would be to have that worker fired, but that's just me)and if you are not satisfied w/that answer, speak up, and ask if there is a higher up you can talk to. If not, I'd pull him outta there and find a new daycare, explaining what happened at the other daycare. Also I would report them to the BBB and the state.