Church nursery

[My2Matthews]

I think we are about to start leaving Matthew in the nursery during church. I'm so nervous about it because I'm terrified of him needing a diaper change and possible retraction. What's the best way to bring this up to the nursery attendants, without sounding really weird? :LOL

[Nathan1097]

Just say, "He's not circumcised, so you don't have to do anything special- just wipe the outside." That always seems to have worked for me. (Noah just turned 3 today! )

[nikirj]

Yeah, what Nathan said.

Don't worry about sounding weird - if you didn't bring it up, it's a gamble - either they know what they're doing, or they would be confused and wondering why the heck you didn't say something.

I found out a lot of parents at my church don't circumcise. I was very happy about that.

Now, getting them to understand the cloth diapers, that was a different story...

[dot2dot]

I just set aside any feelings about them thinking I was wierd and said it. They told me not to worry, and that there were quite a few others, too. So I did feel silly but in the end felt better than if I hadn't said anything at all.

[kindred_spirit]

I personally just feel uncomfortable with people changing my son. SO I would ask them to come get me if he needs to be changed......

[pdx.mothernurture]

I'm not a regular church-goer...

...but Quinn and I visited a church for the first time this past Sunday. I planned on keeping him with me, but they had prayer/meditation time early on during the service and of course, he decided that was a perfect time to get chatty. Everyone else was so quiet, you could have heard a pin drop. (The children in the congregation had already departed for Sunday School.) So, I quietly walked out into the foyer (sp?) with him, and we began listening to the service out there. I noticed the nursery, and decided to check it out. There were only two other children in there at the time, and the nursery-worker and I chatted for awhile while Quinn played. She was really nice, and explained to me that all I needed to do was give her some basic information about him, allergies, etc. She asked if he had any special needs or anything, and I took that opportunity to explain that he's not circumcised, so if he needed a diaper change care was really simple, you just wipe the outside like a finger and don't pull back the skin or anything. She was like, "Oh, thanks for telling me...I wouldn't have known anything about that." which is kind of a bummer, because one of the two kids in there was her 14 month old son, obviously circed. :-(

Even if it's a little akward to talk about with the nursery worker(s), it's important. :-) Good for you for thinking of it...

Jen

[lavendermama]

Oh my gosh-I have never even thought of this! I can't imagine someone in a church nursery actually pulling it back. Now a new stress to my life

[My2Matthews]

Thanks for the advice! I don't really know what made me think of this. I guess after having a doctor attempt to retract him it made me realize that ANYONE is capable of doing it.

[Electra375]

Our church has regular workers and then parent volunteers. I change dipe and don't mess w/ penises. But then again, I understand not to do anything, just like a circ penis, don't do anything.
I would to be on the safe side, pin, clip, tape a note to your dipes. That way you know for sure the person changing the dipe has the information.

[Larissa]

I was going to say the same thing. If it were me, I would tape a note to every diaper in my bag explaining what they should do....and about not retracting. Our church doesn't have a nursery, the children stay in the service, so I havn't even had to think of this issue.