Daycare & temperatures (XP)

ladipale · November 2011

Our daycare seems to take E's temperature all.the.time! Anytime she is a slight bit fussy or cranky, they take her temperature. Its almost always somewhere in the 99.3 - 99.5 range and they mention it at pickup. I have not asked how they take it, I'm assuming underarm.

Only twice has it creeped above 100, but once was last week,on Thursday afternoon at 4pm. When I got her home, she was fine, her temp was 98.9. We kept her home on Friday even though she was fine.

I just called them about something else and just asked how she was doing today, the time change made for a rough Sunday, and her care provider said she has been cranky and fussy and her temp was 99.7 before they put her down for a nap.

I don't know why it bugs me that they take her temp anytime she is acting abnormally. Would it bother you? I should also mention they are trying to transition her to only 1 nap/day which may contribute to her crakiness. Should I be concerned that her temp creeps into the 99 range so frequently?

I should note that she is in the infant room of a daycare center.

hersheykiss · November 2011

It wouldn't bother me so much about the temp taking as it would that they are trying to change her to a 1 nap a day. That would annoy me beyond belief. We let E set her nap schedule and until she was around 23 months, took 2 naps a day. Your LO isn't even a year old. Most 1 yr olds need 2 naps still.

ladipale · November 2011

I'm not that bothered by the nap thing. Ellie has never been a good napper. She is now taking 1 2 hour nap instead of 2 45 min naps. If it was a big deal, I would make a bigger issue of the nap thing.

jsugrin · November 2011

It would bother me because it seems like they are looking for a reason to send her home. A temp goes up and down all day long in a perfectly healthy body so unless they suspect a fever and illness I don't think they should be taking her temp every day, let alone multiple times a day. I can tell very quickly by a touch if my kids have a fever and have probably only taken their temps a handful of times (outside of the time Andrew had the flu and we dealt with a 106+ temps).

I would be concerned that A. they are looking for an excuse to send her home B. that they are struggling with her temperment or C. Do they medicate fevers? I guess I'd really be examining their reasoning for taking it so often.

AvaLikeLava · November 2011

Sounds like your daycare is very anal about the no-fever rule. I don't know if it's time of year, staffing, or just general practice.

Our daycare has a "go home at 101 fever" policy, and they inact it often w/ my kids. However they don't tell me every day what their temp ran.

I think 99 is fine, to be honest. Kids move around a lot, cry, laugh, and temperature will change with these activities. I'd ask them to only tell me about it if it goes over 100. Otherwise, it's like saying "Oh, she blinked 105 times in the last hour"

SJBride05 · November 2011

hersheykiss:
It wouldn't bother me so much about the temp taking as it would that they are trying to change her to a 1 nap a day. That would annoy me beyond belief. We let E set her nap schedule and until she was around 23 months, took 2 naps a day. Your LO isn't even a year old. Most 1 yr olds need 2 naps still.

Obviously, not all kids are the same. It's perfectly normal for some babies to drop their 2nd nap at that age, DS did the same at Ellie's age. L wasn't asking for opinions on her daughter's nap schedule, she wanted advice on the frequent temp taking.

hersheykiss · November 2011

ladipale:
I'm not that bothered by the nap thing. Ellie has never been a good napper. She is now taking 1 2 hour nap instead of 2 45 min naps. If it was a big deal, I would make a bigger issue of the nap thing.

That is why we are different people as what drives me batty doesn't drive you batty. If the temp thing is an issue then let them know.

ladipale · November 2011

AvaLikeLava:
Sounds like your daycare is very anal about the no-fever rule. I don't know if it's time of year, staffing, or just general practice.
Our daycare has a "go home at 101 fever" policy, and they inact it often w/ my kids. However they don't tell me every day what their temp ran.
I think 99 is fine, to be honest. Kids move around a lot, cry, laugh, and temperature will change with these activities. I'd ask them to only tell me about it if it goes over 100. Otherwise, it's like saying "Oh, she blinked 105 times in the last hour"

Thanks. They don't always tell me, and in fact, back at the end of the spring, we kind of told them to stop telling us unless they wanted us to pick her up, but they still write it down on her daily sheet. She has been crankier than usual the last few days (and clingy) could be teeth, growth spurt, who knows! I do appreciate they are on top of things, but sometimes I do wonder if they are looking for a reason to send her home!

Structenggal · November 2011

ladipale:
I do appreciate they are on top of things, but sometimes I do wonder if they are looking for a reason to send her home!

I'd probably ask HOW they are taking her temp (our daycare does it in the ear) and not to tell me unless it's an actual fever.

I was *convinced* last year that they were sending Elliott home because they were understaffed. For awhile he was being sent home on just about every Thursday for a "fever" or "we think he might have pinkeye." There was never anything wrong with him but he wasn't allowed back on Friday because he had to be fever free for 24 hrs. I was absolutely convinced someone wanted Friday off and they had to unload some kids. Fortunately that stopped before I had to tell them that I was onto them!

Mrs.K&C · November 2011

LOL - it sounds like me! I took DD's temp all the time at that age because she consistently ran around 99 to 100 and I couldn't figure out if something was wrong or not.

Yes, it would bug me - for whatever reason it would bug me. Just one of those extra things you really don't need to deal with when you pick your kid up from daycare. I would tell them that you took her to the pediatrician and about the temps and that the pedi told you it is completely normal and there is nothing to worry about and absolutely no need to continue taking her temperature so much. Sometimes it's ok to fib.

danandkelly · November 2011

I'd be irritated, was it in the contract or the info that they'd be taking her temp so regularly? Do they take everyones temp. It seems like they're looking for sometihng to be wrong with her.

I think I'd ask about it just because I'd be curious as to why they are doing it so much, and if they have a valid reason I'd accept it, but with no reason I'd be upset.

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