Good evening everyone! I hope you are all having a great day.

I've been looking after a little boy, we'll call him Gary, for several weeks now. He just turned two.

When he first came to my day care he was covered in what looked like scratches -- they were scabs that would bleed and he would itch. His mom told me it was eczema and that we just needed to put cream on him. But I told her she should get it checked out by the doctor. She did, and he said that Gary had scabies. So she kept him out of day care and treated him. The next day I sought the advice of my own doctor who told me that I shouldn't accept him back into the day care until the mom brings a note that says not only he has been treated but everyone else in the family too (her children bathe and sleep together).

I told her this, and that was about three weeks ago. She keeps taking him back to the doctor to try to get the note and they keep saying that he still has the scabies. I have no clue why they are hanging on so long -- I've read horror stories on the internet though of scabies lasting months or even years or just never going away.

I'm six months pregnant and do NOT want to subject myself, or my family, to this! Especially the chemical treatment needed to get rid of them. So, I've kept his spot open but haven't allowed him back until he has a note. His mom says Gary has seen the doctor five times now and still the scabies aren't gone. I'm getting sick of holding the spot and losing out money -- she said she'd pay full price but I just don't know if I trust her to keep her house clean enough or to do what needs to be done to rid her son of the scabies -- also they can come back.

Would it be totally an overreaction for me to terminate care? I have had a lot of interest in my day care, and I only have two full-time spots in addition to my daughter, so we're a small group.

I just get the heebie jeebies and don't understand why he can't get over his scabies, with MULTIPLE doctors saying that it IS scabies.

What would you do?