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I am up for audit this year and am just going through my routines and making sure I'm doing everything correctly. We are supposed to (in Michigan) change a baby on basically 2 layers of washable material. I have a more cushioned changing pad with a thin plastic layer on top. What does everyone else use? I'm not totally thrilled with how I have mine. Also we're supposed to have a wastebasket that is lined and covered that can be thrown away every night. I used to do that, but now I have our large garbage can in the garage that I wrap the dirty diaper in a plastic store bag, tie it and immediately throw it in the garbage can in teh garage so it doesn't smell up the house. Do you think that is sufficient?
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except to throw it away do you leave the children unattended. In MO I could not go into the garage to throw it away. Personally I would do it just as they say to do it.It:
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I don't want the diaper trash can inside either. Ick. I am working on the licensing process. Someone posted on another thread that the were wrote up because their changing table was right outside the bathroom door and their was even an issue with that. Do you have to be near a sink?
Also, I have one of those curved foam mats. Where do you store yours? I had plans to change diapers on the floor but I don't seem to have a good place to store the mat. I am thinking of going the changing table route.
If you don.'t have to leave the kids, it sounds great to me. Wish I could figure something out.Comment
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I would like a changing table, but I don't have the room and some of the kids that are still in diapers are almost 3, so they are big. My changing pad folds up, so I fold it up and put it in a drawer. In mIchigan you're supposed to have one changing pad on top of another. What does everyone do for that?
oh p.s., my bathroom is way too small to change anyone in. it's just a 1/2 bath.Comment
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Just make sure if you do it on the living room floor that it isn't carpeted. Also I would put a garbage can there, if you change the diaper then in order to throw it away you have to touch the door handle even if you open it with a wipe, they may say something. When I went to my Orientation last month, the consultant said we could have the changing station where ever we wanted, but it has to stay in the same spot. I know that though we have the licensing rules in MI, that different consultants look at them differently, so who knows.Comment
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Wow, I didn't know we had to put one on top of another. Do you know if we can put wax paper or that paper on a roll on the changing pad instead? I thought the rule R400.1923 (2) (d) meant to have a changing pad on top of a nonabsorbant surface. Such as tile or wood floor. That's why in the previous post I put make sure it's not on carpet. That's the only thing I see related to what the kids can be placed on for diapers. It can be interpreted in different ways.Comment
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I think I will put a diaper can there by the inside of the door because I know they will probably say something about me going out the door. Even though I clorox wipe it too. Did they give you a problem for changing on the carpet? By changing on the carpet, I mean with a changing pad on top of it, not directly on the carpet.Comment
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I just looked at the technical assistance. I think it means to have the pad on top of a surface that you can sanitize. It also says you can lay the pad on top of something like a shower curtain on a carped floor. So confusing! Check out the technical assistance manual from DHS. Here is the link http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dh...8_248910_7.pdf
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Thanks for posting that link. I think I finally understand it. The diaper changing pad HAS to be on top of another non-absorbant material. That could be a tiled floor or a changing table. If you're changing on a carpet then you have to put the changing pad on top of something non-absorbant like the shower curtain like you mentioned. You can also use the top to a large plastic container it says as a barrier. I have been using my family room to change diapers on a diaper pad, but I guess according to this I can't do that because it has to be in an area that is not used exclusively for diapering. The only other room I can use is the laundry room which is right inside my backdoor. I hate to use that room though because I find it gross to change dirty diapers where I clean my clothes ya know?I just looked at the technical assistance. I think it means to have the pad on top of a surface that you can sanitize. It also says you can lay the pad on top of something like a shower curtain on a carped floor. So confusing! Check out the technical assistance manual from DHS. Here is the link http://www.michigan.gov/documents/dh...8_248910_7.pdf
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not only does the changing table have to be near a sink, in my state you are not allowed to walk through a doorway to get to that sink
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