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Ok so first off my sick policy is this ::
Sick Child. Maryland law prohibits me from caring for sick children. Therefore, you may NOT bring your sick child to my Home for care. If you give your Child medication to reduce a fever or mask symptoms of illness and bring the sick Child to my Home without telling me about the medication, you will be violating this Agreement, and I will have the right to terminate it immediately. If your child becomes sick while in my care, I will call you, and you must pick up your child promptly. I will keep your sick Child separated from the other children in my care until you arrive. After any illness, your Child must be free of all symptoms (not just fever and vomiting) for at least twenty-four (24) hours before returning to my Home. After a serious illness, your Child will be allowed to return to my Home only with written permission from the Child s’ physician. If your child is put on antibiotics they must wait 24 hours before returning to care. It is your responsibility to find alternate care for your sick Child and to notify me when your sick Child will not be present in my Home on a scheduled Child Care Day. Please inform me of any contagious illness so I may alert the parents of other children exposed to you Child. The definition of a sick child for the purpose of this Agreement shall be a child who has a fever (100 degrees F. or above), vomiting, diarrhea, a runny nose with thick, discolored discharge, a rash of unknown cause, severe pain, extreme listlessness or other dramatic personality change indicating the child is not well, or any other symptom of acute illness, serious transmissible infection or communicable disease.
Now I had a kid kept home today because DCM thought he had chicken pox. He was apparently miserable all weekend and started getting random spots that she was sure was the pox since 10 days ago he had been vaccinated and one was the chicken pox vaccine. Now she just sent me a text saying that it "is a reaction to his vaccines. He is ok to come to daycare tomorrow. I have a note." My immediate reaction is not to allow him to come back because he has to be free of all symptoms for 24 hours. And if she thought he had chicken pox because of the vaccine, and then he is actually having a reaction to the vaccine, what is the difference? Is one not contagious? This is also my "clinger". If he is upset in any way HE FLIPS out. Like hyperventilates if you set him on the ground, screaming, flailing; Its miserable. So since this isn't technically an "illness" but just a reaction, do I still stand by my policy?
Sick Child. Maryland law prohibits me from caring for sick children. Therefore, you may NOT bring your sick child to my Home for care. If you give your Child medication to reduce a fever or mask symptoms of illness and bring the sick Child to my Home without telling me about the medication, you will be violating this Agreement, and I will have the right to terminate it immediately. If your child becomes sick while in my care, I will call you, and you must pick up your child promptly. I will keep your sick Child separated from the other children in my care until you arrive. After any illness, your Child must be free of all symptoms (not just fever and vomiting) for at least twenty-four (24) hours before returning to my Home. After a serious illness, your Child will be allowed to return to my Home only with written permission from the Child s’ physician. If your child is put on antibiotics they must wait 24 hours before returning to care. It is your responsibility to find alternate care for your sick Child and to notify me when your sick Child will not be present in my Home on a scheduled Child Care Day. Please inform me of any contagious illness so I may alert the parents of other children exposed to you Child. The definition of a sick child for the purpose of this Agreement shall be a child who has a fever (100 degrees F. or above), vomiting, diarrhea, a runny nose with thick, discolored discharge, a rash of unknown cause, severe pain, extreme listlessness or other dramatic personality change indicating the child is not well, or any other symptom of acute illness, serious transmissible infection or communicable disease.
Now I had a kid kept home today because DCM thought he had chicken pox. He was apparently miserable all weekend and started getting random spots that she was sure was the pox since 10 days ago he had been vaccinated and one was the chicken pox vaccine. Now she just sent me a text saying that it "is a reaction to his vaccines. He is ok to come to daycare tomorrow. I have a note." My immediate reaction is not to allow him to come back because he has to be free of all symptoms for 24 hours. And if she thought he had chicken pox because of the vaccine, and then he is actually having a reaction to the vaccine, what is the difference? Is one not contagious? This is also my "clinger". If he is upset in any way HE FLIPS out. Like hyperventilates if you set him on the ground, screaming, flailing; Its miserable. So since this isn't technically an "illness" but just a reaction, do I still stand by my policy?
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