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Childminder doesn't change DD nappy

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Mawface · 08/10/2022 18:14

Hi, so I've been using a CM for about 6 weeks 2-3 times a week now.
DD goes to nursery from 8.30 to 11.30 and on the days she goes to CM is picked up about 2.30/3pm. At nursery they have a snack & change at 10.30am but when I pick DD up from CM she has her nursery nappies on.
I know they're the same nappies because I gave the nursery Amazon branded ones (they're orange with elephants so quite distinctive) and when she's been at CM she still has them on. I know most people would say change about 4 hours but on Friday her nappy was huge,the way if you touch it it's wet through?
WIBU to say something? She also doesn't wipe her face at all after eating and when I pick her up she still has lunch on her. I've never used a CM before but when she's done at nursery she's all clean and fresh and it's just so different after CM.

OP posts:
Changechangychange · 09/10/2022 17:18

Mawface · 08/10/2022 19:00

Thats what i cant understand as she always has her ready with her jacket on ready to go but can't wipe her face? I'll be speaking to her next week & looking into someone new because yes I know it's not right but I wanted to make sure I WBU before I pulled her up about it.

Do you think the jacket actually comes off in the first place?

Honestly she sounds shit and lazy. I’d pull my child out asap.

Cheeseandcrackers86 · 09/10/2022 17:42

parsniiips · 09/10/2022 05:47

That isn't a fair comment.

As a knackered, busy working parent with more shit to do after work, I wouldn't want my kid piss arsing about looking for their shoes and coat once I'd arrived. I want them ready to walk out of the door after a quick run down of anything I need to be aware of from the childminder.

It's a childcare setting, basically a nursery at a house, not grandma's.

And to be honest if I was a childminder, and I'd had several kids in my care for the last ten hours, damn right id want them leaving on time.

But the nappy situation is horrible, and needs reporting. That's basic needs of a child not being met.

Speak for yourself...I know we're all busy but if I'm paying a carer to basically do my job for me then I want them having fun and being stimulated thanks not waitinf at a door for me for God knows how long. I also want to feel like I can at least take a couple of minutes to really get a feel for how my kid's day has been and the environment I'm leaving them in. I hope I am never so busy that I don't have time to at least do that for my child... I would consider that I had my priorities wrong if I did

parsniiips · 09/10/2022 18:04

Speak for yourself...I know we're all busy but if I'm paying a carer to basically do my job for me then I want them having fun and being stimulated thanks not waitinf at a door for me for God knows how long. I also want to feel like I can at least take a couple of minutes to really get a feel for how my kid's day has been and the environment I'm leaving them in. I hope I am never so busy that I don't have time to at least do that for my child... I would consider that I had my priorities wrong if I did


My priorities aren't wrong thanks.

I am keen to get them out quickly so they can have their tea and then get taken to their various hobbies and clubs.

I also think a childminder should expect to finish work and have their home back without delays at the end of the day.

I don't expect the kids to be made to stand at the door and wait for ages, but say collection is at 6, I'd expect them to be getting their belongings together and be getting prepared to leave for 5:55.

cc1997 · 09/10/2022 18:37

Cheeseandcrackers86 · 09/10/2022 17:42

Speak for yourself...I know we're all busy but if I'm paying a carer to basically do my job for me then I want them having fun and being stimulated thanks not waitinf at a door for me for God knows how long. I also want to feel like I can at least take a couple of minutes to really get a feel for how my kid's day has been and the environment I'm leaving them in. I hope I am never so busy that I don't have time to at least do that for my child... I would consider that I had my priorities wrong if I did

Oh for gods sake, not everyone has the time every day to stand around whilst their kids piss around putting their shoes on for ten minutes. Parents like you always hold us up at nursery chatting for 10 minutes every single pick up every single day. There is no need!

Cheeseandcrackers86 · 09/10/2022 19:45

cc1997 · 09/10/2022 18:37

Oh for gods sake, not everyone has the time every day to stand around whilst their kids piss around putting their shoes on for ten minutes. Parents like you always hold us up at nursery chatting for 10 minutes every single pick up every single day. There is no need!

I never said I want to take (or do take) 10 minutes! But it takes about 2 minutes to slip a coat on and have a quick chat with the parent about how the kid has been that day. If they knew the parent was coming at 6, for example, then I wouldn't object to them having my child ready for 2 minutes to 6 but when I took mine to a childminder I turned up 15 minutes early and they were already itching to cart her out the door. I could hear her howling from half way down the street and they were more interested in getting rid of her than pacifying her or helping her feel at home. It was around 4pm too so nowhere near finishing time. This is unacceptable IMO. I know we all have lives but we also have a duty to keep our child safe and happy and this doesn't start or end when we give them to somebody else to take care of them. We should be taking an active interest in how they're being cared for. Surely this goes without saying...

Katapolts · 09/10/2022 20:01

parsniiips · 09/10/2022 17:01

Who do you think you could report it to though?


Ofsted of course.

The people who regulate childcare providers.

Yes, Ofsted regulate childcare - they don't mediate between childminders and parents.
What do you think will happen if you call Ofsted and say 'my childminder didn't change a wet nappy between 11.30-2.30'?
They aren't going to call the childminder to tell them to please change Betty's nappy after nursery - the parent can do that.

parsniiips · 09/10/2022 20:04

Yes, Ofsted regulate childcare - they don't mediate between childminders and parents.
What do you think will happen if you call Ofsted and say 'my childminder didn't change a wet nappy between 11.30-2.30'?
They aren't going to call the childminder to tell them to please change Betty's nappy after nursery - the parent can do that.


You are being ridiculous and handpicking bits of information rather than the full picture.

So ofsted wouldn't give a shit if it was reported to them that a childminder regularly, daily, left children in wet or dirty nappies?

They wouldn't want to potentially visit and assess that childcare provider?

Katapolts · 09/10/2022 20:14

parsniiips · 09/10/2022 20:04

Yes, Ofsted regulate childcare - they don't mediate between childminders and parents.
What do you think will happen if you call Ofsted and say 'my childminder didn't change a wet nappy between 11.30-2.30'?
They aren't going to call the childminder to tell them to please change Betty's nappy after nursery - the parent can do that.


You are being ridiculous and handpicking bits of information rather than the full picture.

So ofsted wouldn't give a shit if it was reported to them that a childminder regularly, daily, left children in wet or dirty nappies?

They wouldn't want to potentially visit and assess that childcare provider?

The complaint the OP has is that the childminder hasn't changed a wet nappy between 11.30 and 2.30/3pm.
No, Ofsted wouldn't visit a childminder for that. They would suggest the parent speak to the childminder, or follow the childminder's complaints policy if they didn't get a satisfactory response.
Same as "my childcare provider lets my child nap too much/too little", "I don't like the food my childcare provider serves", "my childcare provider keeps losing my child's clothes", "I'm being charged for bank holidays" etc etc.
Ofsted aren't a complaints service.

If the concern was that the childminder is regularly not changing soiled nappies for hours, that a child was becoming sore due to sitting in faeces, that the parent has tried to resolve with the childminder and has got nowhere - then Ofsted would call the childminder, or possibly visit.
But a minor complaint about the frequency of nappy changes that hasn't even been raised with the childminder? No chance.

PatientlyWaiting21 · 09/10/2022 21:17

She’s not doing her job. I use a CM not only is my daughter clean on pick up, her nappy is clean and her bibs and clothes have been washed and dried!!

Chilesstanton · 09/10/2022 21:19

Why do you think it’s not okay to say something?

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