My best friend here in Vermont runs a daycare from her home. She uses plastic everything. Even the babies bottles have rubber around them in case the bottle falls on the floor.

I know that accidents happen and sometimes children "get into things" they shouldn't but I would ask for an explanation in detail. If they are at fault (and it seems they MUST be) they should: correct the problem, make sure it is reported to the authorities, pay for the hospital/emergency room out of pocket and also give you a copy of the report they are sending to the authorities. I assume even small daycare providers in your state have some oversight. If, for some reason, they don't have any oversight, I would find a school/daycare that does. The rules etc. are there to prevent things like this from happening. They should be shaking in their shoes over this.

I love kids dearly and hope that all parents require their child's daycare folks to be top notch and ever so careful with their children.

I would take this event as an example of how the caregivers monitor the children. Poorly comes to mind. Sorry for being so blunt, but this is serious stuff!

Keep us posted and I hope your little one recovers quickly without a lot of discomfort!