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button68
23-06-2008, 08:48 AM
A childminder friend of mine made me laugh last week as she told me one of her parents had complained at the number of wipes that the childminder was getting through (parent supplies nappys and wipes) Parent told her she must only use 1 wipe per nappy change.

Mum then proceeded to tell her how long a packet of 84 wipes will last working on 4 nappy changes a day :eek:

I was hysterical with laughter :laughing:

Have you come across anything similar? :rolleyes:

crazybones
23-06-2008, 08:50 AM
:laughing: One per nappy. I think my record was 11 per nappy once.

Annie_T
23-06-2008, 08:53 AM
one wipe per nappy change !!!! madness .. what happens if its a bit smelly poo one?! cant just use one can you

omg thats mad

katickles
23-06-2008, 08:55 AM
Nice!:mad:

Some parents are just shocking arn't they?

Gosh I get through so many wipes - use them for all sorts :p

Pudding Girl
23-06-2008, 08:56 AM
oh fgs :mad:

I'd have put her packet of wipes where the sun don't shine!!!!

emler
23-06-2008, 08:58 AM
:ROFL1: Do these parents live in the real world?

nell57
23-06-2008, 09:06 AM
I like to see them try using just one, madness

Helen

haribo
23-06-2008, 09:27 AM
i once tried to put my rate up-this was years ago when i was still scared of parents:blush: ..i mentioned how much j was eating etc trying to justify it and mum says oh if thats the reason ill bring a pack of oven chips and a pack of fish fingers a week :eek: :eek: .. i said how can i give the same meal each day,(i wont even buy oven chips ) i got the rise in the end think she realised what a ridiculous idea it was. the thing is this family was extremely well off, i find the more they have the more stingy they are !!

sarah707
23-06-2008, 09:31 AM
Apart from the one that took 25 p off my bill recently (my mistake :rolleyes: ) my lot at the moment are quite good.

One wipe per nappy though! How ridiculous :panic:

wendywu
23-06-2008, 09:35 AM
perhaps we should have a poo chart

1 wipe for runny poo

2 wipes for sticky poo

3 wipes for thick poo

4 wipes for poo with bits in

5 wipes for green poo

Some people should get a life. I think i would have put the dirty wipes from each nappy into a nappy sack and sent them home. Just so the parent could check and see if i had used too many.:laughing:

Pudding Girl
23-06-2008, 09:36 AM
hehhe Wendy, bit like the poo charts you get in care homes!

wendywu
23-06-2008, 09:37 AM
Gosh do they have them in care homes:eek:

Pudding Girl
23-06-2008, 09:41 AM
Gosh do they have them in care homes:eek:

Yup, the Bristol Stool Scale

lmao!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale

jaz
23-06-2008, 10:13 AM
perhaps we should have a poo chart

1 wipe for runny poo

2 wipes for sticky poo

3 wipes for thick poo

4 wipes for poo with bits in

5 wipes for green poo

Some people should get a life. I think i would have put the dirty wipes from each nappy into a nappy sack and sent them home. Just so the parent could check and see if i had used too many.:laughing:

That is a brilliant idea - all we need now is to add some pictures so the poster is accessible to all who want to read it!!;)

fionamal
23-06-2008, 10:28 AM
:laughing: sorry for laughing but thought this thread was so funny. :laughing:

LOOPYLISA
23-06-2008, 10:59 AM
O M G !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHEEKY:censored:

bubbly
23-06-2008, 11:04 AM
Yup, the Bristol Stool Scale

lmao!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale
I have to use the Bristol Stool Scale for my son's bowel condition. I get a few strange looks when I pull out pictures of poo from my handbag insead of my mobile phone :D

My mindee's parents are ALWAYS putting me on nappy rations. Quite a few times I've had only 2 nappies for a 10 hour day :angry: but I've never looked into mathematical equations for wipes though :laughing:

Heaven Scent
23-06-2008, 11:11 AM
Tell me about it, I'm sure for some its about money and for others its because they are control freaks who want to have it all their own way.

FizzysFriends
23-06-2008, 11:54 AM
Can't they just buy cheaper wipes?

venus89
23-06-2008, 11:54 AM
But don't you find some parents will say something like that but have a million pairs of expensive shoes? And I bet they don't ration their own toilet paper usage either......

wendywu
23-06-2008, 12:00 PM
Do you think we need a poo scale policy, what action we have to take if the poo goes off the scale.:panic:

I am lucky i have never ever had a parent question how many wipes and nappies i use.:panic:

button68
23-06-2008, 12:09 PM
Forgot to mention that the mum in question is an acountant :rolleyes: she clearly loves 'number crunching' and watches those pennies closely ;)

:D :D :D

Banana
23-06-2008, 12:27 PM
she'd hate me then!

