I Am Sooooo Sick of:

[williams2008]

When I have kids in diapers I throw the diaper out in the pail by the changing pad as per licensing. But once everyone is secured I change the bag and throw it in the garage diaper pail. My garage is right off my kitchen so I can still see/ hear everyone. But I refuse to leave pails of poo *in* my house

I don't leave pails of poo in my daycare. We take the diapers in a plastic bag and put them in a large trashcan outside as soon as we change them. I have 6 kids in diapers and all 6 of them are constantly pooping all day just not as much as the 9 month old.

[williams2008]

I had one like that one time-6+ Poopy diapers a day. Pretty much every two hours!!! I think they were eating to much fruit and not enough vegies, ruffage time stuff. It took months after starting the food program for them to quit pooping so much.

He eat a lot of both. I was thinking maybe I should cut back on the fruit in the jars that mom send him because she also add fruit to his cereal bottles(3 of them).

Dcm sends him 5 bottles total and at least 12 jars of baby food everyday:confused: He never drinks more than 1 sometimes 2 bottles while here, but he will eat the baby food like there is no tomorrow!::

[JoseyJo]

I had one like that one time-6+ Poopy diapers a day. Pretty much every two hours!!! I think they were eating to much fruit and not enough vegies, ruffage time stuff. It took months after starting the food program for them to quit pooping so much.

We had one w/ this problem too- his mom let him eat as much fruit as he wanted and his diet was probably 50% fruit!! It took months of eating a balanced meal Brkfst, Lunch and pm snack to get him to 2 poops a day, even then on mondays he would have diarrhea diapers all day and horrible diaper rash from all the fruit he ate over the weekend.

[Unregistered]

We had one w/ this problem too- his mom let him eat as much fruit as he wanted and his diet was probably 50% fruit!! It took months of eating a balanced meal Brkfst, Lunch and pm snack to get him to 2 poops a day, even then on mondays he would have diarrhea diapers all day and horrible diaper rash from all the fruit he ate over the weekend.

It was very hard to potty train this one because they had so bowel movements during the day and you never knew when they were needing to go because it just hit.

[e.j.]

A few weeks ago, there was a thread about smells and how to get rid of them and several posters suggested Odoban. I bought a jar of Odoban solid to leave out near our rabbit cage because it can get smelly sometimes even though we clean it every day. It works great. I'm not sure if it will work for you but it's not expensive so it may be worth a try.

[JoseyJo]

A few weeks ago, there was a thread about smells and how to get rid of them and several posters suggested Odoban. I bought a jar of Odoban solid to leave out near our rabbit cage because it can get smelly sometimes even though we clean it every day. It works great. I'm not sure if it will work for you but it's not expensive so it may be worth a try.

Hmmm... didn't know it came in a solid... going to amazon now

[daycarediva]

Is it diarrhea? Can you document it, and ask for a drs note the next time he goes to a physical apt?

My one dcb had 4-6 poops/day (on the runny side) every.single.day. DCM swore only 1-2/day at home on weekends. Well, turns out she wasn't changing him after every poop, and he would come to daycare Monday with a rash. I finally forced the issue and did a diet log, that much/consistency of poo is NOT normal. Turns out, dcm was giving dcb around 32oz of JUICE per DAY and not just any juice, ORANGE JUICE!

Since then, the pooping is down to 1-2/day. MUCH more tolerable as he and another dcg are the only ones not potty trained here.

[Patches]

Is it diarrhea? Can you document it, and ask for a drs note the next time he goes to a physical apt?

My one dcb had 4-6 poops/day (on the runny side) every.single.day. DCM swore only 1-2/day at home on weekends. Well, turns out she wasn't changing him after every poop, and he would come to daycare Monday with a rash. I finally forced the issue and did a diet log, that much/consistency of poo is NOT normal. Turns out, dcm was giving dcb around 32oz of JUICE per DAY and not just any juice, ORANGE JUICE!

Since then, the pooping is down to 1-2/day. MUCH more tolerable as he and another dcg are the only ones not potty trained here.

Whoa!!!! That's sooo much juice!

[e.j.]

Hmmm... didn't know it came in a solid... going to amazon now

I only paid about $3 at Home Depot. I'm not all that familiar with Amazon. Did I read Amazon's info right? They sell it for $10.19 new and $3.70 used? Used???! Really? I think I'll stick with Home Depot!::

Well that's strange! I went back to Amazon to re-check the prices (even though I had double checked them before I started to reply) In the few minutes I typed the above info, the price went from 10.19 with shipping to 10.29 with free shipping. The listing for 3 "used" ones for 3.70 also changed to 10 "new" for 3.70. I'm confused! Is that how Amazon works? Do they generally change their listings/prices so quickly or am I just in need of a good night's sleep?

[Cradle2crayons]

I had a child like that and then I found out that at home they were way way way over eating to the point by the time they gotntomdaycare it was all coming out. I had a little talk with mama and had her write a diet journal from home.

And the amount of food that child consumed at home was

[Laurel]

When I used to have 6 children with 5 in diapers and I was changing a few poops per day per child (not counting what they did at night), I made their portions of fruits/veggies smaller and their protein portions larger. That solved the problem.

I finally discovered that it was ME who was giving them too many fruits/veggies. Try adjusting their portions maybe.

Laurel

[Play Care]

I don't leave pails of poo in my daycare. We take the diapers in a plastic bag and put them in a large trashcan outside as soon as we change them. I have 6 kids in diapers and all 6 of them are constantly pooping all day just not as much as the 9 month old.

I hope you don't think I was implying you were, just saying my state regs essentially mean I'm supposed to leave poo pails in the house so kids are always supervised... Didn't know if your regs were similar...

[wdmmom]

How old is this child? Breastfed?

2 or more poops a day here is usually grounds for exclusion. Are they the same consistency each time or are they loose? I would suggest dcm taking him into the doctor for a sample. He might have an intolerance to milk or worms of some sort, etc.

[williams2008]

Is it diarrhea? Can you document it, and ask for a drs note the next time he goes to a physical apt?

My one dcb had 4-6 poops/day (on the runny side) every.single.day. DCM swore only 1-2/day at home on weekends. Well, turns out she wasn't changing him after every poop, and he would come to daycare Monday with a rash. I finally forced the issue and did a diet log, that much/consistency of poo is NOT normal. Turns out, dcm was giving dcb around 32oz of JUICE per DAY and not just any juice, ORANGE JUICE!

Since then, the pooping is down to 1-2/day. MUCH more tolerable as he and another dcg are the only ones not potty trained here.

No it's never diarrhea, he just does it all day long.

[williams2008]

How old is this child? Breastfed?

2 or more poops a day here is usually grounds for exclusion. Are they the same consistency each time or are they loose? I would suggest dcm taking him into the doctor for a sample. He might have an intolerance to milk or worms of some sort, etc.

Dcb is 9 months old. He is on formula and his bowel movements are always the same consistency, they're never loose just a lot of it