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ardeur 09:16 AM 05-09-2017
I have a boy who is always getting his clothes really dirty whether it be from eating, playing outside, or from his "uncontainable" #2s. Should I be washing and drying his clothes or sending them home in a dirty bag? One day his #2 wasn't.... responding sufficiently enough to the cleaning power of my wipes so I put him in the tub. Is that ok to do?
Mike 10:17 AM 05-09-2017
When it's just food or dirt, I'd just send him home with them on, unless the parents did provide a change of clothes, then I'd just send the dirty clothes home. Daycare doesn't include laundry.
For the tub, I think as long as it doesn't interfere with your watching the other kids, nothing wrong with that if it's necessary. Another option I know a few here would suggest is to call for pickup if it's bad. The main thing is, you can't be expected to do anything that will interfere with care of the other kids.
For the tub, I think as long as it doesn't interfere with your watching the other kids, nothing wrong with that if it's necessary. Another option I know a few here would suggest is to call for pickup if it's bad. The main thing is, you can't be expected to do anything that will interfere with care of the other kids.
BlueChairBlessings 11:37 AM 05-09-2017
My daycare kids get messy during the day from playing and eating, but I send them home in what they came in. Unless the child was completely soaked from a spilled drink or food, then I'd probably change. I don't think I'd ever give a bath again....I did that once when former dcg showed up with vomit in her hair that DCM swore was just frosting from breakfast donut. Ugh, started to use a baby wipe after mom left and I was like, nope, that's puke! I called for pick-up and in the 30 mins mom took to get back there, she threw up again. I put her in bath and made mom get her out when she picked up.
Ariana 11:42 AM 05-09-2017
If it is going to get my house dirty or it is poop related (even the smell on the pants that won't go away) I pop it in a grocery bag and let the parent know they are dirty and need to be washed. I do mot wash their clothes and I do not put kids in tne tub. I may use a ton of wipes but they don't go in the tub!
Cat Herder 11:54 AM 05-09-2017
I bathe, groom and do the daycare kids laundry. If it needs being done on my time, I do it.
Everyone has their own view on it.
It is up to you and your clients what you are comfortable with.
It is not required or frowned upon.
Everyone has their own view on it.
It is up to you and your clients what you are comfortable with.
It is not required or frowned upon.
Blackcat31 12:39 PM 05-09-2017
Originally Posted by ardeur:
I have a boy who is always getting his clothes really dirty whether it be from eating, playing outside, or from his "uncontainable" #2s. Should I be washing and drying his clothes or sending them home in a dirty bag? One day his #2 wasn't.... responding sufficiently enough to the cleaning power of my wipes so I put him in the tub. Is that ok to do?
Kids are dirty. I have a boy who is always getting his clothes really dirty whether it be from eating, playing outside, or from his "uncontainable" #2s. Should I be washing and drying his clothes or sending them home in a dirty bag? One day his #2 wasn't.... responding sufficiently enough to the cleaning power of my wipes so I put him in the tub. Is that ok to do?
I don't wash clothes or bathe kids.
For "uncontainable #2's" I send the child home.
There is nothing in child care provider that dictates managing an "uncontainable #2" more than one time in a day.
EntropyControlSpecialist 12:51 PM 05-09-2017
They only change into new clothing if they had a potty accident or they're soaking wet. Otherwise, they wear the dirty clothing home that day. 
We're active and they are messy. Clothes get dirty here.
I don't bathe them. Wipes? A washcloth maybe? Sure.
We're active and they are messy. Clothes get dirty here.I don't bathe them. Wipes? A washcloth maybe? Sure.
renodeb 03:07 PM 05-09-2017
I do wash there clothes here, if they get super dirty here or have an accident I change into spares and wash. If its close to the end of the day then I pop into a grocery bag. I always tell parents not to put the kids into the brand new outfit from the grandparents. I don't bath kids. (just because its only me here).
trix23 03:11 PM 05-09-2017
I only change their clothes if they per or poo through or if their butt gets soaking wet from a puddle in the backyard. Here in Florida it rains a lot so it's pretty common 
I send clothes home. If it's just water on their clothes then I may dry them.
