Sick Kid

[BentleysBands]

mom txts me at 5am to say dcb woke up puking at 4a...but dcg will be coming w/dad...i wrote back and said, no, they both need to stay home. she then calls and wants to know why cant dcg come, shes not sick? because she is IN the home with a sick brother and it doesnt need to come here if possible . she said a few more stupid things so i came back with, you cant you just keep them both? stupid parents !

i THEN said that both cant return tomrrow since the puking is going on today. boy was she pissed! oh well! other parents dont want their kids exposed esp during the christmas season...

[boysx5]

oh I"m having the same issues I sent one home yesterday for puking and everyone of the kids here have had it. Told the dad she couldn't come back today so far they have not called to say they are staying home so I expect to see her here today and I'm going to tell her no your not allowed I am going away this weekend I don't want to get sick or my own kids to get it. They really are clueless at times.

[QualiTcare]

well, if he was throwing up at 4am then the sister was probably in bed and might not have really been exposed. plus, not everything is contagious. if one of my kids is sick, i send the other one to school. if i'm sick, i send them both to school. if i'm sick, my husband goes to work. i wouldn't think it made much sense either.

maybe she planned on taking the boy to the doctor. if she pays for daycare, why not send the girl and not have to take her long and expose her to the puking boy and make her spend the day in the doctor's office.

the lesson she learned from that is to make up a different excuse next time as to why one kid isn't coming and the other one is. i guarantee just one of them won't be sick ever again.

[DancingQueen]

I've done that. If my daughter is puking I still send my son to school. etc.

[AfterSchoolMom]

Bentleys, I'm with you. We've had the stomach virus making the rounds in my area, and kids are dropping like flies. My pediatrician said that the kids are actually contagious for several days before they start throwing up, so the DCG will most likely end up puking before long.

[nikia]

When I worked outside the home I always kept both kids home when one of mine was sick. It made more sense to me instead of running out with sick child to drop off and pick up my healthy child. Plus I think if one gets it the other will ay least in my house that is how it seemed to work. Stomach flu has hit my house too just had a dcb throw up all over my couch a hour ago. Fun times

[DancingQueen]

I wanted to come back to this because I think if they are both not school aged I would have kept both of my children home - since I'd be home anyways and it just makes sense. But as they get older.. I have FOUR children of my own. If I kept all of them home whenever one was sick they'd never go to school...LOL

[nikia]

I wanted to come back to this because I think if they are both not school aged I would have kept both of my children home - since I'd be home anyways and it just makes sense. But as they get older.. I have FOUR children of my own. If I kept all of them home whenever one was sick they'd never go to school...LOL

Yes I agree this is the first year both of mine are in school full time. When they were both in daycare I kept both home if one was sick but this year I send the healthy one to school.

[QualiTcare]

well, you never know. she could've been taking the sick one to the doctor, and i see nothing unreasonable about not wanting to take healthy kid along with puking kid.

or maybe she had a grandparent that was going to keep the sick one and she was still going to work? i've done that too. my son if he wasn't okay to go to daycare would go to his grandma's, daughter go to daycare, and i'd go to work.

it depends on the type of virus, but with the stomach virus it's often not contagious until the moment you actually feel ill. so, it would actually be better to send the kid away - of course there's no way to know without going to the doctor and knowing the virus type.

[boysx5]

well mine who I sent home yesterday is back today they said she didn't puke at all at home now who knows for sure and I wasn't going to get in a fight with the mom I just told her if she is acting strange I will call for them to come get her. Everyone else here has had and germs are everywhere my one pet peeve is when children are not feeling well they want to be with their parents so thats sad that they can't be in their own home.

[BentleysBands]

well thats my policy, if one dck is home, parent must keep them all home. i have taken my own sick and healthy kids to the doc together...its called being a parent!

doesnt matter if your paying or not, u pay whether ur here or not so it doesnt matter....and being in the same home i dont want to chance calling a n few hours saying dcg has it now, u need t ocome..

[QualiTcare]

well thats my policy, if one dck is home, parent must keep them all home. i have taken my own sick and healthy kids to the doc together...its called being a parent!

true. only sorry parents would dream of being able to comfort their vomiting child in the doctor's bathroom without the healthy one tagging along. DUH!

doesnt matter if your paying or not, u pay whether ur here or not so it doesnt matter....and being in the same home i dont want to chance calling a n few hours saying dcg has it now, u need t ocome..

doesn't matter to who? of course it doesn't matter to you because you're getting paid. it matters to the parent who is paying for the child who is NOT sick that's not ALLOWED to come.

[DancingQueen]

I don't think you should waiver at all on your policy. I don't think any of us should LOL

[Crystal]

Bentleys, I'm with you. We've had the stomach virus making the rounds in my area, and kids are dropping like flies. My pediatrician said that the kids are actually contagious for several days before they start throwing up, so the DCG will most likely end up puking before long.

Wow, if that were true, we'd all be sick all of the time. And, if it true, then I see no reason to not allow all of the children, even the sick one, come to care, since they were all exposed for several days prior to him vomiting.....who is your pedi? that's ridiculous.

[Crystal]

I can see the parents and the providers side on this. The parent wants to be able to care for and comfort their sick child without having to entertain the healthy one, I call that being a caring parent. let the healthy one go have fun, while the other gets some loving one on one time. I can also see the parent not wanting to keep the healthy one around the sick one.

For the provider, I understand wanting the other child, who may potentially become ill not to come because there is the possibility of getting others sick. BUT, if she doesn't have a fever, then I doubt she's contagious. Just because sibling is ill, doesn't mean she will get it.....my three kids have rarely gotten sick from one another over the years as they are confined to their bedrooms when they are sick.

I hope the parent doesn't "retaliate" by finding other care.....but I am sure she'll get over it!