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?

What method would be used to check?

Answer 1

I have worked with kids for years, at home and in a day care facility. We had sign in sheets that made duplicates. The parents would sign their children in on the sheet. Infants (6 weeks to 11 months) a place to mark whether a baby had a wet diaper, a poopy diaper, was dry, or was napping when it came time to be checked (And they were changed if needed before they were put down to nap!). We checked every child hourly...sometime more if we smelled something. It is not that hard to do. If there were 2 or more of us in the room, we would divide up the care of the children. We would be the primary one that fed and changed certain kids. This way every child get more individualized attention. Unless a child was on an antibiotic, we never had a problem with diaper rash.
Every state has ratios (adult to child....in Texas it is 1 adult for every 5 children.....6 weeks to 18 months) and as long as ratios are met, there should not be ANY problem with making sure that no child sat with a wet or dirty back end all day long.
For the toddlers it is just as easy. There are similar forms and the same check has to occur every hour for every child. It may sound hard or difficult, but it is not.

Answer 2

As the owner and director a large daycare, I'll tell you! First, you check them each as they come in. You smell, squeeze the bottom of the diaper a little. You can tell easily if they are wet or poopy. If you smell something but don't know who it is you go child to child and pull out the back. Piece of cake. Kids should be checked and changed at least every 2 hours, as well as before and after each nap, more if they are leaky, drippy or smelly. It's not rocket science, not much fun, either, but not too difficult to figure out.

Answer 3

The time in between diaper changes depends on the age of the children. Infants are checked more often than toddlers than pre-schoolers. Infants on the hour to two hours, toddlers on the second hour to three hours. However, changes happen in between the scheduled diaper changes. I work with toddlers right now, and our program is open at 7:30 and runs until 5:30. I don't get any toddlers in until 8am though. First diaper change is at 10:00am, (am snack is 9am) so it gives them a little digestion time. Second change is at noon, (right after lunch and before rest time) Third change is at 2pm, after rest time. Fourth and final scheduled diaper change is at 4:15pm. And like I said, not to say that a diaper wouldn't be changed at other times. When you have a lot of children (1:5 toddler ratio) you want to be as efficiant as possible! :) As far as checking to see who was the culprit (bowel movement) ... You just check! hehe. Have a walk around the room, you could even ask the child if they did, if they were able to answer, if not, check. lol.

Answer 4

I used to work in a nursing home, and we did checks every 2 hours, writing the time on the diaper, if they were still dry & clean, we just taped it back up and noted the new time.
I never worked in a daycare, but I imagine they have a similar system.

Answer 5

Childcare providors have scheduled diaper changing and potty times. At these times every child is taken to the changing area their diaper checked and changed. In childcare you are required to change diapers frequently so they or changed no matter what. unless they are totally dry which lets face it never really happens. As far as checking if you smell something funny...the exact same way you would check them at home. TO check them you pull their diaper back!!! Diapers are not turned into rocket science just becuase you are in a childcare setting.

Answer 6

my mom worked in a daycare baby room. diapers were checked before and after feeding. and every hour in between she worked in the birth to 1 year room

Answer 7

I think they generally do a change every hour unless it is obvious there is a poo before the normal change. All I know is that my daughter consistently had diaper rash, she was in daycare. My son whom I am home with, has never had a diaper rash in a year.

Answer 8

The ratio is a million:3 or a million:4. there is not any way it truly is a million:10. that would nicely be insane! I used to artwork in a baby progression midsection the position i grow to be to blame of the toddler section. We had a million:4. our youthful little ones were on a replacing time table. i grow to be in trouble-free words to blame for my 4. i grow to be their regular care giver. yet when a toddler grow to be stinky and his caregiver grow to be busy then i'd gladly step in and modify him. notwithstanding it grow to be my duty to maintain mine on their time table. We also marked their differences on and feedings and events on each and on a daily basis document playing cards that went abode withe moms and dads. That way the figure could seem and observe even as the only excellent time their baby were replace, fed and how a lot day that they had. maximum daycares do no longer have a lot of little ones. We had 12 children in our room on the most. some days there have been a lot less yet we were in trouble-free words allowed 12 optimal.

Answer 9

OK we don't have "tons of kids:" I teach 2 year old. I have 11 of them. If i smell a stinky I check everyone until I find it then I change it. I also change or send them to the potty every hour.

Answer 10

At church we check all the diapers every few hours. If we smell something bad than we check to see who did it and then we change them.