My own children have spiked fevers, been lethargic and been fine within hours but it's pretty rare. What's not rare is clients telling their childcare provider this to make her feel bad for sending home or in hopes they can return the next day. It's also not rare for them to medicate the next morning so the child seems fine (well until about 11 a.m. When the meds wear off). In my early days of care I felt guilty and accepted them back the next day and every time they either spiked a fever in the afternoon and/or I saw a post on social media that the parent made indicating the child was sick and/or other children in care become sick. Now my sick policies are strict so people don't even try to bring sick kids. If they did I would take a picture of thermometer and send it to them..they're less likely to try to put a guilt trip on you when you do this (I believe I heard this advice from nannydee).

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