Seriously?! Have to beg for diapers?

[playfelt]

Diapers are not cheap and really a baby knows nothing else so sitting in a wet diaper is something they have done since even before they were born since they were in water. We have to be careful of putting our own feelings onto a child. Yes when I am an adult I want to be changed frequently but start saving now because they cost a dollar a diaper. My special needs daughter is changed about every 6 hours but again has never known it any different but yes it costs us about $5 a day to diaper her - cheaper to change and launder wet clothes just gross though.

It all does come down to cost for parents as they see this as an area they can cut down on to save money. If parent is saying don't change often and child doesn't wet through or get rashes then it isn't up to me.

[Skysue]

Diapers are not cheap and really a baby knows nothing else so sitting in a wet diaper is something they have done since even before they were born since they were in water. We have to be careful of putting our own feelings onto a child. Yes when I am an adult I want to be changed frequently but start saving now because they cost a dollar a diaper. My special needs daughter is changed about every 6 hours but again has never known it any different but yes it costs us about $5 a day to diaper her - cheaper to change and launder wet clothes just gross though.

It all does come down to cost for parents as they see this as an area they can cut down on to save money. If parent is saying don't change often and child doesn't wet through or get rashes then it isn't up to me.

My DD is one of those children that would get the worst rashes if she sat in pee for longer than 20 minutes. We taught her at very young age to tell us if she went. I by no means am putting my own feelings on any child it is a believe of mine. I do know that adult diapers are very costly my dear grandpa used to cut his in half to save money. I have also seen my dear grandmother tell me stories of how the nursing home would make her sit in hers for too long and it was extremely uncomfortable.

I'm sure you serve your DD very well and have found a system that works well for her comfort level. It's easy to say how we would do things I suppose but until we walk a day in someone else's shoes.

I have a friend who has been in child care for years and she would only change her DD when her diaper was bursting at the seams. It worked well for them!

I personally as a daycare provider choose to change my daycare children more frequently. I haven't had a parent complain once.