Please don't send your sick kid to daycare!!!

[MonkeyPrincess]

I understand that some parents may not know their kid is getting sick, especially if the kid starts feeling 'off' during daycare. I will send the kid home immediately if they throw up/diarrhea, fever, etc But I hate parents who will send a semi-sick child to daycare, (stuffy, runny nose) then balk when they hear of other kids being sick and say it was that kid that infected their kid! UH NO! I have a parent who is notorious for that. Her kid gets sick all the time, like once a month, and sometimes develops ear infections, bronchitis, etc. Last time her kid was sick, she contacted me on the weekend me to 'inform' me that her kid was sick with the flu. I picked up what she was implying and immediately said 'oh, she probably got it from her dad, remember he was sick with it last week? No one is sick here!.' Quieted her down. Then when the kid came back to daycare, mom asked me to let her know if anyone has much has a runny nose, because she was going to keep her kid home so she didn't get sick again. It irritated me because her kid is the one who infects the other kids first,