Nap Time 'Poopers'

[blandino]

Honestly, I would never wake a child to change a poopy diaper. Today, I have 8 in diapers. Upon smelling a soiled diaper in the room, I would have no idea who was the culprit, and waking up everyone feeling their bottoms to check it, isn't going to happen. My babies and toddlers all have pnp's in the same area, and my big kids are all on mats in the same room, so distinguishing who "done it", would be a problem for me.

I do coat them with barrier cream before nap, so that hopefully their skin is protected. Everyone gets changed directly before nap, and red bottoms haven't been a problem thus far. I do have a 14 no old DCB who gets rashes very easily, but doesn't have BMs at nap very often, thankfully.

[Play Care]

Always change. My kids can't sleep through poop so it's not even a question

[Heidi]

It depends...

Normally, I'm going to be in the don't-wake camp, but mostly because I wouldn't know until I get them up anyway. There is very little interaction between myself and sleeping children here. My pnp/diaper kiddos all sleep in different bedrooms, and I don't generally open their doors until nap is over.

A really young infant, I do checks during nap, so assuming I could smell it, I'd change.

Weird, but over the years I've had a number of older infants and toddlers that specifically wait until nap time to poop. Some at the beginning, in which case, there's usually some signing or talking, and I have to go in an remind them "shhh...it's nap time". At that point, I would smell diaper, and would sneak them out and change them, then put them back to bed.

Some kids, however, seem to relax DURING sleep, and then poop. That's when I walk in to get them up and woahhhhh! stinky room. It's also then that I wish that no one had to sleep in MY bedroom. That's supposed to be our love cave...::.

[Laurel]

No flames here. No WAY on God's green earth would I wake a child to change a diaper. Actually, that is not true. If it were leaking out of the diaper onto the bed or up the kiddo's back, I would. But that would be the only time.

Laurel

[DaisyMamma]

Flame away... I do not wake kids to change their diaper- ever...

Totally agree.

[lflick]

I have two little girls around the same age that are notorious for short naps.... they are almost always stinky (like whole room linger stink) when I go in there to say nap time type things..... well nap is almost non existent as is but it's like they play it to land on nap time so after changing they are wide awake and ready to rock when everyone else is quiet. Makes for a long day that's for sure!

[Crystal]

Flame away... I do not wake kids to change their diaper- ever...

Saying "flame away" tells me that you KNOW it is WRONG to not immediately change a poopy diaper.

IMO....it is lazy, inconsiderate, and NEGLECTFUL to knowingly not change a child's diaper when you know there is feces in it. I don't care what time of day it is.

[Crystal]

As a parent, if I learned that my provider did not change my child's poopy diaper because she did not want to lose her sacred naptime break, I would pull immediately and report it to licensing.

Imagine YOUR child being left in a crappy diaper and getting a rash because the provider was to lazy to do what is in the best interest of the child's health.

[blandino]

As a parent, if I learned that my provider did not change my child's poopy diaper because she did not want to lose her sacred naptime break, I would pull immediately and report it to licensing.

Imagine YOUR child being left in a crappy diaper and getting a rash because the provider was to lazy to do what is in the best interest of the child's health.

I don't do it out of laziness. I hardly have all my infants asleep at nap time, so I don't get to have a rest that often. I think you can also consider other needs of the child, and that being woken from a dead sleep, most of whom would have trouble going back to sleep (at least mine would) and would probably wake the other children too because they are fussy and crying, so now everyone is short on sleep, which is equally unhealthy/undesirable as sitting in a poopy diaper.

I don't wake to change diapers, and I deal with very few diaper rashes. I apply a barrier cream at the diaper change that proceeds nap, and everyone comes out fine.

I have in the past had children who consistently have a BM while napping. I don't think it would have been fair to wake him and cut the sleep he needs short, to change him. I think his mother would be more upset at him being sleep deprived than sitting in a soiled diaper.

[blandino]

I could totally see not letting it go over night, hen the possibility exists for a child to sit in a soiled diaper for 7,8,9 hours.

But at naps, when most of my kids don't sleep longer than 2-2.5 hours, it doesn't seem imperative to me.

[Familycare71]

I don't do it out of laziness. I hardly have all my infants asleep at nap time, so I don't get to have a rest that often. I think you can also consider other needs of the child, and that being woken from a dead sleep, most of whom would have trouble going back to sleep (at least mine would) and would probably wake the other children too because they are fussy and crying, so now everyone is short on sleep, which is equally unhealthy/undesirable as sitting in a poopy diaper.

I don't wake to change diapers, and I deal with very few diaper rashes. I apply a barrier cream at the diaper change that proceeds nap, and everyone comes out fine.

I have in the past had children who consistently have a BM while napping. I don't think it would have been fair to wake him and cut the sleep he needs short, to change him. I think his mother would be more upset at him being sleep deprived than sitting in a soiled diaper.

[Familycare71]

Saying "flame away" tells me that you KNOW it is WRONG to not immediately change a poopy diaper.

IMO....it is lazy, inconsiderate, and NEGLECTFUL to knowingly not change a child's diaper when you know there is feces in it. I don't care what time of day it is.

First time I've gotten such an angry reply on here! Bound to happen I suppose . I will respect that you disagree with me...
I will also say I don't appreciate your tone or that you are saying I am not a quality provider or don't have my dck best interests at heart! Someone already responded what I would have so ill save it BUT in the future be a big girl and use kind words with me- thanks!

[Familycare71]

I could totally see not letting it go over night, hen the possibility exists for a child to sit in a soiled diaper for 7,8,9 hours.

But at naps, when most of my kids don't sleep longer than 2-2.5 hours, it doesn't seem imperative to me.

Exactly!

[Unregistered]

Never! That's not being neglectful either.It's dark in the nap room and there are 12 children sleeping.I'm not going to go around waking everyone up ,checking diapers to see who pooped.
I've done daycare for 25 years and never had any child get a diaper rash.
Do you think parents go into their kids room every couple hours all night long,checking for poopy diapers? No,they let them sleep and change them in the morning!

[Familycare71]

Never! That's not being neglectful either.It's dark in the nap room and there are 12 children sleeping.I'm not going to go around waking everyone up ,checking diapers to see who pooped.
I've done daycare for 25 years and never had any child get a diaper rash.
Do you think parents go into their kids room every couple hours all night long,checking for poopy diapers? No,they let them sleep and change them in the morning!

Can you imagine!?! :: wake up- wake up... Did you poop?? No- oh ok go back to sleep! X12!?