How Often Are You Changing Diapers?

[happymom]

Even with the diapers with a strip that changes color, you would still need to take off the child's pants and look at the strip to learn it was wet. Unless you have some kind of alarm, you can never change every diaper immediately. I think it is unfathomable for anyone to expect a caregiver (much less a caregiver of 4-8 infants) to change a diaper immediately when it is a little bit wet.

I don't use disposable diapers, but unless a cloth diaper is holding a decent amount of pee, it's hard to tell it's wet without taking it off the child and looking at it (even then sometimes it's hard if you are using a diaper with a stay dry liner).

[renodeb]

Honestly I change the infants around 2- 2 1/2 hours and my above 1 year olds at about 2 1/1 - 3 hours unless they need changed before that. Its about 3-4 times a day.
When I worked at kinder kare we had to change them a lot more frequently then that weather they needed it or not.
Deb

[Blackcat31]

Even with the diapers with a strip that changes color, you would still need to take off the child's pants and look at the strip to learn it was wet. Unless you have some kind of alarm, you can never change every diaper immediately. I think it is unfathomable for anyone to expect a caregiver (much less a caregiver of 4-8 infants) to change a diaper immediately when it is a little bit wet.

I don't use disposable diapers, but unless a cloth diaper is holding a decent amount of pee, it's hard to tell it's wet without taking it off the child and looking at it (even then sometimes it's hard if you are using a diaper with a stay dry liner).

Honestly, I don't think licensing really means "immediately" as in the minute the child urinates... I think licensing means "don't leave them sit in urine any longer than necessary before changing them" because obviously like you mentioned, we have a GROUP of kids to care for.

I think most licensing regulations were write guidelines that providers based their practices off of. Most are simply common sense and easily interpreted kwim?

Most providers read "change immediately" and automatically think "oh so change as soon as we see they are wet" but someone somewhere with a little bit of power maybe said "Hmm, I don't like this provider so I will ding them with a correction order or citation because Baby Billy wet himself 43 seconds ago and the provider didn't immediately change him."

THAT ^^^ is honest to goodness how some providers are treated by licensing. Things have gotten so far out of hand with regulation interpretation that it's like the Jerry Springer show in ANY child care forum or Facebook group you see. It really is crazy....

[Cat Herder]

Most providers read "change immediately" and automatically think "oh so change as soon as we see they are wet" but someone somewhere with a little bit of power maybe said "Hmm, I don't like this provider so I will ding them with a correction order or citation because Baby Billy wet himself 43 seconds ago and the provider didn't immediately change him."

THAT ^^^ is honest to goodness how some providers are treated by licensing. Things have gotten so far out of hand with regulation interpretation that it's like the Jerry Springer show in ANY child care forum or Facebook group you see. It really is crazy....

Sing it, Sister

Not to mention the income gap between providers and those inspecting us. No, that doesn't lead to any issues...

Don't you know everyone should be able to provide a top quality environment, diet and curriculum, while supporting half of their own children's needs, on a $20,000 per year salary?

[Pepperth]

Every 2 hours unless somebody needs a change in between scheduled changes.