Changing a child’s nappy is hardly the most glamorous of parental duties. Now it might not even be necessary, as one parenting website in the
UK is recruiting professionals to, quite literally, do the dirty work.
Childcare.co.uk originally advertised their “Nanny 999” nappychanging service as an April Fool’s Day joke, however, after the site was inundated with messages from parents requesting the service in earnest, they decided to make the prank a reality.
“We’ve seen a big rise in the demand for nappy changing help through our platform, and are now offering Nappy 999 responders for all your nappy-related emergencies,” a post on the site reads. “We originally came up with the idea as an April Fool in 2018, but after receiving over 4,00,000 views on social media and being inundated with comments from people who thought it was genuinely a great idea, we’ve decided to launch the service for real!”
Parents will be charged £5 for each nappy changed and the “Uberstyle” service aims to get nappychangers around the UK to respond to requests within 10 minutes. Childcare.co.uk stated the applicants must have a
DBS check and at least one year of
childcare experience. Parents have voiced their excitement at the proposed service on
Facebook, commenting on the website’s original April Fool’s post: “If this wasn’t a April fools I would spend a fortune on this,” wrote one person.
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