Ok, let's be honest here about pooped in underwear. Tell me who does what- 1) You just throw them out, 2) You rinse them out and send home with child, 3) You put soiled undies in a bag and send home. What's your policy?
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I discuss that with the parent during the interview (mainly for children who have recently become potty trained) or when the child in my care becomes potty trained and is new to wearing underwear.
I ask them what they want me to do; either throw them away or give them to the parent, poop and all in a bag. I would, of course, do my best to dump the poop in the toilet if possible, but our licensing rules restrict me from rinsing them out or washing soiled clothes. So far, every parent has told me that if they are too messy, just throw them away.
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I put them straight into a bag. No rinsing, no dumping-right from the kid into the bag. 2 reasons: #1: I'm NOT going to clean poop out of a kid's underwear-it's not something I have time for, and it's not sanitary (I'd end up having to sanitize whereever I rinsed it, and I'm not willing to use my sink or even bathtub to rinse poop into it) #2: Poop in underwear (98% of the time) is a sign that a child is not ready for underwear. I'm not going to make it easy for a parent to send a kid to me in underwear-I want them to realize that their kid is not ready. After THEY deal with taking home a bag of poopy underwear once or twice, the kid comes back here in diapers without a fuss from the parents.
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Originally posted by Leigh View PostI put them straight into a bag. No rinsing, no dumping-right from the kid into the bag. 2 reasons: #1: I'm NOT going to clean poop out of a kid's underwear-it's not something I have time for, and it's not sanitary (I'd end up having to sanitize whereever I rinsed it, and I'm not willing to use my sink or even bathtub to rinse poop into it) #2: Poop in underwear (98% of the time) is a sign that a child is not ready for underwear. I'm not going to make it easy for a parent to send a kid to me in underwear-I want them to realize that their kid is not ready. After THEY deal with taking home a bag of poopy underwear once or twice, the kid comes back here in diapers without a fuss from the parents.
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When a parent approaches me about potty training, I tell them that I throw soiled underwear away. I don't have a good place in my home to keep poop in a bag all day without smelling or kids being able to get into it, so I bag it up and toss it immediately. The 2 families I have gone through potty training with haven't had a problem with it.
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Originally posted by injaymama View PostOk, let's be honest here about pooped in underwear. Tell me who does what- 1) You just throw them out, 2) You rinse them out and send home with child, 3) You put soiled undies in a bag and send home. What's your policy?
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Originally posted by Laurel View PostWell maybe cause I'm old, I remember when moms would flush what would come out easily and then they would swish them around in the toilet and a lot would come out. Then wring them out. All this with gloves on, of course. Then I would bag them and give them to the parents.
However, I'm not the mom of the other kids.
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ugh.... I have just dealt with this the last 2 days due to parents trying to train a child before he is ready. I will be having a talk with mom at pick up tonight.
I tried yesterday to just bag them and leave them for pick up but I couldn't do it. I ended up taking them out of the bag and cleaning them. I throw them right in the toilet to rinse as much as I can and then I used a dollar store plastic pail to clean and soak them. I really wanted to send them home poopy - but my conscious wouldn't let me do it.
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Originally posted by EntropyControlSpecialist View PostIf I can "plop" it into the toilet I will. If I can't, then it stays in the underwear. .
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Originally posted by EntropyControlSpecialist View Post3 - I don't have time to be rinsing off underwear and leaving many children unsupervised. If I can "plop" it into the toilet I will. If I can't, then it stays in the underwear. I put it inside two bags, knot it, and hang it in their cubby.
I am not cleaning out undies. But I also put that in my handbook so there's no surprises when the parents get a bag.
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Originally posted by Unregistered View PostIf the poop will fall off into the toilet I go that far to clean them. Then bag them. No, I'm not swishing, soaking, and wringing them out.
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Originally posted by Play Care View PostThis.
I am not cleaning out undies. But I also put that in my handbook so there's no surprises when the parents get a bag.
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