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coolconfidentme 11:35 AM 07-29-2013
...dad took him to the doctor & he advised it's going around & he can come back tomorrow. What the what?
melilley 11:41 AM 07-29-2013
All my kids have something! Runny noses and boogers are everywhere here...yuck! I wonder if something is going around.....again.
julie 11:44 AM 07-29-2013
Well, that's nice of the doctor who doesn't take care of multiple children, if he did in fact say that. Way to put you on the spot! Not to mention, he doesn't know if you have part timers/drop ins/ or even full timers that have not been exposed to whatever baby has. However, I'd just go with my illness policy. If the kid still has excludable symptoms, I would exclude. My illness policy specifically says, the final decision for inclusion into care rests for the provider. It is because of situations like these.
Blackcat31 11:48 AM 07-29-2013
Originally Posted by julie:
Well, that's nice of the doctor who doesn't take care of multiple children, if he did in fact say that. Way to put you on the spot! Not to mention, he doesn't know if you have part timers/drop ins/ or even full timers that have not been exposed to whatever baby has. However, I'd just go with my illness policy. If the kid still has excludable symptoms, I would exclude. My illness policy specifically says, the final decision for inclusion into care rests for the provider. It is because of situations like these.
Well, that's nice of the doctor who doesn't take care of multiple children, if he did in fact say that. Way to put you on the spot! Not to mention, he doesn't know if you have part timers/drop ins/ or even full timers that have not been exposed to whatever baby has. However, I'd just go with my illness policy. If the kid still has excludable symptoms, I would exclude. My illness policy specifically says, the final decision for inclusion into care rests for the provider. It is because of situations like these.
I also have irritability and "requiring more care than normal" as reasons to exclude.
EntropyControlSpecialist 12:18 PM 07-29-2013
Mine must stay home until they are symptom free for at least 24 hours. So ... nope! No go!
MyAngels 12:22 PM 07-29-2013
This is the reason I added "I am the final authority on whether your child can attend care for the day, not your doctor" to my policies.
Unregistered 01:40 PM 07-29-2013
Originally Posted by melilley:
All my kids have something! Runny noses and boogers are everywhere here...yuck! I wonder if something is going around.....again.
The doctor is just saying that the child is healthy enough to attend daycare, himself. He is assessing the child, not whether the child is contagious. I would require that the child stay away until he is not going to infect others.All my kids have something! Runny noses and boogers are everywhere here...yuck! I wonder if something is going around.....again.
coolconfidentme 02:18 PM 07-29-2013
Originally Posted by EntropyControlSpecialist:
Mine must stay home until they are symptom free for at least 24 hours. So ... nope! No go!
My policy says the same thing. When I refereed him to the policy, I mentioned the doctor could call me & we could discuss how illness is spread.Mine must stay home until they are symptom free for at least 24 hours. So ... nope! No go!