I go through so many wipes im always afraid to ask parents for replacements (but i do) i always buy 1-2 packs per week of my own too - only 2 of my mindees are in nappies now and only for 3 days of the week they are here.

They are used for everything lol

x

Pudding Girl
23-06-2008, 01:00 PM
I don't have the problem anyway as I buy my own wipes so can use as many as I damn well please :D I might just for the hell of it, use 4 tomorrow!

deeb66
23-06-2008, 01:04 PM
Sorry.....

But I had to laugh reading this thread......

Are you sure parent is not confused and thought it was April Fools Day.

Silly woman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ruby
23-06-2008, 02:01 PM
:laughing: :laughing:

sorry found this so funny i dread to think how many wet wippes we go through in a day we use them for eveything

by the way loved the poo chart not sure if i would like to see the pictures as well

cathy

Pipsqueak
23-06-2008, 03:06 PM
That just takes the poo!! I cannot believe you are rationed to one wipe. It has made me laugh though, its just too funny.

So are you sticking to one wipe per change? I hope so....

wendywu
23-06-2008, 03:18 PM
They will be asking us to make sure we use both sides of the wipes next.:panic: Sort of swipe and wipe

Blackhorse
23-06-2008, 03:51 PM
how does this one wipe a nappy method work out with hygiene then??
I am sure she would not be pleased if you sent her child home with a dirty bum!!:eek:
....I am sure the Andrex puppy would not be pleased!!

very funny.... I am going through countless wipes a day....

nannan
23-06-2008, 04:20 PM
perhaps we should have a poo chart

1 wipe for runny poo

2 wipes for sticky poo

3 wipes for thick poo

4 wipes for poo with bits in

5 wipes for green poo

Some people should get a life. I think i would have put the dirty wipes from each nappy into a nappy sack and sent them home. Just so the parent could check and see if i had used too many.:laughing:

omg love the chart, that is a classic

Wendy Woo
23-06-2008, 04:25 PM
:laughing: One per nappy. I think my record was 11 per nappy once.

tell me bout it i think i used half a packet on george earlier!!!!!!!!

tulip0803
23-06-2008, 04:40 PM
perhaps we need a policy on using baby wipes?

miffy
23-06-2008, 04:59 PM
I think you're very lucky she didn't suggest you cut them in half :rolleyes:

miffy xx

breezy
23-06-2008, 05:15 PM
perhaps you should ask her to supply a flannel, use it each change and send it back at the end of the day!!!!!!!( store it in a plastic bag in the sun) :laughing:

Twinkles
23-06-2008, 05:35 PM
Oh send her to me ! I use them like they're going out of fashion !

Trouble
23-06-2008, 05:40 PM
perhaps we should have a poo chart

1 wipe for runny poo

2 wipes for sticky poo

3 wipes for thick poo

4 wipes for poo with bits in

5 wipes for green poo

Some people should get a life. I think i would have put the dirty wipes from each nappy into a nappy sack and sent them home. Just so the parent could check and see if i had used too many.:laughing:


:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

tulip0803
23-06-2008, 05:51 PM
perhaps you should ask her to supply a flannel, use it each change and send it back at the end of the day!!!!!!!( store it in a plastic bag in the sun) :laughing:


:ROFL1: :ROFL1: :ROFL1:

flora
23-06-2008, 06:39 PM
I think you're very lucky she didn't suggest you cut them in half :rolleyes:

miffy xx

This is the sort of thing my ex employer would have suggested. For her it was all about control :mad:

Like the idea of the poo scale :laughing:

mum22
24-06-2008, 10:19 AM
:laughing: I am loving the poo chart - laminate and put on display next to all other posters we have to display.....
x helen

Rubybubbles
27-06-2008, 01:23 PM
perhaps you should ask her to supply a flannel, use it each change and send it back at the end of the day!!!!!!!( store it in a plastic bag in the sun) :laughing:

:eek: thats a wicked idea (insert evil laugh):laughing: :laughing:

cloud9
27-06-2008, 04:03 PM
That is a brilliant idea - all we need now is to add some pictures so the poster is accessible to all who want to read it!!;)


That really is gross :laughing: (the poo scale that is)