Another vaccination! WWYD?

[kidlove]

I have a 8 month old who had another set of the MANY vaccines babies have to go through yesterday. When Mom dropped off this am, she said everything seemed fine yesterday and she did well this am too. About 1 minutes after drop off, she began to fuss, then scream. Each time I put her on the floor, in the crib or anywhere for that matter she seems to be in "pain", crying! This is not her nature and am sure she is either teething or having pain from the shots yesterday, either way...it is unconsolable. I have informed Mom and she is on her way with tylenol. How many of you would just have her go home for the day rather than have a dose of tylenol and Mom go back to work?

[Crayola kiddies]

I have heard of some providers that have it in their policies that children must be vaccinated on Fridays then they are home for the weekend or they must stay home the following day. If the child is not able to cope in daycare then they should not be there .... What happens in four hours when the Tylenol wears off ..... See ya tomorrow !

[gramma]

I dont generally send kids home unless they are vomitting/diarreah. The rest is just part of the job description. I make sure that parents provide a pain reliever to stay here to be administered at my discretion. Hopefully tylenol does the trick.

I have a 8 month old who had another set of the MANY vaccines babies have to go through yesterday. When Mom dropped off this am, she said everything seemed fine yesterday and she did well this am too. About 1 minutes after drop off, she began to fuss, then scream. Each time I put her on the floor, in the crib or anywhere for that matter she seems to be in "pain", crying! This is not her nature and am sure she is either teething or having pain from the shots yesterday, either way...it is unconsolable. I have informed Mom and she is on her way with tylenol. How many of you would just have her go home for the day rather than have a dose of tylenol and Mom go back to work?

[Judy Trickett]

The rest is just part of the job description.

I don't agree. It is not our JOB to deal with an inconsolable child all day. If the child is inconsolable, with the exception of a newbie in transition, the child is therefore not fit to be in daycare.

[gramma]

children can be inconsolable due to teething and if I sent every child home for every tooth they got that caused them issues, i would have no clients. I do believe that consoling a child is part of my job description. If parents wanted to be called to pick up for every little thing they would have chose a daycare centre. The extra love and attention is what sets home daycare apart from a daycare center. Well in my opinion anyway LOL.

[Momof4]

children can be inconsolable due to teething and if I sent every child home for every tooth they got that caused them issues, i would have no clients. I do believe that consoling a child is part of my job description. If parents wanted to be called to pick up for every little thing they would have chose a daycare centre. The extra love and attention is what sets home daycare apart from a daycare center. Well in my opinion anyway LOL.

I agree with you to a point. But if the parents have medicated their child and a fever returns after a few hours they are not staying here. I will not be responsible for administering any meds except a dr. precribed med. If a child has a fever that's a symptom of a bigger illness like an ear infection and I stand by my fever policy. But yes, if it's just crankiness due to teething I suck it up too. But not if there is a fever.

[Judy Trickett]

The highest risk of adverse reaction from vaccine (which is far more prevalent that you could ever imagine) will happen in the first 24 hours from vaccination. For this reason I have a 48 hour vax policy. If you vaccinate your child they may NOT attend within 48 of having been vaccinated.

Did you know that vaccine-related death is almost NEVER called as such by a coroner? I NEVER want to be the daycare provider who goes in, after naptime, and finds a DEAD baby and then have to answer to the authorities for something that I did NOT do or had any control over.

I would send her home.

[fruitloop]

The highest risk of adverse reaction from vaccine (which is far more prevalent that you could ever imagine) will happen in the first 24 hours from vaccination. For this reason I have a 48 hour vax policy. If you vaccinate your child they may NOT attend within 48 of having been vaccinated.

Did you know that vaccine-related death is almost NEVER called as such by a coroner? I NEVER want to be the daycare provider who goes in, after naptime, and finds a DEAD baby and then have to answer to the authorities for something that I did NOT do or had any control over.

I would send her home.

I have that in my policy too. No attendance for 48 hours after vaccinations.

[mamabear]

I do the same. Unless she is vomiting/diarrhea or has a fever I would give her Tylenol with mom's permission and hope for a long nap!

[Crayola kiddies]

I 100% agree Judy and I never administer Tylenol or advil not even for teething even if the patents ask me too. I do administer a dr perscribed medication like amoxil according to the directions on the bottle. But in my opinion if your child needs a pain reliever to make it through the day they shouldn't be at daycare. I think I am going to change my policies regarding vaccinations similar to judy's to at least 24 hours to maybe 48 hours.