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Wow, I am a little suprised. I was reading thru a handbook that someone had posted on here, and it says what kind of laundry soap, and bath products you can and can't use for your kids? Seriously?
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Possibly but not necessarily.
The only thing I can think of would be that the provider or one of the other daycare children has a serious allergy. I am very allergic to many things. I don't have anything in my handbook but would certainly tell a parent I was allergic to a particular product that they used on their child and request that they switch. -
I am a registered user but it wont let me log in. I also don't run a daycare right now. like the pp I am severely allergic to many things. the people I am in constant contact with know this and are kind and don't use the things that im allergic too. if I were to open a daycare (which I plan to in the future) I would be the same way that who ever the op is talking about. in the past I've had very little contact with certain things and have had to be rushed to the hospital. so I can understand having that kind of thing in a handbook.Comment
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Allergies are a common problem in our society.
The provider is probably trying to provide a safe environment for a certain child or children with allergies.
I don't have any children with allergies currently but we did have to go nut free for awhile (my dc families provide their own lunches). We all agreed to do this for the health of one dc child.
Well worth the effort!
I am assuming you are a daycare parent and not a provider. The nice thing about these daycare policies is as a parent you can decide for yourself whether or not it is worth it to you to make small accommodations for the health of the entire daycare group.Comment
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I'm allergic as well. One child with perfume on them from a hug from mom can make me miserable for several days.Comment
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That would truly ****. I enjoy different scents and smell good things. I have one little guy that I love hugging in the morning cause his momma wears the best perfume! If a child couldn't be around scents, I wouldn't feel comfortable having them in my home as I wouldn't want to change everything in my life for one dck. I enjoy perfume, lotion and my scentsy.Comment
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My dcm came in bathed in perfume this morning. I nearly got a headache in the 2 minutes she was in here. I hope none of her dental patients are allergic to perfume!Comment
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You must be referring to this:
It is my first policy in my policy handbook.
General but important information:
Due to a very serious allergy to most perfumes and fragrances, parents and children may not enter the day care at any time wearing any kind of perfume, after shave, lotion, or scents. PLEASE make sure your child does not have perfume or scents on them when coming to day care. If we notice a scent upon arrival we will request the child be taken home to remove the scent. Parents are requested to avoid using scented detergents, lotions, or soaps on the child or the child's clothing. Johnson and Johnson baby products and Equate baby products are allowed. Tide, Dreft, All, Cheer, and Whisk are also okay for laundry detergents. If you can use the "Free" scented laundry soap it would be best.Comment
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If you selected the provider, you would be made aware of this ahead of time and you would accommodate it.
If not, how would you feel about yourself if YOU were the one responsible for your provider having serious reactions?!
If you are talking about Nannyde, I used this provider!!! And would again in a heartbeat! If I was wearing any spritz, I would hand my child off at the door and stay outside. Mission accomplished. No way I could deal with the guilt of making my provider ill and not having her be able to function 100% while watching my child!
There are a few things to fret about when it comes to selecting a provider. If you are going to hold an allergy against someone, that's pretty shallow!Comment
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One child has a detergent that mom uses that just reeks and his blanket for nap time is so heavily scented when it comes back on Monday that I get a headache if I smell it. Infact the cot ontop of his or under his will pick up the scent.
Some detergents smell bad not a good bad but almost like an old dry urine smell bad. OK I know that is gross but that is how we all describe it at work too.
My coworkers all get effected by scents. We have a scent policy in our handbookComment
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I don't have a scent policy but I do have a DCB who has a blanket that smells just like that. It's awful! Ugh! What kind of scent policies do you all have? I hate how this blanket and clothes make my sheets and stuff smell... plus both DCP smoke and so there is that smell combined...Comment
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I'm not allergic or anything but I agree about the strong scents of some detergents or smoking families and the headaches that they can bring in their clothing and blankets. I decided to provide all of my DCK's blankets for that very same reason. If I get a smoker family I always have a set or two of clothing handy here which I wash in dreft and just change the child when they get here and wash the clothing that they came in to use for the next day. I ALWAYS have something DC related to wash anyway ... blankets, cleaning towels, rugs etc. or my own kids laundry so it's easy for me to dump the clothing in with it.Comment
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