Ofsted - Nappy Changing

[Greedyfly]

Hi

Are there any official rules re nappy changing in a nursery setting such as times etc

I’ve been googling but I can’t find anything that specifically states that a child should be changed every xx numbers of hours etc

Many thanks

GF

[Mamyalynne]

Can't find anything on times or frequency, just provision in general.

Who knows, it may be one area left up to common sense.

https://www.foundationyears.org.uk/files/2017/03/EYFS_STATUTORY_FRAMEWORK_2017.pdf

[Greedyfly]

Mam - I wish that common sense was prevailing. Thanks for checking.

[Mamyalynne]

We can but hope.

[bednobs]

If this is your child and you don't like the way they are dealing with them it's much better just to have a sensible discussion with the provider rather than bash them with rules and regs. Just speak to your child's key person.most nurseries would be happy to try to accommodate the parents' wishes. Having worked a lot at the other end of life there are no regs that I know of about frequency of incontinence product changes as it just wouldn't be practcal

[sherrardk]

My friend is the manager of a nursery, I’ve just messaged her but she goes to bed quite early. I’ll let you know when she gets back to me :)

[Greedyfly]

Cheers. We have had several discussions with promises of improvement with no change.

[diddlydo]

Possibly time to investigate a different nursery then if they haven't responded to your request in a positive way.

[jazzyjen]

I am a nursery nurse. Part of my job is nappy changing. Modern disposable nappies are designed to cope for upto 8 hours overnight, so in theory should last for most of a day also.
However it goes without question that if the child soils or urinates a lot (which is likely to happen as they eat/drink more during the day), then they should be changed for comfort.
Our policy, which has been approved by Ofsted, is to check every 2 hours as to whether the baby is overly wet. (Usually it is evident that a change is required when they have pooed )! If a particular child is prone to eczema/nappy rash etc then they may be changed more frequently.
As far as I know this is not a standard across the board rule. Different nurseries seem to have differing approaches.

[Greedyfly]

Thanks JazzyJen, two hours seems the norm which is fine. Five hours, soiled for some of that time - clearly quite a bit of that time is unacceptable.

[Greedyfly]

As diddlydo says I think a change is afoot.

[sherrardk]

My friend says if they’re in 9 - 12 they don’t change them unless they’ve soiled or the nappy is obviously full. Or they change them if the parents have requested because they’re sore, etc. If they’re in all day they do it when they need to. Sounds a bit hit and miss to me, but I’d trust my baby at this particular nursery.

[Greedyfly]

Thanks Sherrardk