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Yesterday a little one developed a cold sore while here, Mom gets them, but the child (2 years old) never has until now. Everything appeared totally fine at drop off, no cold sore, but by snack time it had appeared and was already weeping clear fluid - its small and initially I actually thought it was a bit of food until I wiped it (that's when it started weeping) and was immediately sent into a panic. My own daughter especially had been sharing toys with this child all morning and the little one tends to mouth things alot and was at this time too. Yes, I do try to enforce that they not put things in the mouth (obviously) and I do often take things away...but of course this time I didn't since they were having so much fun together. My daughter was making sounds w/her fingers on her lips when I realized what it was which makes me worry to no end!!
Do any of the children in your care get cold sores? How do you handle it/them when they have an active sore and in between? Do you have anything in your contract about it?
Yesterday I put a bandaid over the sore and washed everyones hands and face, but I still can't help but feel my efforts were made too late and now I have to figure out how to handle this in the future and hope that no one has picked up the virus already.
I asked Mom to keep the child home today if it got worse or continued to weep, but the child is here today since it does look better, is not weeping etc.
Today I have the little one with some toys separate from the other kids, since the sore is obviously fairly new. I also want to be able to properly clean the toys he has been in contact with specifically vs running around like I did yesterday cleaning everything I knew he had touched and some things I wasn't sure he had. I hate to make him feel any different from the other kids, but I'm very concerned and have never had to handle this issue before. Am I doing the right thing? Do I need/should I let the other set of parents know that this child is now getting cold sores?
Yesterday a little one developed a cold sore while here, Mom gets them, but the child (2 years old) never has until now. Everything appeared totally fine at drop off, no cold sore, but by snack time it had appeared and was already weeping clear fluid - its small and initially I actually thought it was a bit of food until I wiped it (that's when it started weeping) and was immediately sent into a panic. My own daughter especially had been sharing toys with this child all morning and the little one tends to mouth things alot and was at this time too. Yes, I do try to enforce that they not put things in the mouth (obviously) and I do often take things away...but of course this time I didn't since they were having so much fun together. My daughter was making sounds w/her fingers on her lips when I realized what it was which makes me worry to no end!!
Do any of the children in your care get cold sores? How do you handle it/them when they have an active sore and in between? Do you have anything in your contract about it?
Yesterday I put a bandaid over the sore and washed everyones hands and face, but I still can't help but feel my efforts were made too late and now I have to figure out how to handle this in the future and hope that no one has picked up the virus already.
I asked Mom to keep the child home today if it got worse or continued to weep, but the child is here today since it does look better, is not weeping etc.Today I have the little one with some toys separate from the other kids, since the sore is obviously fairly new. I also want to be able to properly clean the toys he has been in contact with specifically vs running around like I did yesterday cleaning everything I knew he had touched and some things I wasn't sure he had. I hate to make him feel any different from the other kids, but I'm very concerned and have never had to handle this issue before. Am I doing the right thing? Do I need/should I let the other set of parents know that this child is now getting cold sores?
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