No Outside??????

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I looked for the bites and saw 4 on one child and 2 on the other. There has been several times when the mom dropped them off that they had been bitten up pretty badly by mosquitoes and she told me because they had swollen up so she assumes they are allergic to them.

On yesterday when dad dropped them off he said that one of the boys had been itching so he gave him some Benadryl . These boys have been sick for the past week or so and just came back on Wednesday.

Fast forward to them getting up from nap. When I got the dcb up that he gave the Benadryl to I noticed that his eye was swollen, and he was scratching his side. I looked him over and his entire face and body was red and covered in hives and he was scratching non stop. He was fine the entire day, no hives, no itching, or anything:confused:

I had this type of outbreak before and went to the emergency room because I couldn't stop itching. They told me it was an allergic reaction to something and gave me a shot. I don't know what caused him to break out like that, I don't know if the dcps aren't telling me everything I need to know. All I know is our routine on yesterday has been the same since they started a year ago. What I served for breakfast, lunch and snack I served it before and they love it.


I called dad to pick them up because I do not administer meds unless it is life threatening. When dad got here he said that dcb has never broken out like that before. All he said is "O he's fine".

I, personally, do not take allergic reactions lightly. They really alarm me and I take them EXTREMELY seriously. That child would have been required to be picked up and I would have required a Doctor's note discussing that allergic reaction in length.

I know this may seem dramatic, but I'm not about to have an allergic reaction that has supposedly never happened before reoccur at my daycare facility again and have a child's throat begin to close up or something else equally as scary without an EpiPen and some documentation from the Doctor. No. Just NO. Allergic reactions tend to increase as time goes by, not magically disappear.

[williams2008]

I, personally, do not take allergic reactions lightly. They really alarm me and I take them EXTREMELY seriously. That child would have been required to be picked up and I would have required a Doctor's note discussing that allergic reaction in length.

I know this may seem dramatic, but I'm not about to have an allergic reaction that has supposedly never happened before reoccur at my daycare facility again and have a child's throat begin to close up or something else equally as scary without an EpiPen and some documentation from the Doctor. No. Just NO. Allergic reactions tend to increase as time goes by, not magically disappear.

I had him pick up immediately and told him that he needs to be seen by a doctor. That was a very scary situation for me. I thought about dcb all night. I even called the mom after I closed, she didn't answer:confused:

[Childminder]

Maybe the hive were caused by an allergy to the red dye (or something else) in the Benedryl.

[williams2008]

I didn't think about that, maybe it was.