[Dylan's Mummy]

I have been looking at the web site of a day care centre that has just opened near me. The website lists their routine, including times for the toddler group. They have nappy change times scheduled in. Is this normal? It seems a bit strange to have specific nappy change time. If they need a nappy change outside of the scheduled time, will they change it?

[wilding]

I have been looking at the web site of a day care centre that has just opened near me. The website lists their routine, including times for the toddler group. They have nappy change times scheduled in. Is this normal? It seems a bit strange to have specific nappy change time. If they need a nappy change outside of the scheduled time, will they change it?

Yep, if nappies need to be changed outside of scheduled times, they do get changed. I've worked at several centres and all have had the same thing.

[coco83]

They do it as per schedule and when needed.

[JoMarch]

I'm not sure about all daycare centres, but my sister sends her 2 boys to daycare & they do have scheduled times for changes. However, of course if its a pooey nappy it gets changed straight away. She always tells me how they go through SO MANY nappies compared to her, so they are well looked after in that regard!

[Alpha_Chook]

Eamons daycare has scheduled nappy change times....9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm. They also change as required eg. poo or leaky nappy etc. They also have a nappy change chart on the whiteboard which indicates what the child did in their nappy at each particular change

[New Horizons]

Yes, we have scheduled nappy changes but check regularly in between and change as needed.

[Sail to the Moon]

Yes that is completely normal...obviously if a nappy needs changing outside of the set times, then a soiled or very wet nappy will be changed straight away. Nappies need to be changed at set times because you have so many children in the room, and when nappies are being changed this takes one staff member away from the group. It also takes a long time to change everybody..think how long it would take you to change 16 nappies by yourself. The correct procedure also has to be followed too; wearing gloves, cleaning the change mat and washing hands after each nappy change.

In an under 2's room the babies will normally get changed before they go to bed and after they wakeup too. Generally you'll find that centres make sure that everybody is changed every 2 hours or more if needed.

This post has been edited by Sail to the Moon: 17/02/2013, 08:13 PM

[MissingInAction]

Completely normal practice.

Of course they'll change a pooey nappy outside of those times!!

It's just a good way to make sure everyone gets done regularly

They should also have some sort of chart that ticks off each child's nappy change each time and also states whether it was dry/wet/soiled.

[Beancat]

yes this is normal. Ours are every two hours or more frequently as needed. They are also put in a fresh nappy just before they go home (we advise approx time for pickup in their daybook)

[BornToLove]

Like others have said, they change the kids at set times and then as needed throughout the day. I think all centres will do up a 'poo report' (as DH calls it) where they tick each child was changed and what the output was.
Once DD was out of nappies, we no longer got a detailed update on the 'poo report'. The report just noted that she used the toilet. (Not how many times she used it, if she had a BM, etc) it's was kind of a pain because we then had to ask for the details each day.