Had to stick mindee in the shower - what would you have done?!!

Maybe she only has baths at home

Could you ask her tomorrow if you would rather you did not in future? It could open up channels to talk about it and see if you had perhaps misinterpreted the situation.

I would be delighted if my childminder had showered DS if he had explosive diahorrea, as in fact, she did just last week.

I think you absolutely did the right thing - you just need to clarify the situation tomorrow with her mum in case it happens again. I would say if she disagrees with the showering then you should say that if her DD has diahorrea in future then she must come and pick her up straight away. Diahorrea means you can't have her for 48 hours anyway, doesn't it?

what you mean clean the poo off?????? why on earth would yo do that???? As a parent, I would be distraught if you hadn't done it!!

Not a CM but think you did the right thing

I wouldn't have an issue with it, I would have been pleased that you had showered my child

Not a CM, but would have been appalled if you hadn't showered them off TBH.

And you would have had all my sympathy, as mine hate showers - they would have screamed the house down...

sorry!!! kept pressing "post message".

same thing happened to my son at nursery today. They also put him the shower. I have no problem with it but am a bit embarassed as it's his first day.

same thing happened to my son at nursery today. They also put him the shower. I have no problem with it but am a bit embarassed as it's his first day.

same thing happened to my son at nursery today. They also put him the shower. I have no problem with it but am a bit embarassed as it's his first day.

Would of and have done the same sort of thing Chel.

What did the mother think you would do?

Put it in your Incident book, with detailed of what you did.

don;t understand why anyone would have an issue with it. I would expect my CM to tell me but certianly wouldn;t have bothered me. COuld you just say to the mum that you didn;t think she seemed very happy with your decision and would she prefer you waited for her to pick up an bathe DD herself (bonkers if she does but there you go no accounting for some folks)

Of course you did the right thing. She needed a proper clean, you let her do it herself apart from her back which obviously a child of her age would not have been able to do. Wait and see what tomorrow brings. Perhaps the mum was just fustrated at her daughter being poorly and having to collect her rather than how you acted.

I would have done the same, but not a CM. We had a shower at work for the same reason, when working with disabled children.
I wouldnt worry too much.

If you had left her in a complete mess then her Mom wouldn't have been pleased would she?
I think you did entirely the right thing, I would hope if my DS's were being looked after then someone would do the same for them.

Are you sure she was appalled rather than just embarassed? Sounds like a bit of an odd reaction to me.

Of course you did the right thing. Sitting around in diarrhoea could make her very sore, as well as being unpleasant for everyone.

same here I would have been very happy that you'd showered her off

As a mum I would have been pleased that you had the sense to put her in the shower and not leave them covered in pooh!!!!

If i used a CM i would expect that they would be a substitute me (IYSWIM) and thats what io would have done

I would have done exactly the same (tho i'm not a child minder)

i would have done the same thing and then told the parent like you did. is there anthing like this in your policies (to cover yourself and to protect mindees)?