Bathroom Items

[lovemykidstoo]

Our main bathroom is used for dck's that are toilet trained. What does everyone do with shower products and things like toothpaste etc. It's not like my family can have everything they use once or twice a day under lock and key.

[CalCare]

My family has everything they use once or twice a day under lock and key ! Toothbrushes and hairbrushes can be in a drawer. One hand soap pump dispenser is in the counter. In the cabinet with childlock is toothpaste, floss, makeup, shampoo conditioner, body wash, mouth wash, everything! I unlock it when my own kids do night toothbrushing (I have a 5 and a 10 year old), and I leave it unlocked overnight and the kids use their stuff again in the a.m. Then I lock it before I open at 9 a.m.

[lovemykidstoo]

My family has everything they use once or twice a day under lock and key ! Toothbrushes and hairbrushes can be in a drawer. One hand soap pump dispenser is in the counter. In the cabinet with childlock is toothpaste, floss, makeup, shampoo conditioner, body wash, mouth wash, everything! I unlock it when my own kids do night toothbrushing (I have a 5 and a 10 year old), and I leave it unlocked overnight and the kids use their stuff again in the a.m. Then I lock it before I open at 9 a.m.

So the shampoo and conditioner you take from the shower every day and then lock it up? I just can't see my daughter (17) doing that . I wonder if I got one of those things that hang over the shower nozzle. It would be too high for them to reach. Would that work?

[proudmommyofthree]

My daughters 22 and 17 have a bathroom Caddy that they take in and out of the bathroom everyday. They keep this Caddy In their bedrooms. It’s a pain but they know they can not leave anything in the bathroom. The Caddy has their shampoo, conditioner, razors, toothpaste, everything they use. They shower at night. In the morning they take their toothpaste and toothbrush in and then bring it back to their bedrooms. Once in a while they will forget to leave it in the restroom , but for the most part they remember . My son who is 10, showers in my bathroom. So I don’t have to worry about him forgetting anything in the Daycare bathroom.

[jenboo]

Ive always left it in the shower and medicine cabinet. I have never had to remove anything from my bathroom.

[CalCare]

I started off with caddies for my kids, but soon realized it was much easier for me to just put it in the cabinet and lock it every day. And in CA, yes, we cannot have anything unlocked that says "keep out of reach of children" on it. Which every soap etc does. They only allow one single soap dispenser on the counter for hand washing. Which I believe defeats the whole purpose of the rule since they can ingest that one bottle, right? So why not have three? (As in a shampoo and conditioner as well )

[Josiegirl]

Ive always left it in the shower and medicine cabinet. I have never had to remove anything from my bathroom.

Same here. Last time they asked/checked, they said over the shower holders were fine, just not sitting on the edge of the tub anywhere.
But who the heck knows now, maybe they've changed that too. I haven't been inspected for 2 yrs. and a month so I've way over due.

[lovemykidstoo]

Same here. Last time they asked/checked, they said over the shower holders were fine, just not sitting on the edge of the tub anywhere.
But who the heck knows now, maybe they've changed that too. I haven't been inspected for 2 yrs. and a month so I've way over due.

That's what I'm remembering too. Our shower has the built in shelves and there are some that are higher up. I think I just made sure that they were on the higher shelf. I know I never got written up about it. I'm thinking of doing one of these dispensers partly because of daycare, but also partly because my daughter likes to have 10 different bottles of stuff and it would force her to go down to 3. . Wonder if this would suffice for licensing.

[Country Kids]

We have to have everything out of the shower/bathroom area-shampoo, soap, razors, facewash, anything like that. Then mouthwash, toothpaste has to also be locked up.

So best bet, have shower caddies with everything needed in it so they can grab the whole thing while going in the shower.

Maybe have a drawer locked or something that can lock for toothbrushes, toothpaste and mouthwash.

[lovemykidstoo]

What's the easiest way to do diaper changing? I currently have a lined container and empty it at the end of the day, but wanted to see if anyone had a better idea that meets regs.

[Josiegirl]

What's the easiest way to do diaper changing? I currently have a lined container and empty it at the end of the day, but wanted to see if anyone had a better idea that meets regs.

I used to have a lined container too but could never find a place to keep it that would be easy enough for me and out of reach of the kids. So I did away with it. I have a laundry basket at the bottom of my basement stairs and throw them all down there, bagging the poopy diapers of course. Then every night I go downstairs and throw them all into my garbage container. It works well for me.

[lovemykidstoo]

I used to have a lined container too but could never find a place to keep it that would be easy enough for me and out of reach of the kids. So I did away with it. I have a laundry basket at the bottom of my basement stairs and throw them all down there, bagging the poopy diapers of course. Then every night I go downstairs and throw them all into my garbage container. It works well for me.

That's a great idea. I have a laundry chute right next to my bathroom. It's not the kind that is in the wall either, so they won't get stuck. It's actually a hole in the floor with a door on it that opens up.

[Lil_Diddle]

Some of these licensing rules are so insane, how do they think children survive at home? I can’t help but laugh, and remind myself this is why I will continue to stay a small unlicensed in-Home daycare. Where I’m at we can keep 4 children unrelated. So far it has worked out pretty good with no one coming into my home telling me what I can and can’t do

[lovemykidstoo]

Some of these licensing rules are so insane, how do they think children survive at home? I can’t help but laugh, and remind myself this is why I will continue to stay a small unlicensed in-Home daycare. Where I’m at we can keep 4 children unrelated. So far it has worked out pretty good with no one coming into my home telling me what I can and can’t do

I know it really does drive me insane. I mean, we do everything under the sun and yet these kids go home and their parents have shampoo in the shower (gasp) and toothpaste in the drawers (double gasp) and the children survive. How is that possible?

[CalCare]

Well we would skip licensing if we could not legal in CA