I have a daycare mom that dropped her 10 month old son off at my daycare several times last month with poop. A couple of those times at drop off, I didn't even know (due to his poop being somewhat unscented) and by the time I saw the mess right after he was dropped off, it had leaked thru his clothes and already got on my clothing! This would take so much time to clean up each morning... I'd have to clean his mess, change his clothes, bag up his dirty clothing, change my clothes and meanwhile other parents are dropping off. Total choas and would completely ruin my morning!!!
Each time, I reminded the mom about my policy and that the children need to be dropped off bathed and clean with a fresh diaper. She tells me that he is pooping on his way here so she doesn't know he has poop at drop off. :confused: I tell her that if this is the case, then she needs to check him EVERY morning when she pulls up and if he has poop, then she needs to clean his diaper in her car and then drop him off. He cannot be dropped off with poop...period. She was apologetic and agreed.
She was good for about a week or so... She would pull up and change him in her backseat of her SUV each morning. And almost every time she would tell me that he had a huge poop. A couple times I saw her out there changing his entire outfit because it had leaked. Something I obviously would be dealing with if she didn't check.
So that was good for a bit... but then this morning again he gets dropped off and I checked him right after I shut the door and he had poop that leaked. I went to see if she was outside and she was gone. I text her that he had poop again and that it had leaked and she lies and says "thats weird, I changed him in the car this morning". So not true. I heard her pull up and knock seconds later. There was no way she had just changed him. I tell her "yeah that is really weird because it was up his front and back as if he was sitting when he pooped" and remind her AGAIN how she needs to check him right before bringing him to my door and cannot be dropped off with a dirty diaper. She tells me "I will be sure to do that for now on".
This is so frustrating to me. I'm wondering if I should consider terminating care with them if this continues? I've never terminated care for a child because they get dropped off repeatedly with a dirty diaper. I've just never had a daycare parent do this before. But when I have repeatedly reminded her of my policy and she continues to break this rule, it is really frustrating. I'm not sure what else to do. Should I threaten termination? Or just do it? Or let it go? See if it continues to happen? :confused:
By the way, this mom is young (22 years old) - which to me is not an excuse. I was a young mom too back in the day (younger at 18) and I would never disrespect my daycare provider in this way. She has lied to me about little things repeatedly and has shown to be very lazy. She brings him some days where he'd smell like he hadn't been bathed in days and his hair is always knotted yet she never tries to fix it. I'll change his diaper right after drop off (to be sure it's clean) and he'd have poop stuck to his balls that she "missed" and his onesies all have poop marks on them which I cant tell are stains or just not washed. I find myself excusing her at times due to her young age, but its just not okay. I'm just at a loss as to what to do at this point.
Each time, I reminded the mom about my policy and that the children need to be dropped off bathed and clean with a fresh diaper. She tells me that he is pooping on his way here so she doesn't know he has poop at drop off. :confused: I tell her that if this is the case, then she needs to check him EVERY morning when she pulls up and if he has poop, then she needs to clean his diaper in her car and then drop him off. He cannot be dropped off with poop...period. She was apologetic and agreed.
She was good for about a week or so... She would pull up and change him in her backseat of her SUV each morning. And almost every time she would tell me that he had a huge poop. A couple times I saw her out there changing his entire outfit because it had leaked. Something I obviously would be dealing with if she didn't check.
So that was good for a bit... but then this morning again he gets dropped off and I checked him right after I shut the door and he had poop that leaked. I went to see if she was outside and she was gone. I text her that he had poop again and that it had leaked and she lies and says "thats weird, I changed him in the car this morning". So not true. I heard her pull up and knock seconds later. There was no way she had just changed him. I tell her "yeah that is really weird because it was up his front and back as if he was sitting when he pooped" and remind her AGAIN how she needs to check him right before bringing him to my door and cannot be dropped off with a dirty diaper. She tells me "I will be sure to do that for now on".
This is so frustrating to me. I'm wondering if I should consider terminating care with them if this continues? I've never terminated care for a child because they get dropped off repeatedly with a dirty diaper. I've just never had a daycare parent do this before. But when I have repeatedly reminded her of my policy and she continues to break this rule, it is really frustrating. I'm not sure what else to do. Should I threaten termination? Or just do it? Or let it go? See if it continues to happen? :confused:
By the way, this mom is young (22 years old) - which to me is not an excuse. I was a young mom too back in the day (younger at 18) and I would never disrespect my daycare provider in this way. She has lied to me about little things repeatedly and has shown to be very lazy. She brings him some days where he'd smell like he hadn't been bathed in days and his hair is always knotted yet she never tries to fix it. I'll change his diaper right after drop off (to be sure it's clean) and he'd have poop stuck to his balls that she "missed" and his onesies all have poop marks on them which I cant tell are stains or just not washed. I find myself excusing her at times due to her young age, but its just not okay. I'm just at a loss as to what to do at this point.
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