I send clothes home. If it's just water on their clothes then I may dry them.
Baby Beluga 04:02 PM 05-09-2017
Originally Posted by Ariana:
If it is going to get my house dirty or it is poop related (even the smell on the pants that won't go away) I pop it in a grocery bag and let the parent know they are dirty and need to be washed. I do mot wash their clothes and I do not put kids in tne tub. I may use a ton of wipes but they don't go in the tub!
This is the worst!!! If it is going to get my house dirty or it is poop related (even the smell on the pants that won't go away) I pop it in a grocery bag and let the parent know they are dirty and need to be washed. I do mot wash their clothes and I do not put kids in tne tub. I may use a ton of wipes but they don't go in the tub!
A former DCB had the worst smelling BM's. I would change him immediately after going and his pants would still stink so bad it would smell up the room. I was sending home clothing every day.
No DCK's laundry is done here.
If they get dirty to where I feel they need changed I will bag the clothing up and tell parents what happened. Depending on what made the clothing dirty I will spray it with shout before bagging it up.
Unregistered 07:06 PM 05-09-2017
I generally don't change clothes unless it's urine or poop!
I don't think I'd ever bathe a child.
I don't wash clothes but I have rinsed out a shirt!
I don't think I'd ever bathe a child.
I don't wash clothes but I have rinsed out a shirt!
284878 06:06 AM 05-10-2017
Washing BM off clothes, to me is the same as cleaning off cloth diapers, state rules say we must bag and send home cloth diapers, so I'd do the same with clothes.
As for dirty clothing from eating or playing. It depends on how dirty or wet they are and the time of day. Yesterday dcb sat on his cheese we had for snack. I changed his pants because I did not want smudged cheese in my carpet or on my furniture. I agree kids get messy but my house doesn't have to get ruined in the process. So if it will transfer on to my home and damage it, then they are changed.
I also comb hair and brush teeth but I will not bathe.
As for dirty clothing from eating or playing. It depends on how dirty or wet they are and the time of day. Yesterday dcb sat on his cheese we had for snack. I changed his pants because I did not want smudged cheese in my carpet or on my furniture. I agree kids get messy but my house doesn't have to get ruined in the process. So if it will transfer on to my home and damage it, then they are changed.
I also comb hair and brush teeth but I will not bathe.
hwichlaz 06:14 AM 05-10-2017
I try to keep them clean-ish when it comes to eating. On spaghetti day I'll remove shirts for the kids in high chairs, lol. If I have a really young one, think about a year or 18 months, and they get food all over and in their hair...I will do a sink bath. Sometimes I miss the cue that the kid's going to be a stinker that day and give themselves a saucy hair treatment. :P
DCB threw up here on Thursday morning, and I did stick him in the bath, without water. He's 3 1/2, and I put a towel on the bottom of my tub, sat him there with a small bucket in his lap in case he needed to throw up again, and put my ipad out of reach with a cartoon on. We're rural so it can take 30-45 min for some parents to get here even when leaving work as soon as I call. He sat and watch cartoon in there until grandma picked him up. It was the only place I could think of that I could easily sanitize if he missed the bucket. A year ago he got sick, and threw up down the back of my sofa between the cushions. I wasn't looking for a repeat.
DCB threw up here on Thursday morning, and I did stick him in the bath, without water. He's 3 1/2, and I put a towel on the bottom of my tub, sat him there with a small bucket in his lap in case he needed to throw up again, and put my ipad out of reach with a cartoon on. We're rural so it can take 30-45 min for some parents to get here even when leaving work as soon as I call. He sat and watch cartoon in there until grandma picked him up. It was the only place I could think of that I could easily sanitize if he missed the bucket. A year ago he got sick, and threw up down the back of my sofa between the cushions. I wasn't looking for a repeat.