Daycare pick up with a sick sibling

[dcn]

Ds1 is 5 and is home with a stomach bug and cold. Or maybe flu? I don’t know. He hasn’t vomited since 1:30 this morning so that’s good.

I have to pick up ds2 from daycare later (H has a late meeting and won’t be home until well after daycare closes at 6). We don’t have family here and my emergency contact works until 6.

I don’t want to bring Ds1 inside. I am tempted to leave him in the car but don’t want someone to call the police on me.

So my options are to maybe have him ride in a stroller? He’s coughing a lot though. Or maybe call and ask if someone can bring ds2 out to me?

Wwyd?

[bdubs419]

I have had to deal with this a handful of times. I will always call a few minutes before and ask them to bring my child out to me. They don't normally do that of course, but in that situation obviously it makes the most sense. Many times the director will just do it since the teachers themselves need to stay in their classrooms.

[MDmomof2]

I've been in this situation before and called daycare to ask them to have my son ready in the lobby and then they walked him out the front door when I arrived. I'm not sure they could leave the building, technically, but I was able to park right out front and they showed him out the door. I have also brought my sick kid in and left her on a chair in the lobby while I picked up the other one. Good luck!

[vtdiamond]

I've had to do this a few times for day care pick up and drop off with my twins, although it's usually due to cough/wheezing. Typically, I bring the sick kid in with me and then leave them at the front desk with he Director/Asst. Director while I drop off/pick up the other kid.

I think it's worth a shot to call ahead and explain the situation and see if someone could bring your other child out to the car for you.

[countthestars]

I've done what vtdiamond did, but I think calling first is a good idea too!

[Susie]

I've never had to do it since I only have one, but I'd probably call and ask the director to bring the kid out to me in the parking lot. If she couldn't/wouldn't, at least she'd have had the opportunity to tell me what she'd rather have me do.

[kdubs923]

I haven't encountered this often, but last time DD was sick, I brought her in while I was picking up DS. She looked pathetic and was nearly passed out on my shoulder as I went in.

The people at the front desk said if I had called, they would have been happy to bring DS up to the lobby and out to the car so as not to disturb DD.

So.... try calling and see what they say? Worst they say is no.

[lolo]

My daughter's preschool specifically offered to walk her out if her brother was ill. We just call when in parking lot and either a teacher or one of the office staff will walk her out and have us sign her out in the car.

[dcn]

Thanks everyone! They brought him out to me and were very nice about it.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Last year I did leave ds in the car when he was sick and I was picking dd up, but he was 7 years old, so I deemed that old enough to wait a minute while I ran in and got dd. Previous years I'd asked another mom to walk dd out for me. If I didn't have another mom I could ask I'd def. call and ask them to have her ready to go and waiting at the door.

[NandaB]

I would and have left a 5 year old alone in the car for the 5ish minutes it takes me to get my middle kid from preschool.

[CloudBee]

A few times this year alone I've had moms ask if I would stand next to their car (containing their sick child) while they ran in for pickup. Basically they just flagged me down on the fly.

I'm happy it worked out well for you today. Sorry about the sick kiddo!