What do you expect daycare to do with a sick kid?

[yellowbrkrd]

If a child throws up and is clearly sick, what do you expect your daycare provider to do with the sick child while they are waiting for the parents to get there? 

[Deleted]

Oh pick me! This just happened. They changed his shirt and cleaned him up but it was only a few minutes before I got there so he was still with the rest of the class. Other times he was in the office with the director.

[arch01]

Ours has a side office that they're kept in right behind the front desk. They're taken out of the classroom immediately.

[panicked]

Isolate them, preferably laying on a protected couch (towels/sheets), with a bucket and an easily washable quiet activity

[kategm]

They should sit in the director's office. However my daughter had a fever on Monday. They just put her in her crib to nap which I was ok with too.

[greycat]

DS was sick once when he was in the infant room (fever, no vomiting). The director brought him to the front office and snuggled him until I got there.

[yellowbrkrd]

Okay, I'm glad to hear I'm not crazy. DH said when he picked up M he noticed that another child had recently vomited. He then realized the kid was still in there when the teacher said to one of the boys "you need to go sit down and rest, you're still sick" and handed him a bucket. I'm annoyed that he was still in the room and hadn't been removed. They had already cleaned up the vomit, so I doubt it had *just* happened.

[mcfelix]

I've actually never thought about this!! I wouldn't expect them to hand the kid a bucket and sit in the classroom though.

[july]

Sit in directors office or front desk, change shirt, provide bucket.

At Ds school party last year, two toddlers had projectile vomit within 10 minutes. I was just sitting there at the table eating my snack with my daughter and the kids started going down. D went down that night.

[Deleted]

The daycare DD will attend has an infirmary room for kids if this sort of thing happens. A staff member accompanies him/her until a parent arrives.

[lauralala]

Our current daycare has a couch in the director's office, so kids can lay in there. That is crazy that the kid was still in class and they just handed him a bucket!

[cjeanette]

Jan 15, 2015 21:51:22 GMT -5 yellowbrkrd said:

Okay, I'm glad to hear I'm not crazy. DH said when he picked up M he noticed that another child had recently vomited. He then realized the kid was still in there when the teacher said to one of the boys "you need to go sit down and rest, you're still sick" and handed him a bucket. I'm annoyed that he was still in the room and hadn't been removed. They had already cleaned up the vomit, so I doubt it had *just* happened.

Oh hell no. They need to go up front with the director and rest on a cot. Not be around the other kids.

[chickens987]

We are at an in-home, so she can't isolate the kids. She cleaned DD up, cleaned hands well and tried to keep her from touching the other kids/toys.

[arch01]

Jan 15, 2015 21:51:22 GMT -5 yellowbrkrd said:

Okay, I'm glad to hear I'm not crazy. DH said when he picked up M he noticed that another child had recently vomited. He then realized the kid was still in there when the teacher said to one of the boys "you need to go sit down and rest, you're still sick" and handed him a bucket. I'm annoyed that he was still in the room and hadn't been removed. They had already cleaned up the vomit, so I doubt it had *just* happened.

At certain times during the day, there isn't a great opportunity for other staff to come get a sick kid in our setup. It may be a bit before they can get another teacher/staff member down there to get the kid. I wouldn't be too upset over this. 

[Deleted]

Whenever this happened with J.they would clean him up and then he would be usually on his cot or with a teacher separated from the other kids.

[panicked]

Another thing I can think of is that the kid isn't really "sick." I had a skid once who had he uncanny ability to throw up whenever he wanted to go home. It got to the point that we made it so that if he wasn't really sick, he got a bucket and had to sit down until he didn't want to puke anymore. It's more common than you'd think for kids to puke without being truly sick.

[galaxy8227]

They've cleaned up DS and DD (separate occasions) and then kept them in the kitchen or rest area with one of the teachers until we've come to get them. It's an at-home but more than one DCP on staff. Always been separated as soon as it's happened.

[Ashley&Scott]

Clean the kid up & comfort them. Try to separate them from the class, but not actually take them out of their classroom. (so sick kid & 1 teacher would be sitting reading while the rest of the class would be playing or doing another activity)

[mrssandro]

I don't know. This is a tough one.

I am pretty sure that the virus has already entered the room at that point so I don't really see a necessary need to isolate the child. Though I do understand why you would.

I think during the school years the kid who was sick was sent to the nurse to be picked up. I was picked up on occasion for puking.

[NothingWrongwithOhio]

When DD was sick at our first (smaller) daycare, she was still in the infant room and a spare teacher (she was for the school age kids, so did most of her work in the afternoons, but often came in early to cover breaks, etc) was cuddling her in a rocking chair away from the other babies.

In our current daycare, there's space in the front office for sick kids.

[panicked]

Jan 16, 2015 9:20:04 GMT -5 galaxy8227 said:

They've cleaned up DS and DD (separate occasions) and then kept them in the kitchen or rest area with one of the teachers until we've come to get them. It's an at-home but more than one DCP on staff. Always been separated as soon as it's happened.

The fact that they put a sick kid in a kitchen makes me so grossed out.

[degal99]

Our center used to have a nurse and resting room for sick kids. But they got rid of both. Vomiting I would expect to have them cleaned up and separated. Same with eye gunk. We've been called for a fever and DD was just hanging out with the other kids.

But, so far her fevers have only come from ear infections.

[galaxy8227]

Jan 16, 2015 11:23:44 GMT -5 panicked said:

Jan 16, 2015 9:20:04 GMT -5 galaxy8227 said:

They've cleaned up DS and DD (separate occasions) and then kept them in the kitchen or rest area with one of the teachers until we've come to get them. It's an at-home but more than one DCP on staff. Always been separated as soon as it's happened.

The fact that they put a sick kid in a kitchen makes me so grossed out.

Sorry should have been more clear--her kitchen has a separate area to her living room which is where the sick kids go if needed--they aren't near the prep or eating area.

[mlt]

The sickie is removed and allowed to lie on a cot in the front lobby. Definitely not allowed to stay with the other kids!

[catbus]

Jan 16, 2015 10:32:35 GMT -5 Ashley&Scott said:

Clean the kid up & comfort them. Try to separate them from the class, but not actually take them out of their classroom. (so sick kid & 1 teacher would be sitting reading while the rest of the class would be playing or doing another activity)

Huh, ours is like this. It never occurred to me this wouldn't be the norm. They do require parents pick up within X amount of time from being notified the kid needs to go home (can't remember exactly; 1 hour? 45 minutes?). I mean, practically, the kid isn't any more contagious post-vomit than pre-vomit. 

[Ashley&Scott]

Jan 16, 2015 11:44:40 GMT -5 catbus said:

Jan 16, 2015 10:32:35 GMT -5 Ashley&Scott said:

Clean the kid up & comfort them. Try to separate them from the class, but not actually take them out of their classroom. (so sick kid & 1 teacher would be sitting reading while the rest of the class would be playing or doing another activity)

Huh, ours is like this. It never occurred to me this wouldn't be the norm. They do require parents pick up within X amount of time from being notified the kid needs to go home (can't remember exactly; 1 hour? 45 minutes?). I mean, practically, the kid isn't any more contagious post-vomit than pre-vomit. 

M would be a hot mess if he was separated from his class & put in an unfamiliar location like the front office or lunchroom with a random teacher, he does not do well with new places or new people.