Amina Sharmin, 33, appeared at Westminster magistrates Court where she pleaded guilty to assault by beating while she was trying to get a child to sleep.
She has been sentenced to 200 hours of community service and ordered to pay £200 compensation to the family of the child and £85 in costs.
Ms Sharmin was caught on CCTV swinging the child’s cot back and forth and repeatedly pushing its head down with a blanket, while working at Bright Horizons’ Fulham Day Nursery and Pre-school, rated Outstanding by Ofsted.
The child, who cannot be named for legal reasons, suffered bruising to the ear, which was spotted by their parents.
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