Originally Posted by Miss A:
Your diaper changing speed sounds about right for a center setting though, if you are taking into account time for changing table sanitization. Per Iowa law, we had to clean the changing table before laying the first child down and allow 2 minutes for the sanitizer to set on the surface. Then you wiped the table down, changed the diaper, washed the child's hands (yes, even babies and it was awful!) And then sanitize the table again. Then once you had finished sanitizing the table you had to wash your hands, and start the process all over again. I usually did all the diapering while another teacher did other routine care tasks, and when we had 11 kids in our room it would take upwards of an hour to finish all diapers.
Sounds like it's time for disposable changing table liners.
I don't change toddlers on the table at all! Since we do a lot of our activities Montessori-style, any child who can stand is changed standing up. It helps them experience the changing process as something they participate in, instead of a passive activity, and transitions them more easily into taking on the responsibility of getting themselves into and out of their pull-ups later on. I've got a 1-day-a-week 2yo right now whose parents do everything for him, and he PANICS when it's time to perform tasks like taking off his shoes or pulling down his pull-up.