Expecting the nursery my children go to to rinse 'soiled' clothing

Fair enough, I don't really object to people doing it at home (if they wash the sink afterwards ) but wouldn't want this to happen in a nursery where my child will be washing their hands in the sink afterwards. The sinks should be clean to start with and having had poo swilled about in them regularly is going to make that a lot less likely.

Well maybe I have bad hygiene habits then - I have always rinsed them out in either the downstairs toilet basin or kitchen sink. Still we too are past the poo stage. And I wouldn't expect them to rinse the pants in the nursery kitchen sink, but would not have an objection to the hand basin in the toilets.

i used to rinse out pooy pants in the loo flush! lost a pair of knickers that way though

no, would not xpect nursery to rinse out poo, where exactly, put it in nappy sac is abslutely fine.
at my ds nursery (long time ago) they did use gloves to change nappies though

If nurseries don't have a washing machine, how on earth do they launder all the things they need to care for the children? -i.e. towels, bedrolls, flannels, overalls, cleaning cloths, tea towels etc etc. I just don't see how a functioning daycare facility that looks after babies and toddlers all day can possibly work without a washing machine. In fact, I'm pretty sure that even the preschool nursery at our local school has a washing machine. I've always received rinsed out clothes from nurseries.

My dd's never pooed in their pants at nursery, but came home a few times with wet clothes. I wouldn't expect the nursey to rinse out poo.

Bozza you were asking what we did at home - we are past the poo stage now but when we washed our own nappy wraps we would rinse them out in the shower - not in a sink used for washing dishes or hands, no

mine dont rinse
agree theyd need a sluice
we use the skin int he gargae

Franny DD's nursery has a washing machine but they don't wash soiled clothes. And with pooey pants I either rinse them out in the kitchen sink first or throw them away. DH put a pair of only lightly soiled pants in the machine and they came out with "clean" poo in them. so I had to wash everything else again. TBH this is hardly an issue for me these days. The above pants were due to DD being poorly.

I have a sink in my laundry room which I have rinsed out hundreds of dirty nappies into. It's just occured to me that in the UK I would have had to rinse them into a sink that we washed or prepared food in - yuk.

Never been greeted with pooey pants from nursery but did get weed in pants back in plastic bags when potty training was in progress.TBH I do not think they have a washing machine there.It is a private nursery.Staff lovely and children happy so it is only a minor inconvenience.

Sorry didn't realised that I pressed send.

She washes stuff and keeps it at her home for future use as I provide other things for him to wear.

All this nursery stuff does is make me think that DS should stay at my CM until he is 5 and HAS to got to school. I know I am looking at the 5 free sessions, but quite frankly I think nursery is awful, they are expected to behave for one, and when I go to pick him up they have them sitting in a circle on little chairs, and your kid can't get up until you walk in. They all sit there really good and I sort of think this aint right.

Same here, tied up in a bag, once.

The only thing I will add is that my CM wouldn't dream of sending my son home with soiled clothes. She

Nursery- never, just tied up in a bag (fine by me, no different from washable nappies). DS1's school however washes any dirty clothes, and sends them home, with an apology if there hasn't been time to dry them. Bliss.

My DD goes to a private nursery and they always wash out her soiled clothes which I appreciate. So they usually smell nice when I'm handed the nappy bag full. Not sure but I think they have a washing machine for this purpose. It is a help!

i don't think you are unreasonable at all.that said-my dds private nursery are the same.lazy feckers that they are.£30 a day and they can't even get rid of a bit of tish.DISGUSTING!!

Yes, you are being unreasonable. Wipng bums? yes. Rinsing clothes? No.

we had this - i bought ds home a month or two ago being told that he'd had a bad accident and that they couldn't get everything out of his pants to discvoer a nappy sack with a pair of pants full of poo. We now have an agreement where if they can't get rid of all the poo down the toilet etc and rinse them out, they just get chucked in the bin and it seems to be working!!

Bozza, yes, it is called

"A Washing Machine"

Well, my dd's nursery NEVER rinse out clothing. It got so bad that I was coming home with pants full of pooh on a daily basis. (Dd1 has ASD by the way and soiling difficulties)
In the end I said tot he nursery staff, if Dd1 soils, then throw them away cos I am NOT taking pooh home with me!
There have also been issues with cleaning her but thats a whole other thread!

All those of you who are complaining about them being rinsed in handwashing/kitchen sinks - do you have seperate clothes laundering facilities at home?

At my 2 ds's old nursery if there were any accidents we would get their clothes back not only rinsed but fully laundered a couple of days later. they had laundry staff to do this. don't know if their policy has changed recently. i would not be happy to be greeted with a bag of pooey clothes when I'm paying them £50+ per day per child.

They used to rinse stuff out (and even wash and dry it for you!) in dd's nursery when she was in the baby room, but the moment she moved up into the toddler room after her 2nd birthday it was like babby boot camp - NOTHING gets washed anymore, not even her yoghurt pot (sad lentil-weaver that I am, I send her in with her own homemade yog & fruit rather than have her eat Instant Whip). Bit of a culture shock!

I'm still quietly indignant that there's such a gulf in standards of care between the babies and the toddlers, but having asked around, apparently this is a common complaint of nurseries...?

When Ds wasw in reception (still 4)I was called in to change him at the start of a tummy bug. I wouldn't expect teacher or TA to do it.
I would rather nursery staff spent time with my child, than spent ages waashing their clothes.