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Sick baby...Work? Doctor?

mjclevemjcleve member
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These decisions are my ultimate weakness!

I'm the type of person that goes to work no matter what, never goes to the doctor (never really sick), etc.

I have a hard time deciding when I need to call the doctor for DS, because I've never been a "doctor person", but of course want to make sure I'm taking him in when he needs to go in.

So he's basically had colds nonstop since starting daycare.  I've stayed home 2 days with him about a month ago when he had a really bad cough and seemed miserable.  I called the doctor and they said he didn't need to come in for a cold (as I assumed they would).

Today he was miserable with an absolutely terrible cough.  Checked his temp...99.5.  I plan on staying home at least in the morning to "assess the situation" because if he's anything like today he'll need more attention than daycare can provide.  I suppose I'll call the doctor again to see what they say.

But I can't be staying home every other week with the kid (although I wish I could) unless he truly needs it!  What is your criteria for calling the doctor and staying home from work?  I just wish I was a SAHM and didn't have to worry about this.

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  • tqsbridetqsbride
    Wish I had a response for you but I just started DS at daycare last week and yep...he caught a cold.  I wonder if your post is what is waiting for me in the future.  I've always wondered how the working moms deal with sick kids without jeapordizing their jobs.  Now I'm one of them.  Wish I could stay at home too.
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  • firsttogofirsttogo
    He is your baby, work is a job. . . that should be your answer
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  • mjclevemjcleve member

    imagefirsttogo:
    He is your baby, work is a job. . . that should be your answer

    Oh, that is, and fortunately I have a boss who understands that.  BUT...the second day I stayed home last month, I realized that I probably didn't need to stay home and maybe should have saved that day for another time when he really needed it.  I don't know why, but I just have a hard time making these decisions!

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  • susianddansusianddan
    If you let him go to daycare, someone else will just end up with the cold and it'll continue the vicious cycle. ?If a kid has a fever, s/he shouldn't go back to school until 24 hrs after the fever is gone. ?I would apply the same rule for daycare. ?Hope he's better soon!
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  • MegGaryMegGary member

    I feel for you. I never know when to call the doctor. I say send him to daycare as long as he doesn't have a fever or isn't throwing up. If he's sick enough they will call you & ask you to pick him up.

    If you just don't feel right leaving him in daycare than stay home with him. Sometimes a day home with mom can make him feel better anyway.  

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  • tqsbridetqsbride

    I plan on using family leave if DS is sick beyond 1 day. 

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  • mjclevemjcleve member

    imagesusianddan:
    If you let him go to daycare, someone else will just end up with the cold and it'll continue the vicious cycle.  If a kid has a fever, s/he shouldn't go back to school until 24 hrs after the fever is gone.  I would apply the same rule for daycare.  Hope he's better soon!

    Yes, that is the rule at daycare but he doesnt have a fever!  And if I didn't bring him in when he has a cold, then I would never bring him in and have to quit my job.  That's just the joys of daycare...those kids built up immunity very fast.

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  • B*B*
    Im so glad you asked this.... I took DS to daycare last week with a pretty bad cough. I felt guilty ALL day! He didn't have a fever or anything and he seemed happy as could be...so that was my criteria for going to work and taking him to daycare. But I wondered all day if I should have kept him home.  I usually go off of how he is acting and of course if he has a fever. I would like to hear what others do.
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  • mjclevemjcleve member

    imageB*:
    He didn't have a fever or anything and he seemed happy as could be...so that was my criteria for going to work and taking him to daycare.

     That always makes it harder for me too!  The second day I stayed home last month, he had a terrible cough but was as happy as could be!  I really felt like I was playing hooky and wished I had gone to work (although I enjoyed the day home with him).

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  • BlueRidgeMamaBlueRidgeMama member

    imagefirsttogo:
    He is your baby, work is a job. . . that should be your answer

    She wasn't asking what her priority should be. She was asking how to best care for and provide for him.

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  • firsttogofirsttogo
    Sorry if that came off nasty! I was fired while on bedrest for my pregnancy, and I have a chip on my shoulder for the employers sometimes. That experience has caused me to kind of have a don't mess with a mother and her baby attitude. I just meant that if your gut is telling you to stay with him, then that is what you should do. If I would have remained at work like they expected, Neither of us would be here today.
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