sunnydays, I've had children in care for about a week with what I consider to be diarrhea and a couple of parents kept their children home a couple of days when they seemed to be feeling bad but they couldn't take a week off for loose stools. They were playing and eating well all week, just treating me to really awful diapers!

I stick to my fever policy and no vommiting for sure, but I sent all the soiled clothing home in a bag when it squirted out of the diapers as we discussed in our Rinsing Thread. Sometimes you do your best and draw the line when the children are really sick.

But after working outside the home all my life I know exactly how crappy bosses make you feel as a Mom when you tell them you have a sick child. It's sad but true.