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Nurse’s one-year-old son is taken from her care after she let him sit in a Bob The Builder toy car that was ‘inappropriate’ for his age.

Woman has ‘extremely low range of intellectual ability’, family court hears
She left child in a Bob The Builder toy car that was ‘inappropriate’ for his age
Concerns also raised over the feeding and nappy changing of the baby

A qualified nurse has had a one-year-old boy taken from her care after a social worker raised concern about the way she let him sit in a Bob The Builder toy car, which was ‘inappropriate’ for his age.

The social worker told a family court judge how she had concerns about the woman’s ‘basic parenting skills’ after observing her with the child in a play area.

Judge Eleanor Owens heard how the social worker also felt that the woman had not fed the boy appropriately and had not changed his nappy appropriately.

The judge said all professionals involved were concerned about the woman’s ‘lack of insight’ and said the social worker had ‘highlighted’ some of those concerns.

She ruled that the little boy should live with relatives, but said he would be able to stay in touch with his mother.

Detail of the case has emerged in a ruling by Judge Owens following a private family court hearing in Reading, Berkshire.

Council social services staff had asked her to make decisions about the boy’s future.

She said no-one involved could be identified.

Judge Owens said the woman was a qualified nurse, but had an ‘extremely low range’ of intellectual inability.