Anonymous
Post 09/01/2020 23:47     Subject: Re:Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
The things I am focused on are shoes off, wash hands upon returning home, and put masks directly in the laundry after one use. The first two were pre-covid routines; the last is honestly more of an issue for my husband than the rest of us.
Anonymous
Post 09/01/2020 23:41     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Anonymous wrote:If someone in your kids classroom has COVID, washing the pillow is not what is going to prevent it. Your kid is exposed either way.


Agree with this. But OP, do whatever gives you peace of mind. We haven’t put our kids back in daycare but if we had, we’d probably be changing them out of their daycare clothes when we got home, which is something we did anyway pre-pandemic, just so they could get out of their messy clothes and into something clean for the night. Scientific consensus and research on Covid continues to evolve, so if you want to be a little extra safe, I don’t see the harm in that.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2020 10:16     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
If someone in your kids classroom has COVID, washing the pillow is not what is going to prevent it. Your kid is exposed either way.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2020 10:14     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We mean to wash hands but only remember 50% of the time. I wash the mask once a week and don’t change clothes after daycare.

Now you will feel better about whatever you are doing!


Gross.


I would rather be gross than consumed by anxiety!
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2020 10:14     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I heard from a couple of other parents that they are having the kids change clothes at the door as soon as they get home from daycare. (One said her pediatrician recommended it, so this isn't something she made up.) I don't think this is necessary based on everything I've read about how covid is spread. The articles I read said not to worry about changing clothes and showering when you get home from the grocery store or whatever, so daycare seems similar to me. I DO think daycare is super germy, but I don't think changing clothes will help that much. What say you, DCUM? Should we start doing this?

Also, they are sending nap materials home every day. I will launder the sheets and blanket. Should I wash the pillow every day too? I almost never washed the pillow pre-covid (i washed the pillowcase but not the pillow), but do I need to wash the little pillow now daily too?


Is it possible she made this part up because she really thinks herself it helps, thus if your kids do it = hers are healthier, and wanted credibility?


This is OP. No, our kids aren’t in the same school. But I do think a lot of pediatricians give advice that they aren’t at all qualified to give, and this seems like one of those instances. It drives me nuts when pediatricians give advice on car seats and sleep training and lots of other stuff that they have no training on and then parents take it as gospel because a doctor told them so.


It could have been that the doctor said, “if that makes you feel comfortable enough to use preschool, then it is fine” and she misinterpreted.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2020 10:08     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
No. My kids have been back since Aug.3 We do not change clothes when returning home.
Anonymous
Post 08/31/2020 09:35     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Yes, we take a bath as soon as the kids get home from daycare. Change clothes, then come downstairs and watch a show or play a game before dinner. It gives me some peace of mind that they are clean, and also the routine is just easier, because then we don't have to worry about the bath after dinner.

On weekends, if we are out at a playground or something, I just take off shoes and wash hands and face when we get home.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2020 08:59     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I heard from a couple of other parents that they are having the kids change clothes at the door as soon as they get home from daycare. (One said her pediatrician recommended it, so this isn't something she made up.) I don't think this is necessary based on everything I've read about how covid is spread. The articles I read said not to worry about changing clothes and showering when you get home from the grocery store or whatever, so daycare seems similar to me. I DO think daycare is super germy, but I don't think changing clothes will help that much. What say you, DCUM? Should we start doing this?

Also, they are sending nap materials home every day. I will launder the sheets and blanket. Should I wash the pillow every day too? I almost never washed the pillow pre-covid (i washed the pillowcase but not the pillow), but do I need to wash the little pillow now daily too?


Is it possible she made this part up because she really thinks herself it helps, thus if your kids do it = hers are healthier, and wanted credibility?


This is OP. No, our kids aren’t in the same school. But I do think a lot of pediatricians give advice that they aren’t at all qualified to give, and this seems like one of those instances. It drives me nuts when pediatricians give advice on car seats and sleep training and lots of other stuff that they have no training on and then parents take it as gospel because a doctor told them so.


Sure, although this is in the realm of expertise of the doctor. The pediatrician should know better than to think that would help.

If my pediatrician said that, I'd start looking for a new doctor.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2020 08:57     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Anonymous wrote:No. My kid has been in daycare 45 hours a week for the past six months and we wash hands immediately upon getting home (although I feel like that’s a good habit to have pandemic or not) and wash masks nightly, of course, but the clothes off/immediate bath is completely unnecessary.

If I you really feel the need to do that, honestly, I don’t think your kids should be in daycare/preschool at all.


This!
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2020 08:13     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I heard from a couple of other parents that they are having the kids change clothes at the door as soon as they get home from daycare. (One said her pediatrician recommended it, so this isn't something she made up.) I don't think this is necessary based on everything I've read about how covid is spread. The articles I read said not to worry about changing clothes and showering when you get home from the grocery store or whatever, so daycare seems similar to me. I DO think daycare is super germy, but I don't think changing clothes will help that much. What say you, DCUM? Should we start doing this?

Also, they are sending nap materials home every day. I will launder the sheets and blanket. Should I wash the pillow every day too? I almost never washed the pillow pre-covid (i washed the pillowcase but not the pillow), but do I need to wash the little pillow now daily too?


Is it possible she made this part up because she really thinks herself it helps, thus if your kids do it = hers are healthier, and wanted credibility?


This is OP. No, our kids aren’t in the same school. But I do think a lot of pediatricians give advice that they aren’t at all qualified to give, and this seems like one of those instances. It drives me nuts when pediatricians give advice on car seats and sleep training and lots of other stuff that they have no training on and then parents take it as gospel because a doctor told them so.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2020 06:18     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Question, isn't it if my preschooler mostly likely catches covid from going to preschool, it is no use to wash him from head to toe OR change clothing right after he comes inside the home? Family member will get it from preschooler no matter what.

Grandparents keep telling me that I should wash his hair plus wash him/change clothing after day he comes right back from preschool, but I keep not doing that. Kid is super hungry right after school, and I don't see the what makes differences because kids take off masks during meal/snack/outdoor play at school. And ibknow that social distance is not strictly enforced and some kids take off masks all the time for catching a breath in school.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2020 01:16     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Anonymous wrote:I heard from a couple of other parents that they are having the kids change clothes at the door as soon as they get home from daycare. (One said her pediatrician recommended it, so this isn't something she made up.) I don't think this is necessary based on everything I've read about how covid is spread. The articles I read said not to worry about changing clothes and showering when you get home from the grocery store or whatever, so daycare seems similar to me. I DO think daycare is super germy, but I don't think changing clothes will help that much. What say you, DCUM? Should we start doing this?

Also, they are sending nap materials home every day. I will launder the sheets and blanket. Should I wash the pillow every day too? I almost never washed the pillow pre-covid (i washed the pillowcase but not the pillow), but do I need to wash the little pillow now daily too?


Is it possible she made this part up because she really thinks herself it helps, thus if your kids do it = hers are healthier, and wanted credibility?
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2020 01:03     Subject: Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
Anonymous wrote:My preschooler is going straight into the bath when we get home. Kid needs to take a bath anyway, why not just do it right away?


+1

We have been doing this since my preschooler went back and he really likes it. We also have a 1 year old who has his hands and mouth on everything including his brother, so I feel better knowing my older one has washed the school germs off.
Anonymous
Post 08/30/2020 00:49     Subject: Re:Are you having child change clothes immediately when they come in? What other things?
I had my kid immediately shower after preschool even before covid happened. It’s a best practice and prevents transmission of other nasty illnesses and colds to the other family members.