Daycare Keeps Inflating DD's Temperature

[Cat Herder]

She's a nurse.

I just....

Then she should know a tylenol overdose is deadlier than a heroin overdose. Just slower and more painful.

[daycarediva]

Then she should know a tylenol overdose is deadlier than a heroin overdose. Just slower and more painful.

If she thought antipyretics cure a fever I'm puzzled by how she managed to get a BSN, and what other crucial information she doesn't know.

[Cat Herder]

If she thought antipyretics cure a fever I'm puzzled by how she managed to get a BSN, and what other crucial information she doesn't know.

I know too many nurses to be surprised. ::

Sometimes it is hard to see things when it is your own kid, though. Mechanics drive the worst maintained cars, I've heard.

[Mom2Two]

I know too many nurses to be surprised. ::

Sometimes it is hard to see things when it is your own kid, though. Mechanics drive the worst maintained cars, I've heard.

Yeah, don't assume that a nurse knows everything. I remember when we (and NICU follow-up clinic) were tracking DD's head circumference so carefully, and at this time the new, circular head measuring tapes came out. We kept getting different measurements from different groups, and in the end I had to explain to our pediatrician's office that head circumference was always the largest measurement, and that the measure tape had to be sloped from the forehead to the most protruding part.

Our pedi had to make sure the nurses were all trained better on it, because it was giving us a heart attack and giving all the children inaccurate measurements.

It was a big deal for us because we were on the line for getting DD to grow well enough after weaning her off her feeding tube.

[LostMyMarbles]

How old is your daughter?

I kind of feel like it might be something to do with staffing issues or afternoon/next day activities...I don't know, immediately my first thoughts were that they were simply trying to reduce #'s for that time period/day etc and if the calls for pick up always come at a similar time of day, it makes that thought even more plausible.

Do you have any other concerns about the program or staff? Anything that seems off? How long have you attended there? Other children of yours enrolled as well?

What is the staff's attitude like with you when you pick up? Do they exclude the following day as well?

Funny that you said all that Black Cat. I have taken two families in my care that came from a daycare where the provider used to call for pickup, stating that a child had a fever. When the parents would take the child home, the parent would retake the temp and there would be no fever. This was a pattern in this daycare. Everybody was on a set rate, they paid whether they were there or not. The provider was taking drop in children at an extremely high rate. When she would get a call for a drop in she would have to send one of the regulars home with an alleged fever. This daycare is also notorious for sending a child home if she didn't want to deal with a crazy day. She would say they needed to be picked up due to not drink enough milk by 1:00, or if she thought they were constipated. Both of families that I now have caught on to these antics.

Last week I interviewed a mom that had left the day care that I talked about earlier. She stated the same thing, that she was constantly getting phone calls for pickup due to a fever. The last time she got a call ,she stopped at her house and grabbed her thermometer. She walked in that daycare and said I'm going to take my child's temp with my thermometer, and then you take my child's temp with your thermometer and we're going to compare. Both readings were normal. She told the daycare provider she was tired of these constant made up fevers. She was missing too much work. And said she was done effective immediately.

I would definitely bring your thermometer upon puck up and do a comparison, to see if you are getting jerked around.

[Blackcat31]

I think it's a pretty common occurrence in both center care and in home care for some programs/providers. NOT all.

Center care does it for staffing and ratios issues or when they know an inspection is scheduled.

In home providers do it for similar reasons and for alot of other "dumb" reasons....

I knew a provider in my community that used to schedule a field trip for her older kids (not in diapers) but would still take in all her regular kids in the mornings and then around lunch would call and say the younger kids (in diapers) had a temp or had diarrhea so they have to get picked up. Since they attended at least a partial day, there was no refund of fees so she gets to go on the planned field trip and gets paid in full for all kids even though just a couple went on the field trip.

You'd be surprised (maybe) at what antics similar to this that providers will post in on-line social media groups or on forum boards for providers only. I have been shocked speechless more than once at the lengths some providers will go to send a child home for frivolous and/or silly reasons.

[Ariana]

Never take a temp right after wakeup! I always wait 30minutes so after snack and a cold glass of water. I personally don’t even take a temperature until a child is acting funny. Why else would you be “checking” a child for a fever?

I had a family that I had to repeatedly send their kids home for fevers. Like 4x in 7 months. Prior to that I had sent home kids maybe 2x for fevers...it was really rare! Every single time the illness would magically dissappear when they would get home. Still have no idea if they were lying or not but it never happened before and has not happened since! Weird.

[Ariana]

I think it's a pretty common occurrence in both center care and in home care for some programs/providers. NOT all.

Center care does it for staffing and ratios issues or when they know an inspection is scheduled.

In home providers do it for similar reasons and for alot of other "dumb" reasons....

I knew a provider in my community that used to schedule a field trip for her older kids (not in diapers) but would still take in all her regular kids in the mornings and then around lunch would call and say the younger kids (in diapers) had a temp or had diarrhea so they have to get picked up. Since they attended at least a partial day, there was no refund of fees so she gets to go on the planned field trip and gets paid in full for all kids even though just a couple went on the field trip.

You'd be surprised (maybe) at what antics similar to this that providers will post in on-line social media groups or on forum boards for providers only. I have been shocked speechless more than once at the lengths some providers will go to send a child home for frivolous and/or silly reasons.

[Jdy2222]

FWIW, most kids wake up warm from sleep. That is why most do not call it a fever until it is sustained for 20 minutes.

This. If I take it after nap and it's high I wait 20 minutes, without blanket and with child moving around normally, and take it again. Then, if it's still high, I call parent.

[mommyneedsadayoff]

If she thought antipyretics cure a fever I'm puzzled by how she managed to get a BSN, and what other crucial information she doesn't know.

I dont think it's ignorance. I think it's willful ignorance. What you don't know, can't hurt you right? I was a nursing major and if you don't know that fever is a symptom, not a disease, then i find it very hard to believe that you ever passed any sort of licensing board. In my area, spots in the nursing program are tough to get, and without top grades, you are SOL, so I personally think these nurses are playing games.

[Leigh]

Never take a temp right after wakeup! I always wait 30minutes so after snack and a cold glass of water. I personally don’t even take a temperature until a child is acting funny. Why else would you be “checking” a child for a fever?

I had a family that I had to repeatedly send their kids home for fevers. Like 4x in 7 months. Prior to that I had sent home kids maybe 2x for fevers...it was really rare! Every single time the illness would magically dissappear when they would get home. Still have no idea if they were lying or not but it never happened before and has not happened since! Weird.

My little girl who runs hot at nap time (even before she goes to sleep!) gets a really red face, which is why I started taking her temp. I have never sent her home for it, because I noticed right away that her temp returned to normal within 30 minutes of waking up. Such an odd thing, though, that you can almost count on a fever level temperature right around lunch time!

[Luna]

I've had several kids over the years that sleep hot.

I ave kids like this too. At first I was taking their temp right after nap, let mom know it was elevated, and have them picked up. By the time mom arrive temp was back to normal.