Good work Prama! I agree, a little education and open-mindedness goes a long way. You'd think in these days of environmental education in the classroom (and even in the littlies rooms) that they could really use this as a wonderful teaching opportunity! How much fun would the little toddlers have putting MCNs on their life-like dolls! Where i worked we sometimes gave newborn sized 'sposies for the 2/3 yo's to put on the dolls. They LOVED it! They could be teaching the next generation. Also I think if centres gave some thought to how their bathrooms/changerooms are set up then clothies could be more easily dealt with. Where i worked there was a large sink right beside the change table but the toilets were across the room. If a toilet with a spray hose attachment could be placed in a more convenient place right beside the change table then life would be much easier with clothies.
ETA: I'm thinking how it would work at change time with clothies as opposed to sposies. Where i worked we did a big nappy change session just before lunch time. Of course if a child's nappy wasn't needing a change we didn't do them but most did. So we had about 8 or so nappies to in about half an hour before we had to do lunches. One staff member did this whilst the other helped the children wash their hands and heat the lunches and clear the tables for lunch. The staff member on nappy duty took each child, one at a time into the change room... quickly did the nappy and popped the spossie in the bin, re-dressed the child then returned the child into the room and when back and washed their hands before getting the next child (we didn't wear gloves because a new set of gloves would be needed per child). If rinsing out a pooey nappy had to be added to this it would take about 1/2 minutes extra per child (including rolling up and putting in a wet bag)... now I would do this because i believe in clothies but it would have an impact on the centre's routine. So change might come slowly but hopefully it will come.
Last edited by Bathsheba; November 2nd, 2007 at 11:26 AM.
I agree, a little education and open-mindedness goes a long way. You'd think in these days of environmental education in the classroom (and even in the littlies rooms) that they could really use this as a wonderful teaching opportunity! How much fun would the little toddlers have putting MCNs on their life-like dolls! Where i worked we sometimes gave newborn sized 'sposies for the 2/3 yo's to put on the dolls. They LOVED it! They could be teaching the next generation. Also I think if centres gave some thought to how their bathrooms/changerooms are set up then clothies could be more easily dealt with. Where i worked there was a large sink right beside the change table but the toilets were across the room. If a toilet with a spray hose attachment could be placed in a more convenient place right beside the change table then life would be much easier with clothies.
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