Daycare diaper?

Question

I was just thinking:

How would diaper checks be run in a daycare type of enviroment? Tons of kids, how would you know who made a mess, or if any of them made a mess?

Answer 1

Routinly bathroom breaks, which the pre school I worked at was every 1.5-2 hours.

0-18/24 months was ratio 1:4 (5+ with assistant).
24-3 years was ratio 1:12 (13+ with assistant).
4-6 years was ratio 1:12 (13+ with assistant)

Other county with school daycare administration is ratio 1:14 for k-6 graders. I am not sure about the pre school level daycare, which I do believe it is 1:14 and 1:5 for infants, but have to double check.


Then, if a child did go, we would locate the smell as it is noticable.

We would ask the children if they went and asked them if we can check (as a child has a right to say no and contact parents to let them know their child refuses. We had a parent be extremly upset that her child's rights was violated and she wasn't notified during the moment. Even though he was soiled really badly. Therefore, a new set rule was made).

Answer 2

The ratio is 1:3 or 1:4. There is no way it is 1:10. That would be insane! I used to work in a child development center where I was in charge of the infant section. We had 1:4. Our children were on a changing schedule. I was only responsible for my four. I was their primary care giver. But if a baby was stinky and his caregiver was busy then I would gladly step in and change him. But it was my responsibility to keep mine on their schedule. We also marked their changes on and feedings and activities on daily report cards that went home withe parents. That way the parent could look and see when the last time their child had been change, fed and what kind of day they had. Most daycares do not have tons of kids. We had 12 infants in our room at the most. Some days there were less but we were only allowed 12 maximum.

Answer 3

I worked in a daycare. I had 4 infants 0-13 months.
I would do a regular diaper change every 2 hours, and additional ones when needed.

Answer 4

Diapers should be changed every couple of hours round the clock in a childcare establishment, mess or not. If you suspect that one child pooped or something, you can start checking. If there are so many children that you feel overwhelmed, you need to get someone to help you out.

Answer 5

They probably change them every two hours, a better question to ask is how do they care for more than one crying baby at a time if there's a 1 to 10 ratio of adults to infants? Never in my lifetime would I put my babies in daycare.

Answer 6

When I subbed in a daycare, there was a chart listing the last time each baby had been changed. They were changed at least every 2 hours regardless and if one stunk, you scooped 'em up and changed 'em.

Answer 7

They tend change everyone's diapers at certain times of the day, without checking individually. If a child smells poopy or has leaky diapers, they change him outside that schedule

Answer 8

by the smell...
i think the ratio of staff to children is 1 to 10, so it's not too hard to check 10 kids. they probably do a check every hour and change whoever needs it, unless they smell it in between.

Answer 9

i worked in a daycare and it was only 7 kids per person and we checked them about every 2 hours inless they were obvouisly dirty

Answer 10

you just check them to see if they need to be changed on a regular basics