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Daycare's temp policy and teething

AJplusKevAJplusKev
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So...like most daycares, I'm sure, ours has a temp level at which they send kids home. At ours, it's 100.4. Today I got a call before 9:00 am that C's temp was 100.7, so DH picked him up and he stayed with MIL the rest of the day. He was FINE! He didn't have a temp at all. We suspect he's teething. Are they seriously going to call me and make him go home every time he has a slight teething fever? Of course I will ask them...but just wondering if anyone else has any input.
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  • Abc15379Abc15379 member
    Hmm, at the center where I work, it's 101, and it has to be confirmed by taking the temp 3 times( with 15 minutes in between) to make sure it's not a fluke. They are quick to send babies home though because with a fever, other symptoms aren't far behind, and at that point, if they have a bug they are already contagious.
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  • AJplusKevAJplusKev

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    Hmm, at the center where I work, it's 101, and it has to be confirmed by taking the temp 3 times( with 15 minutes in between) to make sure it's not a fluke. They are quick to send babies home though because with a fever, other symptoms aren't far behind, and at that point, if they have a bug they are already contagious.

    What do you do if it's from teething?

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  • Abc15379Abc15379 member
    We definitely look for other symptoms, but there's no real way to confirm that it is from teething, atleast not in the daycare itself. Has this happened more than once?
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  • AJplusKevAJplusKev

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    We definitely look for other symptoms, but there's no real way to confirm that it is from teething, atleast not in the daycare itself. Has this happened more than once?

    No, just this one time. I'm just not looking forward to it happening again.

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  • Abc15379Abc15379 member
    Well, for your sake I hope it doesn't, but it happens often at my center. It always turns out to be something though. We just sent a toddler home on Wednesday with a fever and it turned out he had an ear infection. His parents had no idea. They also have to be fever-free for 24 hours before they can come back.
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  • x.starshine.xx.starshine.x
    Children don't just run a fever because of teething, there is always something underlying. it could be because he/ she is teething they have put something in their mouth and picked up germs and now have _____? At my center we send them home at 100.0 regardless of why, and they cannot come back for 24 hours.

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  • 2bejunebride062bejunebride06 member

    I asked this exact same question at DD's daycare and they kinda danced around the answer.  They ended up saying that if it was a fever solely related to teething and she had no other symptoms, she could stay, but if she had any other symptoms of a cold/flu, she had to be picked up.  They also said that in order for her temperature to be solely related to teething she should have some signs of teething - cutting a tooth, excessive drooling, etc.

    Her daycare normally has a policy where you have to wait 24 hours before they can return after having a fever, but they told me that this does not apply if they are running a fever due to having shots, teeting, or something unrelated to a cold/flu.

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  • MrsShrek1028MrsShrek1028 member

    imagex.starshine.x:
    Children don't just run a fever because of teething, there is always something underlying. it could be because he/ she is teething they have put something in their mouth and picked up germs and now have _____? At my center we send them home at 100.0 regardless of why, and they cannot come back for 24 hours.

    chloe has 12 teeth and every time she is teething she gets a mild fever, runny nose, constant drooling and is cranky. then when the tooth cuts she no longer has a fever or any of the rest of that.

    Thing 1 = April 2008, 38weeks 8lbs 7oz 19in
    Thing 2 = May 2009, Stillborn 33weeks 4lbs 9oz 18in
    Thing 3 = October 2010, 27weeks 4days 2lbs 4oz 14.25in


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