How dirty are your daycare kiddos at the end of each day?
Hi there. I currently have all 12-14 month olds in my care. Half are walking... half are not and are crawling still. No biggie. I have a huge fenced in backyard with all kinds of play equipment, slides, climbers, sand and water tables, ride on toys and a little cottage. Not to mention all the balls, trucks, bubbles, etc they play with. We tend to stay outside almost all day. Heck, I even bring my highchairs outside and they eat out on the deck and watch the bird and squirrel show while they eat and they LOVE it!
I have one parent of a crawler who seems to almost complain at the end of each day how dirty her daughter gets. Dcg LOVES being outside the most. She crawls all over the place and has a blast. That said, at the end of each day she is usually on her second or third outfit change and has dirty fingers nails and her clothes may be wet or mucky. The mom says almost every day at pick up "Wow, look how filthy you are" and I usually respond and say "But she had a blast".
I feel like there is such a short window with nice weather, lets stay outside as much as we can. Whats a little dirt?
What is everyones thoughts? How dirty are your dck's at the end of each day?
Thanks! Probably should clarify a bit
For the most part all my kiddos are very clean. I wash them after meals the best I can, however if parents choose to send white or nicer clothing when they know we eat alot of fresh fruit and berries and these monkeys are at the pulling their bibs off stage, I can't help that.
I also wipe noses constantly and have clean bums. That said, with this age group and still having 2 naps a day our only time outside for an extended period is pick up time so 3:30-5:00. This one mom who has made the comments never has given me a specific time of her pick ups. If SHE picks up its 4/4:30 or if its dad its closer to 5. I also keep a bowl of warm soapy water and washclothes outside in my backyard with us. If mom happens to text on the rare occasion that she does to tell me WHO is picking up I have her daughter cleaned up. Lately she has not told me who is picking up so I don't know. All my other dck I know what time they are getting picked up so they are cleaned up for the most part. We have been out in the backyard as of late for all the pickups. I did say yesterday to mom when she picked up and made the comment about how dirty dcg was "I wasn't sure who was coming to get her today I could have had her cleaned up for you". So hint hint hopefully she gets the idea. If I am given a heads up for the pickup timing her daughter will be cleaned up.