Originally Posted by mommyneedsadayoff:
I am really annoyed with myself right now. Last week, dcm kept dcg home because she was coughing and stuffed up. No fever or anything, so she brought her back on friday and told me to let her know if I want her to pick up if she doesn't seem well enough. She was fine and just coughed a bit at naptime, no big deal. Monday came and mom said she was still coughing, but no other symptoms. She did fine that day, just a light runny nose and cough. Yesterday was booger central. Wiped her nose all day. Today is the same and it is every 5-10 minutes that she has snot running down her face and she is sneezing constantly. She is two, so doesn't quite know to cover her mouth and doesn't know how to blow her nose, so I am literally following her around with a kleenex. She hasn't been super fussy, but her voice is cracking (sounds strained) and the boogers are just grossing me out. Since I let her stay on Mon/Tues, I am not sure I should call for pick up. My own daughter has started coughing now, and I am so annoyed with myself, because I feel like the fact that I let dcg stay is the reason we are all starting to cough and snort. My other daycare boy who comes really early woke up with nasty boogers too. No cough, but runny nose too. Since they are all coughing and/or have runny noses, should I just suck it up and deal with it or do you think it would be okay to call for pick up and request everyone take tomorrow off so we can have a long weekend to recover?
I think like parents, we really can't pinpoint where or who an illness or virus came from.
It could very well have come from a non-sick daycare kid as everyone is a carrier. It could have come from the grocery store clerk you saw the other day when picking up milk or from a co-worker that a DCM works with.....
I know the close contact that we have with our daycare kids automatically makes them seem like the petri dishes that started it all but in reality, that just isn't true. Unless we live in a bubble and never come in contact with anyone else. ever.
I exclude kids that require more care and attention than I can provide WHILE maintaining a safe and sanitary environment and depending on the age of a child, a cold may be exclusionary although in most cases it isn't.
What I would do is maybe instead of closing all together is just have a quiet, relaxing and low key couple of days so that everyone can rest, eat well and just feel better.
I hope it passes quickly for you.
