Parents must change diapers at daycare policy?

[Anonymous]

I agree. Yes it’s my child who is very well taking care of but if they are open for business yes that is one of their duties. A pamper change shouldn’t be a problem specially if it wasn’t a policy at the beginning to change at drop off. I feel like a lot of these daycares have crazy rules because you wouldn’t expect it to be a problem with a DIAPER CHANGE at a daycare. If more help is needed in the am then that’s what they should work on. I can’t go to work and put off one of my MAIN duties because of the time smh what is this world coming to. That’s why I try to find oldschool daycares. Where they treat urs like their own a pamper change will never be a problem. FIND A DIFFERENT LOCATION

[Anonymous]

Greeting parents and toddlers, transitioning into care for the day, serving breakfast, supervising kids eating, and changing diapers is a great deal to juggle at once.

[Anonymous]

Get a family daycare, they are more warmth people than centers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This morning right after I dropped my daughter off at daycare, I could tell she had just pooped. I told her teacher, as she has a rash and I didn't want her to sit in it.

The teacher told me it was policy that I had to change it, as that is how it works if parents drop kids off with messy diapers. That's cool, but I had NEVER seen that policy anywhere, and I was already really, really late for work.

I guess I was really pissed about her attitude over the whole thing, and the fact that my daughter had just pooped. Its not like we left the house that way.

Anyone else's daycare have this policy? Would you have been ticked off?

It's a sore point for the teacher, clearly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Greeting parents and toddlers, transitioning into care for the day, serving breakfast, supervising kids eating, and changing diapers is a great deal to juggle at once.

Yes, and that's literally what a daycare does. It is absolutely a lot to juggle at once, taking care of that many kids. If they are not staffed for it, they should close.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This does sound ridiculous. At drop-off, I've offered to change DS's dirty diaper, but the caregivers cheerfully take him and say that they will take care of it. They know where all the cleaning supplies are (they wipe down the diaper changing pad after each change) and what the proper cleaning procedures are.

Same. We went thru a phase when DS was an infant that he kept pooping on the way to daycare. I would offer to change him there but I think I was just in the way - they would urge me to head out and they'd get right to changing him as I left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This does sound ridiculous. At drop-off, I've offered to change DS's dirty diaper, but the caregivers cheerfully take him and say that they will take care of it. They know where all the cleaning supplies are (they wipe down the diaper changing pad after each change) and what the proper cleaning procedures are.

Same. We went thru a phase when DS was an infant that he kept pooping on the way to daycare. I would offer to change him there but I think I was just in the way - they would urge me to head out and they'd get right to changing him as I left.

It would never occur to me to change the baby in the daycare for this reason. I might change them in the car if needed.

[Anonymous]

I would have changed dirty diaper in the car!
Am I the only one???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I do not carry diapers in my car for the trip to day care. Listen and be amazed! In fact, for a short trip I have none of those things in my car, except sometimes the bottle of water.

Woot! No diaper bag?
Wipes and diapers in the car and a towel. You welcome.

[Anonymous]

One main reason centers do this is to discourage parents from driving their child there with a poopy diaper the whole way because they know the teacher will change it. Sadly, parents sometimes bring their child obviously still wearing the super heavy diaper the baby wore ALL night. Both these things are bad for the child and then, when the child gets a rash from this, parents blame the center.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One main reason centers do this is to discourage parents from driving their child there with a poopy diaper the whole way because they know the teacher will change it. Sadly, parents sometimes bring their child obviously still wearing the super heavy diaper the baby wore ALL night. Both these things are bad for the child and then, when the child gets a rash from this, parents blame the center.

+1 this is why center’s have it written in. Most (but not all) wouldn’t mind changing it once in a while

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I was told the policy for this at our daycare is because sometimes there are not enough teachers during drop off to watch the kids and another to go change a diaper.

OP here. This was another issue I was curious about. The teacher to child ratio was WAY off this morning. Wasn't going to make a fuss about it, but if they are all about policies. . .

Your reaction seems a bit over the top, OP. If you noticed the ratio was off, even more reason to change the diaper, no?

If you are so unhappy, look for a new center. I would not try to create problems at this one out of spite.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This morning right after I dropped my daughter off at daycare, I could tell she had just pooped. I told her teacher, as she has a rash and I didn't want her to sit in it.

The teacher told me it was policy that I had to change it, as that is how it works if parents drop kids off with messy diapers. That's cool, but I had NEVER seen that policy anywhere, and I was already really, really late for work.

I guess I was really pissed about her attitude over the whole thing, and the fact that my daughter had just pooped. Its not like we left the house that way.

Anyone else's daycare have this policy? Would you have been ticked off?

Why are you pissed? It is your responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This morning right after I dropped my daughter off at daycare, I could tell she had just pooped. I told her teacher, as she has a rash and I didn't want her to sit in it.

The teacher told me it was policy that I had to change it, as that is how it works if parents drop kids off with messy diapers. That's cool, but I had NEVER seen that policy anywhere, and I was already really, really late for work.

I guess I was really pissed about her attitude over the whole thing, and the fact that my daughter had just pooped. Its not like we left the house that way.

Anyone else's daycare have this policy? Would you have been ticked off?

Why are you pissed? It is your responsibility.

OP's child is now about 13 years old.

[Anonymous]

I remember reading this thread when my son was in diapers in daycare. (Our center had a policy that you had to drop them off with a clean diaper). That kid in diapers is now 14 and taller than I am.