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Sending sick children back home
Hello,
Do you have very specific exclusion criteria (ex. fever, vomiting...) that you use to exclude sick children for the day or send them back home?
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i send kids home for any one of the following:
-fever
-vomitting
-diahrea (more than once)
-just an inability to follow the daycare pace if they're not feeling well.
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Expansive...
Same as gcj. Especially if they're 'off' - they just want their mommy or daddy!
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I usually ask parents to come pick up if vomitting and diarhea is presenting. For fever as well if high and with coughing and cold symptoms. You know, once a child whose mom told me child would be on holidays at a certain time one summer popped up at my door the Monday morning she was to be off, it so happened that I had to close because me, my 2 kids (5 and 3) at the time, and 2 daycare kids all caught the chicken pox!! Apparently we were all exposed about the same time and the physical evidence appeared the same time. Well when I realize what I had the Sunday I called my daycare clients except this parent who was to be on holiday . And that is why they turned up too because the child had chicken pox and l learnt this later that stepdad hadnt had it so as a precaution they were taking child to daycare. I know the contagious period passes when the spots appear but child had lots and was crying too when I opened my door. All this mom did when i told her I am close for the week , was to laugh. And lied saying she did not tell me child was going on holidays as of the Monday when I told her she said they were going on holdiays that is why i didnot call her .
Now if I was not sick as well I think I would have had to turn child away because of the itching and crying .
Last edited by 4Sparkles; 02-26-2011 at 08:10 AM.
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I have very strict illness policy in my handbook... A provider is no good to parents if she or he has to take time off because they have gotten ill.
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Shy
I have a strict illness policy as well. I will not accept children into care that have fevers, unexplained rashes, vomiting, diarrhea (more then 2) Pink Eye, or any discharge from the eyes.
Once they are free from their symptoms for 24 hours, they can return to care. Children with common colds are allowed to attend daycare, providing they can fully participate in our daily activities. If they aren't well enough to participate, then they aren't well enough to attend daycare
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i agree with jersey girl and i will send them home for the same
Emma
lilangelsdayhome.web s.com
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Just wondering if anyone else uses backup childcare workers? I usually have a backup provider for when I am sick or need a day off. I'm finding that parents knowingly bring sick children and then I end up sick. In the last new months I have had to pay hundreds for a backup... It'd almost like they bring them because they know I never close. What are your thoughts? Am I creatin g a situation where parents feel its okay?
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My husband is my back up, just 2 weeks ago I had to close down daycare on Tuesday (Monday was family day), and hubby took over Wednesday to Friday. I ended up with bronchitis that just knocked me out, I was bed ridden for 3 days straight. I have never been so sick before in my life, and I still haven't done a full recovery yet!
I have a strict illnes policy with fevers, rashes, pink eye, diarrhea, roto/noro viruses etc but for the common cold or ear infections I accept the child UNLESS the child is too ill to participate in our activities. I don't get sick too often, I have taken 4 sick days in almost 16 years now.
In my opinion, your sick policy should reflect the needs of your family; meaning to protect your own children and yourself. If you get sick often or have your own little ones at home then you need to have a stricter illness policy, if you don't get sick too often and your own children are growing older then your policy can be a little more linient and protect/limit the exposure to the other daycare children.
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Starting to feel at home...
ps littlelovebugs ... I find that parents knowingly bring their children to daycare sick too! They give them meds in hopes that the fever doesn't come back until home time, or neglect to tell me that the child had thrown up in the night hoping it was an isolated incident, or my favourite is 'oh it is just teething' etc. I often feel that the parents who do this are 'career parents' where it seems like their first priority is work then children. Where 'working moms/dads' seem to be more willing to take time off when their children are ill becasue work is second. Sometimes, I know that parents can't take the time off whether it be because that particular time work is busy or important meetings, or ran our of their allotted sick days etc, so they try and 'sneak' things by. I prefer a family who is honest with me, provides me with the information, and lets me make an informed decision
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