Hiding a fever

[jec]

Your right ~ a virus/cold can be possibly spread before symptoms appear. Someone can be a carrier and spread it around. For that matter, a cold and virus can be caught anywhere. The grocery store, the handle we touch to open a door, even walking into someone coughing into the air and spreading germs. Some times a nasty virus can be brought into the daycare when parents and daycare providers think it is just a simple cold. As I think we all agree that we can't keep sending kids home every cold they get. We can't catch them all and hey, these are kids we are dealing with and they are building their immune systems and will catch almost everything under the sun! However, in a different situation, which is what I am talking about, when you KNOW your child is ill but want to drop them off as someone mentioned before to get in some time at work before the meds wear off is for me, unacceptable.
We all have different policies with what we will accept and not accept into our daycare.
As I mentioned I too am a Mom and worked outside the home and had our little ones in care. I've been that parent who had to take time off when I needed to be at work so I understand both sides as well.
I think this forum is great to put things out there and get other's ideas. Some times a comment can even change the way you may look at something. I'm always open to learning new things and or seeing other points of view for sure!!
That is the reason for me writing something to put out on my blog about bringing your child, when knowing they are ill to daycare~ it may just make someone think again about bringing a little one medicated to daycare. A put the shoe on the other foot perspective.