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June 2015 Moms
uta10
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Sick and daycare???
uta10
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LO caught a bug this weekend and has been sick. It sucks!!! I have been burning my measley few days left to take care of her and have been in and out of the doctor's with her, poor little thing! I am keeping her home from daycare because I think it's the right thing to do.
Well now the doctor says she can go back to daycare (they actually said she could have gone back today but I am being careful). She has no fever but still a bad sounding cough and is fussy, but the doctor says she's no longer contagious and can go back. She can go back per daycare policy too. The doctor says having the cough persist for even a week would be totally normal at this point.
Well so I feel awful and guilty to send her back with a cough and being fussy but I obviously can't take a week off work if I want to still have a job! This is my first baby so I don't know what people usually do or how to handle it. I also can't predict how many times she will get sick so I may really need my days saved....and I just got back from maternity leave like 2 weeks ago so timing is awful!
What to do??? Anyone with a little one in daycare know what people usually do?
Well now the doctor says she can go back to daycare (they actually said she could have gone back today but I am being careful). She has no fever but still a bad sounding cough and is fussy, but the doctor says she's no longer contagious and can go back. She can go back per daycare policy too. The doctor says having the cough persist for even a week would be totally normal at this point.
Well so I feel awful and guilty to send her back with a cough and being fussy but I obviously can't take a week off work if I want to still have a job! This is my first baby so I don't know what people usually do or how to handle it. I also can't predict how many times she will get sick so I may really need my days saved....and I just got back from maternity leave like 2 weeks ago so timing is awful!
What to do??? Anyone with a little one in daycare know what people usually do?
Re: Sick and daycare???
Croup is a respiratory condition that is usually triggered by an acute viral infection of the upper airway. The infection leads to swelling inside the throat, which interferes with normal breathing and produces the classical symptoms of a "barking" cough, stridor, and hoarseness. It may produce mild, moderate, or severe symptoms, which often worsen at night. It is often treated with a single dose of oral steroids; occasionally inhaled epinephrine is used in more severe cases. Hospitalization is rarely required.
DS is prone to it and has be hospitalized twice because of it. My pediatrician gave us a script for the steroids so we can administer it as soon as we hear the barking cough and hopefully avoid the ER and an over night stay. Kids eventually grow out of it. Thank god!
@dancegurl1118 My older son had croup several times and all the old ladies in the neighborhood said to bundle him up and rock him outside in the cold air. I finally tried it in desperation and it helped his breathing so much. You probably know more medically to know that perhaps its not a good idea so feel free to ignore me. It did really work for us.
@staceyfern I don't use daycare, but I'd be so pissed if that happened to me. Oh hell no. I fully would have said something. I'm glad you did. I get not being able to NOT leave the kid with daycare, she's got to work and has no other option, but just own it. Tell the providor your kid may have a stomach bug, at least so the provider can take precautions.