Sent 8 diapers to daycare

Mrsosh · August 2010

SIX came back home in DS's backpack! WTH?

I dropped him off at 8 and picked him up at 4:30. This is only DS's second day there. Oh boy!

Crazycrustacean · August 2010

DD isn't going through 8 diapers a day. Maybe 2 or 3. I see nothing wrong with that.

vab1216 · August 2010

Do they give you a daily report? DD gets a paper saying how many times it was changed, what time, and "what" was in the diaper. There have been times I have picked her up and she had another brand on that isn't ours.. so maybe there was a mixup.

nicoleandadam · August 2010

We only change DS every 4 hours or so unless there's reason to (i.e. peed out of diaper, pooped). I don't think that's unreasonable.

Mrsosh · August 2010

Crazycrustacean:
DD isn't going through 8 diapers a day. Maybe 2 or 3. I see nothing wrong with that.

DS usually goes through 4-5 diapers a day now. Yesterday, he went through 5 at daycare. They told me that they do diaper checks every hour and that the only time they wouldn't change a diaper is if it was completely dry.

Mrsosh · August 2010

vab1216:
Do they give you a daily report? DD gets a paper saying how many times it was changed, what time, and "what" was in the diaper. There have been times I have picked her up and she had another brand on that isn't ours.. so maybe there was a mixup.

Nope, no daily report. That would be nice. Maybe there was a mixup, but I will certainly inquire tomorrow.

8.7.6 Bride · August 2010

I usually send 4 diapers each day to daycare.

PinkGrapefuit · August 2010

We change when he wakes up, mid morning, after nap, before bed. Seems normal to me.

christiney06 · August 2010

PinkGrapefuit:
We change when he wakes up, mid morning, after nap, before bed. Seems normal to me.

ditto. sometimes he's even pretty dry at 11am when i check him before nap. I'd be happy about it, less $$ thrown away. changing every hour if there is any pee seems a bit much to me.

cloud9climber · August 2010

As long as they're checking every hour - it's fine. Just so you know, that within that time period DS usually has 5 changes.

brooketini · August 2010

I babysit my two nieces for about the same time span, and I usually only go through 2-3 diapers each per day. I change them when they look "full" (with pee) or if they poop. No point in wasting the diapers, and neither of them has even had a diaper rash the entire time I've watched them.

Cityplanner · August 2010

Our daycare changes every two hours or more frequently if it is noticeable that they need it (ie. a poop). They have a whiteboard that shows when each kid last had a change and we get a report at the end of the day. She usually goes through four diapers per day.

sasa625 · August 2010

Cityplanner:
Our daycare changes every two hours or more frequently if it is noticeable that they need it (ie. a poop). They have a whiteboard that shows when each kid last had a change and we get a report at the end of the day. She usually goes through four diapers per day.

Our daycare does this as well... they will also indicate what type of diaper she had and if she was dry when checked. But they definitely check every 2 hours unless she's sleeping.

dietdoctorpepper · August 2010

wtf are you doing? changing your kid every 2 hours? you dont need to do that.

~Soleil~ · August 2010

Diaper change at 11 am + Diaper change at 2 pm = 2 diapers They probably do every 3 hours unless poopy.

DTNZ4Ever · August 2010

sasa625:

Cityplanner:
Our daycare changes every two hours or more frequently if it is noticeable that they need it (ie. a poop). They have a whiteboard that shows when each kid last had a change and we get a report at the end of the day. She usually goes through four diapers per day.

Our daycare does this as well... they will also indicate what type of diaper she had and if she was dry when checked. But they definitely check every 2 hours unless she's sleeping.

This. I believe it is a licensing requirement unless they are sleeping.

Echowysp · August 2010

Ds usually only went through 3 diapers total during daycare once he hit about 16-17 months. And those are cloth, which don't hold as much pee.

Mrsosh · August 2010

Thanks ladies for your responses! I never thought I was overdoing it at home, but maybe I am. I know he's probably getting more liquids at home than at daycare. But I never let a diaper get to the point where it's sagging. Maybe some of you view it as wasteful, but I wouldn't want to sit in my pee for long periods of time.

katypresson · August 2010

Mrsosh:
Thanks ladies for your responses! I never thought I was overdoing it at home, but maybe I am. I know he's probably getting more liquids at home than at daycare. But I never let a diaper get to the point where it's sagging. Maybe some of you view it as wasteful, but I wouldn't want to sit in my pee for long periods of time.

I change DS every 2-3 hours on weekends when I'm home with him (more often when he poops). That means I usually go through 5 diapers/day total. Daycare should go through 3-4 per day IMO. I don't think it's wasteful either. I HATE when I pick up DS and his diaper is so full it's heavy - that's gross to me and I change him right away (before we go home).

It's possible they did change him more than twice - but used another LO's diaper instead.

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