Hiding a fever

[sunnydays]

I am definitely not lax on this...if a child has a fever, I don't accept them. The problem is, we don't know what they are coming down with until later on when they have already exposed all the others to it. I will NOT give tylenol or advil to the kids, so if they need it they should stay home. This is for two reasons: 1) if the child is sick enough to need it then they are either contagiuos or not feeling well enough to participate fully in the daycare day 2) I feel it is a liability to give kids medication (unless prescribed by a doctor) in case they have a reaction to it and I am blamed for incorrect dosage etc. I agree with the original post that it is not fair to the other kids or the provider to send a sick kid to daycare. I know it is hard on the parents to take time off work (I've been there), but it is part of being a parent.

[Momof4]

I am definitely not lax on this...if a child has a fever, I don't accept them. The problem is, we don't know what they are coming down with until later on when they have already exposed all the others to it. I will NOT give tylenol or advil to the kids, so if they need it they should stay home. This is for two reasons: 1) if the child is sick enough to need it then they are either contagiuos or not feeling well enough to participate fully in the daycare day 2) I feel it is a liability to give kids medication (unless prescribed by a doctor) in case they have a reaction to it and I am blamed for incorrect dosage etc. I agree with the original post that it is not fair to the other kids or the provider to send a sick kid to daycare. I know it is hard on the parents to take time off work (I've been there), but it is part of being a parent.

This is my opinion exactly!

I tell parents that if they drug their child to reduce the fever as soon as it goes back to 101 F they are getting a phone call to come pick up their child anyway so why not just stay home and take care of their child. I believe that a fever is a symptom masking or giving a clue of the real problem and the root of that problem, ear infections that we cannot see for example, can only be discovered by a doctor.

Usually a virus means a lower than normal temperature and yes I allow children in with a virus, cough, clear runny nose, you can't do anything about them. We are all going to catch it and I hate that but it happens all the time.