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I was going to drag up the maternity leave thread but decided against it. Word of advice to any pregnant women out there. Take as LONG as you can after you have the baby. I was naive and didn't. I'm now starting to regret it!
I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on 4/28. She was born about a few days early, so she was considered full term. I planned on reopening my dc 5/10 depending on how she and I felt. I bounced back pretty quickly, though adjusting to all night feedings is something I had forgotten about. Next youngest is 5 1/2 yrs old.
Anyway, I felt great she was doing great and decided to reopen. I had previously made it VERY clear to dc parents that the reopen date is subject to change. All understood very well. I did miss the dc kids though. I only took two weeks off altogether.
Monday rolls around, no major problems until one. I have a family that I have had communication issues with in the past. Well dc boy is 6 almost 7 months old. Grandma dropped him off, said he was feeling under the weather over the weekend, but is on antibiotics now. Well, he saw dr Monday morning and started the antibiotics just before he showed up to my house. He screamed the whole 2.5 hours he was here, his fever came back, he was coughing and hacking (sounds like pneumonia or lung cancer or something horrendous). I, of course called his mom, and she left school to come get him. He couldn't eat a bottle because he was too stuffy. I kept my newborn in our bedroom as she was sleeping anyway, but didn't want her near his germs. He stayed home Tuesday, then wasn't scheduled again until yesterday. He's still raspy, but looks much better. No fever either.
Yesterday she started sneezing with gunk coming out her nose, and had a slight fever for a little while. I did call dr to determine what to do. My other two never got sick so young. I spoke with nurse, gave her the dc kid's name, as small town almost all kids go to same dr. She looked at his record and said she wondered why he was on antibiotics, chart says he has a virus. She had dr call me back. Did you know newborns can get viruses? She'll be fine, it's just frustrating.
I don't want to generalize, but man can DC Parents/grandparents be inconsiderate jerks!!! So my word of wisdom (learned the hard way) is stay closed as long as you can!!! Be selfish and think only of yourself and your family. Nobody else will.
The up side is this family is moving soon, in about 3 weeks.
I gave birth to a beautiful baby girl on 4/28. She was born about a few days early, so she was considered full term. I planned on reopening my dc 5/10 depending on how she and I felt. I bounced back pretty quickly, though adjusting to all night feedings is something I had forgotten about. Next youngest is 5 1/2 yrs old.
Anyway, I felt great she was doing great and decided to reopen. I had previously made it VERY clear to dc parents that the reopen date is subject to change. All understood very well. I did miss the dc kids though. I only took two weeks off altogether.
Monday rolls around, no major problems until one. I have a family that I have had communication issues with in the past. Well dc boy is 6 almost 7 months old. Grandma dropped him off, said he was feeling under the weather over the weekend, but is on antibiotics now. Well, he saw dr Monday morning and started the antibiotics just before he showed up to my house. He screamed the whole 2.5 hours he was here, his fever came back, he was coughing and hacking (sounds like pneumonia or lung cancer or something horrendous). I, of course called his mom, and she left school to come get him. He couldn't eat a bottle because he was too stuffy. I kept my newborn in our bedroom as she was sleeping anyway, but didn't want her near his germs. He stayed home Tuesday, then wasn't scheduled again until yesterday. He's still raspy, but looks much better. No fever either.
Yesterday she started sneezing with gunk coming out her nose, and had a slight fever for a little while. I did call dr to determine what to do. My other two never got sick so young. I spoke with nurse, gave her the dc kid's name, as small town almost all kids go to same dr. She looked at his record and said she wondered why he was on antibiotics, chart says he has a virus. She had dr call me back. Did you know newborns can get viruses? She'll be fine, it's just frustrating.
I don't want to generalize, but man can DC Parents/grandparents be inconsiderate jerks!!! So my word of wisdom (learned the hard way) is stay closed as long as you can!!! Be selfish and think only of yourself and your family. Nobody else will.
The up side is this family is moving soon, in about 3 weeks.
Honestly, I'd call that family and tell them you are closing again and extending your maternity leave until 3 weeks from Monday. Then I'd write a letter for the other families that the illness policy is going to be under STRICT adherence due to the newborn in the home. This is such common sense you'd think that you wouldn't have to tell anyone this, but some people... Depending on what your illness policy is it may need some things added and to it. And for it to mean anything you'll have to turn away any coughs or sniffles at the door. Most newborns get at least 6 weeks before being exposed to a daycare environment, so I'd do it at least that long. I ended up closing my daycare for about a year for each child. I tried to work like you are (only took off 2 weeks too), but I ended up closing each time. Unappreciative parents didn't recognize that I was bending over backwards to make sure their schedules weren't upset and they just complain about the lack of activities my first week back and bring sick kids. I ended up closing for a year each of my kids. Good luck with this and I hope your daughter is well again very soon.
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