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Do you send kids with diarrhea home?
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Yes if it's the actual watery stuff and not just loose stools. -
My policy is two or more watery bowel movements while they are in my care I send them home, and if there are more when they are at home, they have to be 24 hour symptom free before they can return.
Some of the children I have cared for have watery bowel movements while they are teething, so I just use my judgement whether or not it is illness/flu related or something else.Comment
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He is 5 years old and he also told his mom that his stomach hurts, she then told me that he did have a litlle diarrhea at home but then blamed it on last nights supper!Comment
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Wow! I just came on here to ask about this. The little boy I watch (he's almost 2) has had 2 very loose watery stools. Other than that he seems fine other than a bit fussy. I'm debating whether to call mom or not. I do have in my sick policy that unexplained diarehha (such as you are on antibitics so it can be expected) is not permitted but now that it is happening I am not sure what to do. I guess I'll wait & see what happens. If he has another one soon I think I will call.Comment
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I think if he has another one I would send him home. Wait until you feed him snack or lunch. If it's an illness that would do it for sure.Originally posted by janarae View PostComment
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My policy is 3 watery stools within a 24 hour period.
If I know for certain that the child is not teething etc I wait for the second watery stool before calling the parent. I don't initially call at this time to have the child picked up, just to notify the parent that the child may need to be picked up if it happens again a third time. If the child is fussy however and difficult and it's obvious that something is wrong then I do ask the child to be picked up immediately.
If the child is acting normal then I wait for the third time to call again and ask the child to be picked up.Comment
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I just made a call, parent for 3 in an hour & half.Comment
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How do your parents react about picking up a sick child? Were they understanding? I've never had to call although one time I had to call b/c one of my little guys had a slight fever (100.3) & it was close to my limit (100.5) so I called to ask if I could give Tylenol. Parent didn't even seem concerned about the fever. Now if the fever came back after the Tylenol weared off I was going to call to have him picked up but I got the impression that it "was not important enough" from the parent despite my illness policy.Originally posted by tymaboy View PostComment
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Normally my parents are pretty good. This was the DCB that is leaving this week & was being picked up early. His mom usualy trys to tell me that its teething (or some kind of an excuse) Dad picked up & said that it must have been something they ate cuz he had it last nite.Comment
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I do the same as JennyBoo, that's our state policy. I do have one little girl who has constipation issues so they give her something for it and it can cause her to have watery diarrhea a couple + times per day, but I know that about her so I dont' callComment
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Isn't that so funny, some parents always trying to come up with their best excuse on everything!! I hate that!!! I don't have so much of this, but I know a good friend of mine does!!!Originally posted by tymaboy View PostComment
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