What Are Your Policies/Feelings About Cloth Diapering For Children In Care?

[Creek]

Do you have a child in care who uses cloth diapers?
Would you take a child who uses cloth diapers?

I have a child who uses cloth diapers, and it really hasn't been too much of a problem. If the child has a bowel movement, and I can empty it into the toilet I do, but I do not rinse out cloth diapers. If I can get some off - great but I am not playing in poo!

I ask because there is a thread about cloth diapering going on on another site (not a DC related site) where someone asked as a provider would you deal with cloth diapers, etc. I replied and then someone replied just horrified that I would not rinse out and scrape off ****! I mean, come on - yes I have SO much extra time in the day to sit in the bathroom and play in your child's diaper. Besides, WHY would I even want to do that?

I feel like replying to her but I don't know if it would be pretty.

What are your policies/feelings about cloth diapering?

[SunflowerMama]

I cloth diaper all the kids in care (that are in diapers of course ). I actually use a diaper service so the whole diaper just gets thrown in a huge wetbag...poop and all. They are picked up weekly.

When I cloth diapered my own kids I did just like you. Shake off anything that comes off and then toss in a wetbag. I never did any more and they cleaned just fine.

I think your cloth diapering families would appreciate that you even offer that service. If they were super concerned they could provide you with the flushable liners for each dipe, but I think what you're doing is totally fine.

[GretasLittleFriends]

The only experience I have with cloth diapers is the fact that I wore them when I was a baby. Oh, wait, no, I have also used them as burp rags. I don't know the first thing about cloth diapering, and would be very hesitant to use cloth diapers on a daycare child. The issue has not come up yet, so I suppose I'll cross that bridge when I get there. I would also have to look into what licensing says about diapering just to be sure I'm not doing anything wrong. I'm not saying I wouldn't do it, but I would definitely have to do some investigating/learning first.

And as far as the dirty diaper goes, I agree, I'd just dump what I could in the toilet and bag it up. I wouldn't go out of my way to clean the diaper.

[pootmcgoot]

I cloth diapered my kid. And my dcb is cloth diapered. It's a hassle cuz dcm expects me to wash them...ugh so annoying.

[DCBlessings27]

The regulations here (KS) state that we cannot "play in the child's diaper" as you put it. If a child makes a mess here, we are to bag it and send it home.

I think what you're doing is just fine.

[DaisyMamma]

I would use them, but I would certainly NOT clean them.

[itlw8]

dump and bag same with training pants.

[SilverSabre25]

You're doing fine. If the parents are that concerned, they need to supply you with some flushable liners such as these. There are plenty of others out there, that was just the first result on Google. Even something like these liners would do the trick; they allow most of the poop to slide easily off. What doesn't come off easily doesn't matter.

You're doing fine with what you are doing but I would offer that option to the parents.

As for what I do with CD's, I have had a couple of CD'd kids in care. The parents send me a wet bag each day with the day's supply of diapers; I take the clean ones out and then fill the bag back up with the dirty ones. My parents have all used the flushable liners so in the even of a poop I just dump the liner into the toilet. I do pull out the insert if it's a pocket diapers (like a BumGenius) but some people don't do that and make the parents do it later. Then the dirties go home with the kid that day.

PootMcGoot, I would NOT wash the CD's for the parents. They need to send you a wetbag, in which you will send home the day's soiled dipes. That is absolutely beyond the call of duty for you to be washing dipes!!!!

[Former Teacher]

Do you have a child in care who uses cloth diapers?
Would you take a child who uses cloth diapers?

I have a child who uses cloth diapers, and it really hasn't been too much of a problem. If the child has a bowel movement, and I can empty it into the toilet I do, but I do not rinse out cloth diapers. If I can get some off - great but I am not playing in poo!

I ask because there is a thread about cloth diapering going on on another site (not a DC related site) where someone asked as a provider would you deal with cloth diapers, etc. I replied and then someone replied just horrified that I would not rinse out and scrape off ****! I mean, come on - yes I have SO much extra time in the day to sit in the bathroom and play in your child's diaper. Besides, WHY would I even want to do that?

I feel like replying to her but I don't know if it would be pretty.

What are your policies/feelings about cloth diapering?

Thank you for asking this!

When I start my new family in late July, they will be using cloth diapers. I truly dread it. However from the way it sounds, its not as bad as it looks! happyface

[saved4always]

Do you have a child in care who uses cloth diapers?
Would you take a child who uses cloth diapers?

