My daughter had high fever from friday till yesterday afternoon. Since yesterday she does not have any fever. She loves her day care and her care taker. Also, we live in an apartment and she does not want to stay in the whole day even if she is sick. Did I do anything wrong in sending her off to day care. I have asked the day care lady to give me a call if she cries or has fever. I feel so guilty. But I know the day care lady will take care of her as good as me.
2007-06-05 05:55:02 · 19 answers · asked by Kiana 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
For some of the concerned anwerers, The doctor said she could join the day care and gave me a note for the same. Her day care wont accept children unless a doctor says she is fine to go.
2007-06-05 06:18:11 · update #1
Trust your doctor. Alot of daycares have a 24 hour rule about fevers and vomiting. However, Kids will be contagious before the fever even begins. The fever is fighting the virus. So your daughter is less contagious now then before she stayed home. As long as she is feeling up to it she should go! Kids bounce back pretty quick. Just make sure your daycare lady gives her lots of water. It is still easy for her to dehydrate if she is running around. You have nothing to feel guilty about! You probably feel worse about it than she does.
2007-06-05 07:06:17 · answer #1 · answered by TBECK 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think with situations like that it is always a judgment call. The biggest thing I would worry about is if she were contagious and likely to give what she had to the other children. I tend to error on the side of caution and keep my kids home an extra day. But I would not say you did anything "wrong". I understand feeling guilty (I'm a mom too, so I know guilt). The daycare will call you if she needs you to come get her. Why not give them a call to check how things are going? That might help you feel better.
Bonnie
2007-06-05 06:01:15 · answer #2 · answered by Bonnie 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I think your daughter is fine, but I do think that if she could even be the least bit contagious, you should have kept her home. What about the other children? It's not just about you and your own. I fully realize that you have to go to work and when there is a change in schedule (i.e. a sickness), it sucks. But I would have kept my son home because A: if he's not feeling up to par he truly wants his mommy and B: the other kids shouldn't get sick because your daughter doesn't want to stay in the apartment all day. That said, what's done is done and don't feel guilty anymore. If tomorrow she feels a bit bad and there's some signs of sickness keep her home and you won't feel guilty anymore.
2007-06-05 06:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by missy s 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You don't need to feel guilty, and if she likes the daycare then even better. My kids run fevers so randomly that you could spend a lot of time off work in case the fever comes back. You do not need to feel bad, its so hard being a mom sometimes and all the guilt we place on ourselves, when most of the time the kids are fine.
2007-06-05 06:01:15 · answer #4 · answered by Miss Coffee 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I've always been told to wait 24 hours after the fever breaks before taking my child around other kids. It's not a good idea to expose your child to other well children if he or she might still be contageous. It's a good idea to get the OK from the pediatrician before continuing normal daily routines. Keep the other children and their parents in mind, and the daycare providers. Would a sick child concern you in the daycare where you send your child? Would a sick child concern you as a daycare worker?
2007-06-05 06:05:56 · answer #5 · answered by abilane78 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You don't pass around a fever...you pass around a sickness. The fever is just a symptom of what else was really happening. I sometimes get chills from just being run-down...doesn't mean I'm sick. If she felt good and you think that she was back to normal, then you did fine.
2007-06-05 06:15:51 · answer #6 · answered by Silver B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're not going to like my answer and I mean it with all due respect and hope it doesn't come out rude. Yes. Daycare workers get paid minimum wage. We do not have time to rinse out and wash every child's dirty underwear who has a blow-out. Your child is not the only one in the daycare-if you think we have time to wash her poop stained underwear out while being responsible for several other children you are sorely mistaken about what our day entails. What you SHOULD expect is that they at least get most of the poop out by dunking it in a flushed toilet and rinsing it that way. But is it our responsibility to get the poop out of stained underwear? Absolutely not. Even when we rinse it-poop will still be in there. Are you sure they're not rinsing it and it's just the remainder? If your child is having that many blowouts perhaps you should try some pull-ups until she can go in the potty with only one blow-out per week or none.
2016-05-17 09:03:11 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, you did not do anything wrong. It sounds like she is well on the way to recovery, and the doctor gave you a green light to bring her to daycare. Plus, your daycare provider would have called you if there was a problem. You did the right thing.
2007-06-05 06:41:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sending your child to a child care facility is not wrong. You just really need to do your homework, when it comes to child care facility. Her fever could've came from anything. The bad part about child care facilities, some parents still send their child there sick. You did nothing wrong.
2007-06-05 07:06:02 · answer #9 · answered by tllymchll 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope its all good imo. If you are worried about being a bad mom or whatever your not. Kids get sick and if they are feeling better they need to get outta the house and play. You did nothing wrong.
2007-06-05 06:34:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