Sending poop home

[torrence]

On more than one occasion the nursery has sent knickers home with a full poo still in them if my dd has had an accident. Is this standard practice? I would have thought we pay enough for them to pop it in the loo and give the knicks a rinse?

[Florencenotflo]

I've told my DD's nursery that if Dd has an accident please feel free to throw knickers away if they are beyond saving to be honest. A few times they have sent home 'soiled' underwear but nothing that can't be salvaged by a decent wash.

I'd expect nursery to either throw them away if they are beyond saving or bag them up for you to sort. Could you suggest this to nursery?

[Sparrowlegs248]

I'd expect them to plop the poo in the toilet if it was a solid one. But not rinse the pants. I'd expect them.to cone home tied up in a nappy bag. I'd be more worried about why dd is pooping her pants I think, does she need prompting or helping to the loo? I'd expect them to do that if so. Though pre school seem incapable of changing 2yr old ds nappy so nothing surprises me

[OwlsMedicine]

Id expect them to pop it down the loo then bag the Knickers but I wouldn't expect them to be rinsing them off in the sink. They'd then have to start disinfecting the sink after whilst still looking after their assigned children. We may pay a lot for childcare but the actual nursery workers don't get a huge wage for the amount of work they do...definitely not enough to be hand washing someone else's poo Knickers

[CTRL]

I think that’s disgraceful and I would expect them to throw the lump of poo in the toilet and then either put the knickers in a bag if they must or throw them in the bin.

[gamerchick]

We got them sent home complete with poo. Straight into the bin. Just because you're paying them doesn't mean they have to seperate poo from knickers and rinse under a tap. sometimes poo is not easy to flick into the bog and it would be stomach turning to have to scrape it off when it's someone else's kid.

Why is she soiling herself to the point you're annoyed they're sending poo filled knickers home though? Is she ready to be toilet trained?

[DullPortraits]

You might feel you pay the nursery enough in fees to have the poo removed.. but look at the wages of a nursery worker and ask if they get paid enough to do it! Hint- most get paid minimum wage or if lucky a few pence and hour more than.

[itsaboojum]

An independent economic study I need 2018 reached the conclusion that childcare providers should be charging a minimum of £7.35 (as a national average) in order to maintain reasonable standards and remain financially sustainable. That was before the various political parties promised to raise the minimum/living wage, which can only push up running costs for nurseries.

So, I need the light of that, no.... you probably are not paying them enough to even do what they do: poop or no poop.

[itsaboojum]

Apologies' "I need" should read "in". Auto correct gone crazy.

[ANiceLuxury]

When dd was at nursery they used to rinse them.

However they send home clothing with clumps of food stuck on them

[riotlady]

Whenever I’ve worked in childcare we’re not allowed to throw soiled items in the bin as it’s someone else’s property, no matter how far beyond saving you think it is!

If it was one big solid poo I would dump it in the toilet but I had neither the time nor the inclination to stand around rinsing knickers in sinks (not great for hygiene standards either!)

[Fandabydosey]

I am a nursery practitioner and I threw away pants that had poo in them and the parent emailed and complained. You are dammed if you do and dammed if you don't. But here is some more helpful advice. If you don't want to have dirty pants sent home to clean tell the nursery you are happy for them to be chucked away.

[BeanBag7]

I wouldnt fancy rinsing the poo out of someone else's childs knickers. Also it's probably not considered hygienic to do so in a sink where other children will be washing their hands. Even with my own child I usually would just throw them away. How often is this happening? She shouldnt be having dirty pants every day.

[itsaboojum]

Childcare providers are subject to periodic inspection by Environmental Health Officers. An EHO will expect to see a sink dedicated to food use (for washing up cups, bowls, etc); at least one dedicated to hand washing; possibly one for non-food items such as painting tools; and ideally another to use when people come indoors after outdoor play.

None of those sinks basin should be used for cleaning faeces from knickers. IOW it is highly unlikely your nursery (or most other nurseries for that matter) enjoy the sort of facilities to which you feel entitled.

I’m sure they’d be delighted if you were to buy them a washing machine so they can fulfil your demands. Alternatively, perhaps they could arrange a service wash for one pair of pants at the local laundrette, and send you the bill, since the idea of washing your own child's mess is clearly beneath you.

[Nusery33]

Hi I work in nursery and I just point the pood pants in a nappy bag because we are not allowed to wash pant out that have poo in them and we ask parents if they would like us to point them in the bin 🚮

[Nusery33]

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