Nappy not changed for 7.5 hours

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So i changed my 1 yo at 7.30 am and he went to nursery just after 8 am. He had a long day and we picked him up after 5.30 pm.

From the number of nappies used in the bag, the nappy logs on the app and the fact that he leaked wee through his clothes when they changed his soiled nappy around 3 PM tells me they didnt change him at all in the morning.

So from when he was dropped off he wasn't changed for about 7 hours.

What do you think of this and how would you handle it?

If he has a talent for stealth poos - then clothing that makes it much much easier to check can help.

They’re in a room with lots of kids in nappies, consistently pooing and farting. So the give away you get at home of a faint smell that you know wasn’t you doesn’t exist in a nursery room.

If he’s wearing popper up vests, then it keeps everything more contained and means that the quick check down the back isn’t an option for the staff. Whereas separate trousers and tops mean it’s much easier and potentially more obvious.

Helpful thanks

So DH mentioned the bad rash following this day and since then the nursery worker in question (not his key worker) has not been acknowledging us and has been really frosty with us on pick up and drop off. DH is a really non confrontational person so he would've been quite soft in his approach.

How do you advocate for your child and raise things like this without having this reaction? Also, how do we break the ice now. It is uncomfortable leaving our child with someone that wont acknowledge us as parents. We are going to say hello to her even more obviously and take her name so we can see if she ignores us then too. Any useful tips on how to navigate this will be helpful. I hope it will blow over.

Let her huff.
you've raised it, she hasn't liked it.
say hello and bye as normal.
if she does hand over be pleasant which I'm sure you will and let her crack on

Great thank you.

I hate things like this but will try not to let it bother me much!!

Sounds like a bad childminder as I know many that use apps or other ways of logging this sort of thing.

You revisit the childminder v nursery approach you took and think about the logic you used to make the decision.

Are a team of people, a changing schedule and an app actually better than a single person who you can build a trusting relationship with and who is free to use her common sense as to when a child needs changing? You might not get app updates (although plenty of childminders do also use these), but your child will be looked after by the same person everyday who will come to know his ability to stealth poo, to fill a nappy quickly etc. Perhaps a more personalised approach is more important than an app record of nappy changes after all?