What do you do in these circumstances?

[Manue]

I personally think you should have closed. I Understand the financial hardship of continuously closing for sickness and also the aggravated parents always needing to take time off but now the healthy kids who came because their parents didn't mind, may start the whole cycle again. This is why it's so important to have very specific policies for this kind of thing so it's never a question in your mind on how to deal with it.

I of course WANTED to close as my babies really needed me and it was a very stressful day as I had another child who started throwing up in my care that day as well, but if you saw a post i posted last month I couldnt close or I would loose a couple of children. I closed last month twice due to me being sick once (strept throat/high fever 5 days couldnt even get out of bed) and another time for my son same symptoms. So as you can see I was torn wether to close or not.... I find this part of the job the most challenging. This parent is a very sweet lady and always follows the rules so I will credit her those 2 days. Unfortunatly in my handbook I didnt mention anything about me staying open but having a sick child, its just states that if I have to close due to illness/emergency or holidays that I would not charge for those days.

Thanks for all your help everyone