To bathe or not to bathe?

[Mambia]

If a child has a diaper leak whether it be pee or poo, do you bathe the child if they get really soiled? I have had to bathe one of my dck for the second time today froma nasty poop leak and it's not pretty. I don't even like doing this with my own kids, never mind someone else's. Just wondering if other providers offer this pampering service...to top it all off, I didn't even get a thank you from mom! Not to mention the disaster that was made to my floor and kids toys that I had to sanitize and fumigate. Refer to my other post from today for greater reference to this question if need be. Thanks for reading

[dodge__driver11]

I would never bathe..for safety reasons...Just too much of a liability.

[Crayola kiddies]

I would never bathe a daycare child .... Too much liability .... If its that bad clean him the best you can with wipes and call the parents ..... Enough calls and they will fix the diaper problem

[BlueRose]

I agree with Dodge. I would call the parents to come and pick up. I can't bath one kid and leave the others unsupervised. I would clean the kid as best I could with wipes, put on a clean diaper and clothes, but no bath.

[apples and bananas]

I have bathed one child in my time doing this. He decided to smear poop all over him and his playpen during quiet time. I went to get him up first and found it, so I was able to bath him quickly while the others were safe in playpens.

However, under normal circumstances, no, I can't watch children and bath another at one time. I don't even go to my upper level while I have kids. As a result my downstairs is always clean and my bedrooms always a mess. LOL

In this situation I would have wiped and used a damp cloth best I could, if he needed further care I would have called the parents.

[Momof4]

If you are writing this because of my post yesterday, I wrote on a thread that I would never bathe a dc child. I clean them up with their own wipes and if I use half a box they have to be replaced by the parents anyway. Then I put clean clothes on them, put their soiled clothing as is into a bag and call the parents to come get them immediately. All of those toxic poop molecules all over my house and my other dc children and myself is disgusting enough!

[Mambia]

I agree with you 100% and going forward, no more rinse downs, just wipe downs with wipes.

[Bookworm]

I too, would not bath a child just because of the liability. I can't take that much time away from the other children.

[dodge__driver11]

THE ONLY EXCEPTION I MAKE is when my husband is home and it MUST be done, but that has yet to happen.

[playfelt]

I have some old towels and cloths that I use for cleaning and will grab two of those getting one wet and using one dry to towel off child before dressing them. I pay most attention to parts that won't be covered by clothing and mom can deal with the streaks down the legs and shows her just how bad it really was.