Pregnant Woman Refuses To Change Diapers At Daycare Job

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LiterallyLily17
Feb 15, 2022 2:30 PM EST

Let's start with the background. OP works in a daycare. She works in the 1-2 year old room. Naturally, nappies (diapers) need to be changed every day and constantly around the clock. OP is responsible for watching over 10 kids a day. She needs to change them every 3 hours. Sometimes even more than that. She works in this room with her 'lovely coworker Bethany' who is a few years older than her. Bethany is also 6 months pregnant. Bethany isn't planning on going on her maternity leave for another 2 months. The problem is,  because of her pregnancy, she has had a lot of problems picking up the children, bending down to do jobs and changing nappies. She struggles with lifting the children up to the changing mat and becomes nauseous when changing them. It's gotten to the point where she has their supervisor if she could be exempt from nappies for the next two months. Their "solution" was for OP to cover her nappy shifts until she goes on maternity leave and the cover arrives. OP is now expected to do all the nappies (upwards of 30 a day). When OP heard that this was the plan, she was upset and voiced her displeasure to their supervisor who asked her to 'just put up it.' Well OP refused. Now, Bethany has to pull her wait and she is furious with OP Help the moral judges of Reddit to decide who is the real a$$hole here.

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    Facial expression - AITA for refusing to help out a pregnant coworker?
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    At first read of this headline, our eyebrows are raised. When in doubt, you should always help a coworker, especially a pregnant coworker. But this situation is a little smelly... pun intended. 

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    Font - I know the title might sound bad but please hear me out. Also on mobile so apologies for any formatting issues.
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    Font - So a bit of background is that I work in childcare and am currently in the 1-2 year old room. As you can imagine there are a lot of nappies (diapers) that need to be changed every day. We have 10 kids a day and will change them at least every 3 hours, more if they're
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    Font - soiled or extra wet. I work in this room with my lovely coworker Bethany who is a few years older than me. Now onto the issue at hand. Beth is currently 6 months pregnant and isn't planning on going on her maternity leave for another 2 months if all goes well.
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    Font - This wouldn't be a problem aside from the fact that with her pregnancy she has had a lot of problems picking up the children, bending down to do jobs, and the main issue at hand, changing nappies. She struggles with lifting the children up to the changing mat and will become nauseous when changing them. It's gotten to
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    Font - the point where she has asked our supervisor if she could be exempt from nappies for the next two months. Their "solution" was for me to cover her nappy shifts until she goes on maternity leave and the cover arrives. What this means is I am expected to do all the nappies (upwards of 30 a day) along with all of my other duties while she gets to do the more "fun
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    Font - jobs" such as planning and participating in activities with the children, as we do nappies and activities at the same time (always taking turns between the days). When I heard that this was the plan I was really upset and voiced my displeasure to my supervisor who asked me to just put up with it to help Beth until she goes on
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    Font - maternity leave and we can hire someone else. I told my boss that I would not accept this and would put in my notice if they expected me to do extra work for the same pay and that considering the worker shortage I would have no problem finding a new job. Because of this my superior basically told Beth to suck it up and now she's really upset with me
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    Font - and saying I should've just taken one for the team. So AITA for refusing to do extra work for my pregnant coworker?
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    Font - AMadManWithAPlan · 1 day ago Colo-rectal Surgeon [47] NTA. I feel for Beth, but that's not fair to you. They could have at least offered to bump your pay while you're covering for her. 10.6k Reply Share
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