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need advice addressing something with daycare

livvielolivvielo
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I was doing laundry last night and noticed that a pair of M's brown pants had two bleach-like stains on the butt. I thought maybe it was from an unseen blowout, so I washed them hoping it'd come out. They didn't--definitely bleach.

I just bought the pants and she wore them once, to daycare. I don't care so much about the ruined pants, BUT I'm concerned that there's bleach around and that she's sitting in it (and worse, crawling in it!). They use bleach to clean the floors, but the babes don't crawl on those floors. I don't want my kid getting her hands in bleach and putting them in her mouth!

How would you bring this up to the DC providers?

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Re: need advice addressing something with daycare

  • dianah36dianah36
    I think I'd phrase it just as you did in your post...you don't care about the clothes but you do care about your LOs safety and well-being and you don't want any of the kids to come in harms way....
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  • PeskyPesky member
    I agree -- phrase it just as you did in the post, that they are definitely bleach stains and while you don't care about the pants, you are concerned about your DD crawling around in bleach (as you should be).  I bet they didn't clean it off the changing pad.


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  • steverstever member
    What the other ladies have said. I'd be pretty pissed about, but what you said is more diplomatic than what I'd have in mind.

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  • busybeabusybea

    Ditto, I would address it exactly like you said and I would speak directly to the caregiver and not the "boss"....yet.  I'm a fan of speaking to the people that I have direct contact with in an effort to be more one on one  Hopefully it was just a one time occurence and it won't happen again....but you should definitely bring it up.

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  • livvielolivvielo
    Thanks, ladies! I'm definitely going to speak to the caregiver--I love all the girls who work in M's room, and would never go to the big boss as a first step. Eeek, confrontation, which I'm so bad at! (even if I do phrase it nicely!) Will let you know how it goes...
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  • livvielolivvielo

    Update: I picked her up tonight and the pants she's wearing today have a bleach stain too! So perfect way to bring it up. Pesky was right, it's from the changing table. I asked one of the ladies if I could bring pads or something that they can put down before they change her...she apologized like crazy and said that she'd make a note about it for the changing area. I'm going to keep an eye on her clothes to make sure they're drying off the bleach before they change her. Thanks for the moral support!

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