I have a child who uses cloth diapers, and it really hasn't been too much of a problem. If the child has a bowel movement, and I can empty it into the toilet I do, but I do not rinse out cloth diapers. If I can get some off - great but I am not playing in poo!

I ask because there is a thread about cloth diapering going on on another site (not a DC related site) where someone asked as a provider would you deal with cloth diapers, etc. I replied and then someone replied just horrified that I would not rinse out and scrape off ****! I mean, come on - yes I have SO much extra time in the day to sit in the bathroom and play in your child's diaper. Besides, WHY would I even want to do that?

I feel like replying to her but I don't know if it would be pretty.

What are your policies/feelings about cloth diapering?

Where I am it is against liscensing rules to "play in the poo" if a child has a a bm in thier underwear (we don't do cloth diapers but, if they are even allowed, rinsing would definitely not be allowed). I believe the rule says we can dump any solid in the toilet (and I am not sure that is even required, just if the toilet is handy) and then we are to bag the rest of the mess and send it home for laundering. It is a health issue for the group since poop carries things like e-coli that has more risk of being transferred to the provider or other children and making them sick if the provider is handlng it more than necessary and trying to rinse it.

[Kiki]

Can't play in the poo here either. I'm not sure on the exact wording of the rule, I just remember the basics of it. Honestly, I don't think parents except you to get all of it off, they probably don't try to hard at home either, more than likely it's dumped, and then placed in a bin to be washed with the rest of them. Trust me, even just dumping them, they will clean just fine.

I don't have any children currently in cloth diapers, but my sister did use them for my niece. They really did not bother me at all, and yes, I would allow them to be used in my home again. I applaud parents that are brave enough to use them nowadays with the disposables out there.

[Blackcat31]

Here is a handly little chart that tells what each state's rules and regulations are in regards to diapers both cloth and disposable. http://www.myblossombottom.com/pages...ild-Care-.html

The important thing to remember is to wear gloves, dump whatever contents can be dumpable, washing, scraping and dunking is NOT necessary and NEVER EVER wash or rinse a cloth diaper in a sink or are that is used for hand washing or food prep.

The same basic principles (minus the fecal dumping) should be followed and observed when using cloth and disposable diapers.

[cheerfuldom]

Do you have a child in care who uses cloth diapers?
Would you take a child who uses cloth diapers?

I have a child who uses cloth diapers, and it really hasn't been too much of a problem. If the child has a bowel movement, and I can empty it into the toilet I do, but I do not rinse out cloth diapers. If I can get some off - great but I am not playing in poo!

I ask because there is a thread about cloth diapering going on on another site (not a DC related site) where someone asked as a provider would you deal with cloth diapers, etc. I replied and then someone replied just horrified that I would not rinse out and scrape off ****! I mean, come on - yes I have SO much extra time in the day to sit in the bathroom and play in your child's diaper. Besides, WHY would I even want to do that?

I feel like replying to her but I don't know if it would be pretty.

What are your policies/feelings about cloth diapering?

I cloth diaper my kids and any daycare kids whose families bring supplies for them. I do "roll" out the solid poos in the trash but do not scrape and rinse for daycare families. To be honest, I dont even scrape and rinse for my kids. I run the diapers in a rinse cycle, then wash, then another rinse and that takes care of all of it.

Was the person who responded a parent? or another provider? I could totally see a parent that has only one child saying this. They have no clue what your day is like

[cheerfuldom]

Thank you for asking this!

When I start my new family in late July, they will be using cloth diapers. I truly dread it. However from the way it sounds, its not as bad as it looks! happyface

Girl, the cloth diapers these days are not at all like the ones from years past. I bet you will find it very easy and shocked at how easy it is!

Make the parents bring one days worth of diapers and one wetbag (waterproof bag that keeps in the stink). Everything goes home at the end of the day (I do not launder for daycare families) Ask that all diapers be of a similar kind so you dont have to figure out what needs a cover, what needs this or that. Feel free to post here with questions!!

[CaliMom]

Thank you for asking this!

When I start my new family in late July, they will be using cloth diapers. I truly dread it. However from the way it sounds, its not as bad as it looks! happyface

I will have a baby starting in August that will be in cloth diapers also so hopefully it won't be so bad either!