The Summer Of Daycare
THE SUMMER OF DAYCARE
I woke up one summer morning when I was 12 with my mom saying she has to take me to daycare. I told her I haven't gone to daycare since I was three and I could just stay home alone. She told me she didn't want me staying home alone without a babysitter and that we were leaving in two minutes.
We arrived at the daycare center and the lady at the desk told us they only take kids ages 3 and under. My mom said she would pay extra and the lady said ok. The lady at the desk said that all children were required to bring diapers or pull ups and my mom said we didn't have any.
The lady said that they had spare diapers in a closet that I could wear for today. My mom said ok and she quickly signed a paper and told me bye and left. The lady took me to the room I would be in and introduced me to the caregiver. I looked around while they were talking and there were about six kids, two in diapers and four in pull ups for potty training.
The caregiver picked me up (I was 4 foot 3 and weighed only 60 pounds) and took me to the changing table and put me in a Pampers size 6 diaper. I saw there was an exposed area of potty training toilets and that was the only bathroom they had.
I sat at a kiddy table by myself for about a half and hour until the caregiver walked over to me and asked me if I needed to be changed. I told her no in a toddler voice because I think she thought I was a toddler because of my size.
I felt like I had to poop so I tried to hold it. I stood up and the poop slid in my diaper. The caregiver didn't know yet but it started to smell. She walked over to me and picked me up and changed my diaper. I was ashamed that I was twelve and pooping in a baby diaper like a toddler.
I walked over to a doll and pretended I was playing with it. I noticed I really had to pee and I crossed my legs. I stood up and the caregiver came over and uncrossed my legs and pee started to fill the diaper. I started to cry and she picked me up and changed my diaper again.
When she was done it was lunch time so I ate my lunch that my mom packed. She packed me a carton of milk and the caregiver took it out of my hands and poured it into a baby bottle. I drank my milk from a bottle and ate the sandwich that she packed me.
After lunch it was nap time. I laid on the mat that the caregiver gave me and went to sleep. I woke up with my mom standing over me smiling. I got up and noticed the diaper I had on was soaked with pee. My mom picked me up and changed my diaper and carried me to the car.
I asked her why I still had to wear a diaper and she told me that the caregiver said I had multiple accidents today and I never made it to the potty. I said ok and my mom handed me my pants and said we were going to the store to get more diapers and other stuff.
We got to the store and went straight to the baby isle. My mom got me pull ups, youth diapers, baby wipes, baby powder, a changing mat, a pacifier, and bottles for daycare. My mom said I only had to use the pacifier and bottles for daycare but everything else was mandatory.
While in the store I really had to use the bathroom. I told my mom and she told me that this was the reason I have diapers on in the first place and that she wanted me to use it. I just let it go and pee flowed into the diaper.
My mom paid for the stuff and took me to the bathroom and put a pull-up on me. We went home and I didn't have any accidents. The next day my mom took me back to daycare with all of the stuff.
My mom gave the caregiver all of it and my mom told her to put me in a diaper for nap time and if I had more than one accident before nap time I should be put in a diaper early.
The caregiver said ok and my mom left. I sat at a table and pretended I was playing again when I really had to pee. I ran to the potty training toilets that were lined up and I found the biggest one and pulled down the pull-up and peed in the little toilet. The caregiver walked over to me and told me good job and left.
I pulled my pull-up back up and continued pretend playing until lunch. I ate my lunch and after lunch the caregiver suck my pacifier that my mom bought in my mouth and picked me up to put my diaper on.
The youth diapers were a lot bigger and they definitely felt more my size. I fell asleep and woke up with my mom carrying me to the car and I was in a soaked diaper too. I started to pee more and the diaper leak all over my mom.
She put me in the car and told me she got me some plastic pants to put over the diapers so I won't leak. She changed my diaper in the car and put on another diaper and plastic pants. I told her I didn't need to wear a diaper because I was awake now and she told me she just wanted to try out the plastic pants. I said ok and we went home.
This happened all summer and by August my mom had completely re-potty trained me for when school started again.
Written By: Madeleine