Doing Dk's laundry?

[amber]

Hey ladies,
Quick question; if a child has an accident, or throws up on his clothes, do you wash his outfit?
I have one pukey kid, and while I always clean his clothing as much as I can, I do not put it through the washing machine. I rinse it off, and put it in a plastic bag with his stuff to go home.
His mom seems put off by the fact I don't do his laundry, but I can't justify the time or extra cost. Am I being reasonable?
Thanks!

[dodge__driver11]

No way no how..I rinse if needed, but what if the little one is allergic to something?? I already, feed, change, hydrate and keep the kids busy I don't need to add laundry to that list

[Nifer]

Nope. Would do just as you have said.
I'm not gonna throw in 2-3 items in the machine. Waste of time, water and hydro.
And I'm sure if your hydro is the same, but we have a new system where it costs diff amounts based on the time of day. So, I def would not be doing it during the high time.

[Play and Learn]

Nope. Would do just as you have said.
I'm not gonna throw in 2-3 items in the machine. Waste of time, water and hydro.
And I'm sure if your hydro is the same, but we have a new system where it costs diff amounts based on the time of day. So, I def would not be doing it during the high time.

Same here - I don't even have time sometimes to rinse it off! It gets thrown into a plastic bag, and sits outside until pick-up.

[Judy Trickett]

NO! First off, I am NOT touching it more than I have to. Second, when it comes to the cost and time involved in washing it I don't think that is our job to take on.

And third.....and this one is probably gonna get some raised eyebrows......someti mes when you have a kid who probably really "shouldn't be there" due to looser that usual stools OR, when parent is sending diapers that are the wrong size (after you ask them repeatedly to send others), OR a parent is sending a child in underwear proclaiming they are "potty trained" (but they really aren't) then a poopy outfit of clothes wrapped all day in a plastic bag IS incentive for them to pull up their socks and do what they need to do - bring better diapers, not send their kid in underwear, keep their "sick" kid home for the day etc etc etc.

I find that with dcparents if it is an inconvenience to YOU to do something (wash their clothes) then it is perfectly fine for them to expect it. But when it becomes an inconvenience to THEM (even when initially it SHOULD be the parent's responsibility) they finally get a clue and stop asking.

[Bugaboo]

Great advise Judy! I think you are spot on. Sometimes you literally have to make parent's get a clue.

[mom-in-alberta]

It depends. I have thrown things into the wash, but at my convenience. IE: kid has spaghetti sauce all over his shirt, I change him into the spare (that parents are required to have here), and wash/dry the previous shirt (when I am doing our own laundry) then throw it into the drawer. The shirt that got messy is now the spare shirt. I will tell mom that's what we have done, and if she wants to bring me another spare shirt to swap out, that's fine.
But no, I don't make a point of getting it clean in time for going home that day. And if there was an issue like Judy was saying, that is exactly how I would get the point across. In fact; that's how I hinted to a set of parents that it was time to move up to the next diaper size. I think they were reluctant because you get less in the larger sizes? But 4 days straight of pee pee pants, and they switched. LoL

[Skysue]

For me yes and no! It all depends. i had a little one last year who was vomitting like every 10 minutes and it took Mom an hour to come get him. I threw everything I could in the laundry right away to avoid anyone else touching it. Plus i had to use several of my own blankets around him to throw up on rather than the floor.

I watch a little one who is allegic to wipes and Mom sends cloth, I wipe and put in a bag right away. No way am I touching it to rince. It's gross enough to have to put it in a bag!

Hydro is becomming very expensive so no way!

[sunnydays]

No...I would never wash Dck's stuff! I don't even rinse it. It never even occurred to me to do such a thing. I have a 2 year old who quite frequently has blow-out poops...really gross since he is a big boy...I throw everything into a plastic bag as is. I find it difficult enough to deal with the clean-up without worrying about the parents' side of it. The only thing I do wash is the bedding for the playpens and the changing mats which stay at my house...but those are just a part of my weekly laundry. I have never had a parent complain.

[Sunflower]

ewww, nope... I don't even rinse anything. It all goes in a plastic bag and goes home at the end of the day.