I can understand to some degree why providers expect a doctors note from parents to return to daycare. But I don't require it. I do have in my contract that if I feel a doctors note is necessary then one must be provided before the child can return to my care. So far I have never had to use that part of my contract, which I am grateful for! My daughter was in daycare the first 9 months of her life. Her daycare provider require a doctors note every time she was sick. As an infant this happened about once a month. Which is normal for an infant. Our copay is $50 for an office visit! So we spent roughly $400 to get a doctors note for each cold. Granted one time she did have gastrointestinal flu which required hospitalization. That I completely understand needing a doctors note!!!!

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