diapering

[Unregistered]

I have a two-year-old son who just started at a new childcare center at the end of July. He is on his 3rd lead teacher and he just now started to get acclimated. He has been bitten 6 times, but I understand that these things happen (although I do not like it). Anyhow, a friend has her son in the same class. She told me last weekend that she picked him up twice last week and he was very wet. Another little girl was leaking "#2" out of her diaper when she picked her son up one day. Well, today I picked up my son and his diaper felt very full. When I got home, I changed him and discovered he was wearing the very same diaper I put him in at 7:15 this morning. I picked him up at 4:30! I was irate! I know it was the same diaper because I have Pampers for him at school, but we have Luv's at home. I compared the number and it matches all the diapers in his stash at home. I looked in my diaper bag and the older diaper has a completely different number, from an older batch I had bought. I know I sound crazy, but I just really suspected he wasn't getting changed enough because I sent him to school on July 28 with a pack of 52 diapers and he has been there about 44 or 45 days in attedance and he stsill has about 7 or 8 diapers left. What is acceptable as far as diaper changes for a 2 year old? If a child is at a center for 8.5 or 9 hours, should they be changed more than one time? I know today was completely unacceptable and luckily I am in a position where my mother-in-law can care for him while I find something else, so I am going to pull him. I just wanted to hear what people thought about this issue. Thanks for listening to my LONG story!
Jennifer

[Unregistered]

Being a provider, this makes me angry. I do my diaper changes every two hours. Of course if they are not wet i do not change them and if they go before the two hours i certinely don't let them sit in there own filth. I think i would bring this to the center director and make sure that she is aware of the problem and if she doesn't handle it, take it to someone who will.

[Unregistered]

Although I sympathize with your situation and do not agree with day care providers not changing children. Did you consider that since your son is 2, he can start being potty-trained?

[Unregistered]

I have a class of 2's and they get changed about 3 times per day (unless more is needed). They go less at that age.

[kelgirl86]

I am a toddler teacher and my kids get changed every 2 hours (or as needed for full diapers or BM's) I am in CT

[lilbiddapopcorn]

I checked my infants and tods every 2 hours and kept a chart so I knew what time to change them again. Potty training kids I put on the potty every hour until they were potty trained. Leaving a child in a dirty diaper says everything about what kind of care they're receiving overall.:mad: