to think that 2 nappy changes in a 9 hour day at nursery isn't enough?

[Orchide]

Today my daughter did her first early shift at nursery, got there at 7.30 and i picked her up about 4.30 so about a 9 hour day.

Have got home and read her contact book to find only 2 nappy changes through the day.

When she is at home i change her after every feed.... so prob more like 4/5 changes in a 9 hour day.
Am i being an unreasonable fussy mother from hell.....or are they being unreasonable?

What? That I can add up and stuff Yep, I'm really sensitive about people finding that out

thing is that although a nappy could last 12 hrs overnight there is still bacteria on a baby's skin and not changing often enough the rest of the time can cause nappy rash if said bacteria starts producing ammonia and damage the skin. So just cos the absorbency is high enough doesn't mean infrequent nappy changes are a good idea from a skin health point of view.

Hi

My son is the same age. I change him about the same amount of times as you - I too think twice in a nine hour period is much too few, aside from all the ecological views. Good to hear he is happy at nursery though

sorry, meant she not he...

Hi my dd is the same, gets changed approx every 2 hrs and is wet. Tis the only time she generally cries. (when shes wet) have recently had same convo with our nursery myself. - well ok, dh did as he picked her and her very red botty up.

didn't realize this was such a hornets nest... Blimey!

All I wanted was a few rational and helpful responses on nappy changing practice. Imo its not about how long a nappy could last and how good its absorbency is, I don't want my dd sitting in a soggy nappy and don't think it is unreasonable to ensure her skin is clean and dry.lailasmum I think you put it far more eloquently!!

juuule- I wasnt actually querying why it was shocking... Frankly I don't think 5 in a day is. I was raising my eyebrows at the choice of words... That someone would find the number of nappies used in a day shocking, I thought it was a little extreme. If she finds that shocking... Well!

DS is normally changed 4 times a day at nursery (8-5, 2 years old in cloth). As apart from pooey ones, this seems to be about the same time each day, I think this is routine for all those in nappies.

orchide, just ask them to check her every 2hrs, say she is quite sensitive to being damp. any good nursery will do this. dds red botty was the result of 1 paRTICULAR (LAZY) member of staff, we never give them an excuse and always take in loads of nappies and cream

I am a little that you think 2 nappy changes is insufficient in 9 hours. Presumably she arrived in a fairly fresh nappy. Also not sure why you would correlate feeds and nappy changes in a 9mo.

But with both my children nursery changed them more often than I did. And I used to be a bit about the number of nappies they got through.

Do you leave a packet of nappies in the nursery or do they supply them? My ds3 is 3 and in cloth ( and very resistant to potty training in case you're wondering!) I leave in 5 nappies, generally 3 will have been used by the end of the day. If you are not leaving a fixed amount in it can be harder to keep track of.

DS3 is 8 1/2 months and (just working it out in my head) we usually go through 5/6 (depending on the timing of poos) in any 24hr period.

One change when he first gets up, another before his morning nap (he'll have had 2 bottles by then so will be wet and probably have pooed too), one before his afternoon nap, one when he wakes up and another just before he goes to bed.

So that is 2 during the actual nursery period then faq with a possible additional one dependent on timing of poo.

When DD3 is at home she will go through only 3 in 24hrs + dirties. Am I a scummy mummy? In reality though that is usually 4-5 with the dirties - depending on her (or my?) timing.
She has a clean nappy after morning milk/breakfast
One after lunch
(50% of the time has a dirty one after tea, but not always)
One at bedtime.

She only ever has nappy rash if she has diarrhoea or is left in a dirty nappy.

She doesn't actually need more. However she is not a big drinker.

I am actually frustrated that my nursery do 2hrly changes +dirties. That means she has 2-3 nappies per morning session.

Having said that...it is your child, you are paying for the childcare - you have the right to raise the issue if you would like to see more changes.

DTDs didn't have changes any more regular actually.

They were in Intensive care for 4weeks, during which time they were changed every 6hrs (to minimise 'handling' them). I realised at that point that it wasn't necessary for many babies to be changed any more often. I only did them on the same routine as I do DD3 now.

Oh and becasue DTDs were my PFBs I guess I was no wiser. Thats what the nurses did, so thats what I did when they cam home to a certain extent. Nobody told me any different.

I was bemused when I was reading the baby mags and stuff when I was expecting DD3. I couldn't work out how a baby could possible use 12 nappies in 24hrs.

bozza - probably - first change is usually around 6am, 2nd around 10am, 3rd about 2.30pm, 4th (if it happens - sometimes I don't bother with it especially if it's bath night) around 5.30pm and final one just before bed at 8pm.

I was the same with DS1 and DS2 - so nothing to do with PFB

I should have guessed when I was in hospital after the c-section. I was lucky enough to have really good care and I kept ringing every 3 hours to get DS nappy changed and the nurses would have a general sniff, and say that it would be ok for a bit longer.

I used to change him every blinkin time I fed him at night which was at least 4 times a night for the first 8 weeks, completely ridiculous.

But back to the OP I don't think she is being particularly PFB, this is a nursery, best practice is that a nappy should be changed reasonably often, I think 3 times a day in this case would be adequate.

I used to childmind a baby, he was 6 months old when eh first came to me. His mum used to put a certain amount of nappies in the bag. One day she commented that they ahdn't all been used. I said that I only changed him if it was really dirty or really wet, and always after lunch before he had his nap(huh that was a joke) regardless. She then told me she wanted me to change his nappy every 2 hours regardless of if it needed done or not!
It was her child and I had to abide by her wishes

I think 2 changes in that time is reasonable - they are working on you bringing her in in a clean nappy - and changing her when you get in. As long as she isn't sore then it is obv ok for her skin. The other thing you have to think off is rather you'd prefer the staff to spend time playing with the children or changing them every hour - bearing in mind that a nappy run for a baby room of 8 or 9 babies can take anything between 30 mins to an hour! I used to be a baby room manager and we used to change 4 hourly (10ish and 2 ish) - obv changing poos, or really wet ones in between - to do anymore would have meant losing out on vital play and activity time with the babies, if you think of having one person out of room changing nappies for that long at more intervals in the day!

I seem to remember being told that a new born baby will use 10 disposables a day and an older child 7 or 8 disposables a day.
And who told me this? Why the washable nappy sellers who then multiply this number of nappies by the price of the nappy to make their washable nappies seem sooooo cheap in comparison!

My two are at nursery 8.30 till 5.30 and unless dirty have 3 changes usually. So for the op's child, 2 changes in 9 hours might not sound a lot in a 9 hour day but assuming the child arrives in a clean nappy that might be a change at 11.30, another change at 2.30 - thats only going 3 hours between changes, and then you go home before the next change is due.
Whats the problem with the nursery changing every 3 hours? Thats an awful lot more frequently than some mothers I know change their babies.

An older child needs 7/8 nappies a day
That's ridiculous.

Haven't read the whole thread as I'm in a rush to get to the vet (poorly dog) - I just remember that I put my daughter into a nursery when she was about 10 months old and would walk her about a mile to get there - on one day we left in a clean nappy and by the time I got her to the nursery I could "smell" her so I asked them to change her - I had to drop quickly and then walk a mile home and go straight out to work so didn't have time to do it myself (couldn't drive at the time) - anyway they told me that she'd get her nappy changed at nappy changing time - I asked when that was and was told 4pm (It was just after 1pm!!!). Was so shocked!