Why?

[Meyou]

I've asked parents if they would be willing sit in urine all day to save a few dollars. Kinda puts it in perspective for them.

[SilverSabre25]

With the cloth diapers I empty the poopies into the toilet. It is against regulations here for us to rinse or wash them (not that I would anyway) so I just fold them up and put them in the bag. It is a requirement for the bags to be plastic lined so most families have a cloth bag with a zipper that they line with a large ziploc bag. I never smell the diapers.

Yep that. I <3 cloth. Someday I might offer CDing while at daycare to everyone under 2.

[Sugar Magnolia]

I am curious, how do you deal with cloth diapers? I did not use cloth diapers on my child, but I know several mothers that did. Some were very adamant that their child NOT EVER wear a disposable. I am curious how that would work at daycare.

NOT WELL! Leaky, smelly, very inconvenient. After having poop leak out several times, I was over it.

[nannyde]

Diapers: We do not allow generic diapers or cloth diapers. The brands we accept are Huggies, Pampers, and Luvs. We accept Target brand diapers but the current Target brand runs one size smaller than Huggies, Pampers, and Luvs. If you would like to use Target diapers we must have one size up from what your child would wear in the premium diapers. We also do not allow generic wipes with the exception of Target wipes. No scented wipes.

We change kids about every 2 to 3 hours. Figure about 4-5 diapers a day. Breast fed babies may need as many as 5-7 a day plus additional "over diapers" of the next size up. We don't use pull ups until the child is nearly done with potty training and has been accident free for one week.

We put a note on the front door when we need diapers and wipes. We will ask for wipes about once a month.

[CheekyChick]

They're not the sharpest pencils in the box? ::

[christinaskids]

I actually love the parents choice brand, and i noticed target brand is the exact same thing with a different pattern. I also love pampers but none of my dc parents use them. I hate luvs, they rip and leak at nothing. Huggies have more of a tendency to leak too. I supply all the diapers here for an extra charge since nobody ever supplied me with wipes or forgot to bring diapers.

[Kaddidle Care]

I have a boy who is now in pull-ups. He comes to school in the Lighning McQueen ones, but mom supplied the cheap ones that have no tabs! So I get to rip them off, then take the shoes and pants off! Thankfully, I explained this to her. "Hey these are too time consuming for me to use, please bring the same kind he wears at home." She now brings the Lightning McQueens, PHEW!!!!

Lucky you! I hate those cheapo Pull ups! They do the same thing at our place.

[Hunni Bee]

So she basically thinks you change her kid too much? :: That's a first! LOL!!

you wouldn't believe how much we get this. Somehow they believe that 25 diapers a week for a child who is care 40 hours a week is entirely too much. So I guess its okay for your kid to pickle in her own pi**. Not a chance sister.

[skittles]

We only have two Target stores in our state both are at least an hour away from our town, so I am not sure about that brand. I do use the Parents Choice diapers and have always had good luck with them for my own babies. My dc parents are free to use whatever, I have one family which uses the cheapest pull ups they can find. For nap I have found if I double the pull ups then they won't leak through.

[Hunni Bee]

Lucky you! I hate those cheapo Pull ups! They do the same thing at our place.

We now demand the ones with tabs ..but we had a method for the other ones. You rip the soiled one off, clean him, then take only one of his shoes and pant legs off. Then put the pull up on the still-dressed leg, pull the rest of pants through the empty hole and put the bare leg through. Then replace pant leg and shoe. LOL. It sounds complicated, but saves you a ton of time when you have a classroom of cheap pull-ups.

[Former Teacher]

At my former center, in our infant room we had 4 infants, all girls. At that time there were girl and boy diapers (Pampers I believe, I can't remember). Well this one baby would come in a girl diaper but the mother would only pack boy diapers. Odd but I thought ok, maybe she didn't know what was she was having and is using up baby shower gifts.

Then as the baby got older, the mother would only bring in boy diapers. Even when the baby was 10-11 months old!

So, finally I just had to ask her. Her reply was that she didn't want anyone else using HER things. So she is purposefully buying the opposite of everyone else. :confused:

I explained to her that everyone had their own space for diapers, clothes, etc. Next day, she started to dress her in boys clothes AND pack boy clothes for spares as well! ::

[Kaddidle Care]

We now demand the ones with tabs ..but we had a method for the other ones. You rip the soiled one off, clean him, then take only one of his shoes and pant legs off. Then put the pull up on the still-dressed leg, pull the rest of pants through the empty hole and put the bare leg through. Then replace pant leg and shoe. LOL. It sounds complicated, but saves you a ton of time when you have a classroom of cheap pull-ups.

OK you made me have to think really hard on that! :: I get it. Not sure if some of the folks I work with would.

Thankfully at this particular time we don't have too many in diapers. (Yay 2 /12 and up age restriction.)