For myself I also have backup care for my own daughter. If my daughter is too sick to be at daycare I send her to a family member's house for the day or if it isn't anything too major I will leave her upstairs for the day (while I am downstairs with daycare) and check on her frequently (chances are if she isn't feeling well then she just sleeps/watching tv all day). My sick policy states that if my daughter has anything major and I don't have alternate care that I will close. We did have whooping cough go through once and my husband ended up staying home with her and kept her upstairs.

My daughter had a slight fever this morning. I didn't have any family members who were able to watch her today and with my basement being under construction there was no choice but to have her in the same space as the daycare kids. I informed all parents when they dropped off their kids this morning that she had a low grade fever and unfortunately will be interacting with the kids today. It ended up after her one dose of Tylenol and an hour relaxing on the couch watching cartoons was all she needed. She began playing with the other kids and bounced right back to herself. Fever never returned.