Coughs

[Baby Beluga]

What do you consider an excessive and/or persistent cough?

Coughing 5 times in an hour, 10 times, 15, times, etc.

Or another definition

[jenboo]

What do you consider an excessive and/or persistent cough?

Coughing 5 times in an hour, 10 times, 15, times, etc.

Or another definition

If they cough so much they gag, can't eat or can't sleep.

[childcaremom]

If they cough so much they gag, can't eat or can't sleep.

I'm more looking for a productive cough. Chesty cough. Any of those and they don't stay.

A clearing of the throat.... I'm ok with. An occasional cough. Fine.

I also look at the child as a whole. Any other symptoms?
Once I get to know a child, I can tell by looking at them when they aren't feeling well.

[debbiedoeszip]

What do you consider an excessive and/or persistent cough?

Coughing 5 times in an hour, 10 times, 15, times, etc.

Or another definition

When it's accompanied by fever and/or misery, or I strongly suspect that the child has something dangerous such as TB, whooping cough, etc. Those are the only times I'd send home for cough.

[EntropyControlSpecialist]

I have a strict illness policy. A persistent cough here is a cough every 15 minutes or less. They spread like wildfire and I don't want that fire!

Well child only preschool. Same goes for runny noses. Persistent runny nose/green or yellow nasal discharge.

[Unregistered]

We have no cough policy! so far the cough we have has spread like wildfire. Most of the daycare is coughing and so are the teachers. Just a cough, nothing else!