Flu advice for daycare?

[starryfish]

DD (13m old) got sent home yesterday for fever which they claim it was 101/101.8 at 9am. I got her home and checked and she had a 99 fever at 10am. Got her to doctor yesterday bc they told us there was a confirmed flu case in her classroom. She has flu and ear infection. She hasn't had anything over a 100 degree fever today and has been fine. She has no symptoms really of the flu. Do I need to keep her out tomorrow too? Technically I could send her bc she's been fever (101.4 or less) for 24 hours but I wasn't sure....3 days out of work for me this week sucks :-(

[cherry1111]

Are you me? My 14 mo old DD was diagnosed with flu and an ear infection yesterday. Our dr said 24 hrs fever free plus feeling better to go back to daycare.

[stephogirl]

I would send her.

[starryfish]

Jan 11, 2018 17:09:21 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Are you me? My 14 mo old DD was diagnosed with flu and an ear infection yesterday. Our dr said 24 hrs fever free plus feeling better to go back to daycare.

That's what her doctor said too but my sister (no kids but in med school) told me I needed to keep her home tomorrow 🙄

[cherry1111]

Jan 11, 2018 17:09:21 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Are you me? My 14 mo old DD was diagnosed with flu and an ear infection yesterday. Our dr said 24 hrs fever free plus feeling better to go back to daycare. Our DD was sent home late Friday afternoon with a 100.8 fever and it came and went all weekend. She would wake up every morning without a fever and it would become low grade in the evening. When I spoke to the nurse yesterday she was discouraging me to even bring her in because of how low her fever had been. Since starting on the antibiotics for her ear she has had no fever and is totally normal. She’s going back tomorrow.

[cherry1111]

Jan 11, 2018 17:12:33 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Jan 11, 2018 17:09:21 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Are you me? My 14 mo old DD was diagnosed with flu and an ear infection yesterday. Our dr said 24 hrs fever free plus feeling better to go back to daycare.

That's what her doctor said too but my sister (no kids but in med school) told me I needed to keep her home tomorrow 🙄

I was trying to edit my post to add more but ended up quoting myself or something. Lol. I’d send your DD tomorrow.

[starryfish]

Jan 11, 2018 17:12:44 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Jan 11, 2018 17:09:21 GMT -5 cherry1111 said:

Are you me? My 14 mo old DD was diagnosed with flu and an ear infection yesterday. Our dr said 24 hrs fever free plus feeling better to go back to daycare. Our DD was sent home late Friday afternoon with a 100.8 fever and it came and went all weekend. She would wake up every morning without a fever and it would become low grade in the evening. When I spoke to the nurse yesterday she was discouraging me to even bring her in because of how low her fever had been. Since starting on the antibiotics for her ear she has had no fever and is totally normal. She’s going back tomorrow.

Yea I'm thinking hers started over the weekend bc Saturday she slept a lot and didn't feel good but had no real fever (99.5). So I'm hoping we are at the end and not beginning

Ok I feel better. I might send her in a little late just to make sure she's ok tomorrow

[mrssandro]

If she still has a elevated temperature I would not send her.

But if she seems to have already gotten better and has no fever then I don't see a issue sending her.

[jorja]

She tested positive for influenza?

[starryfish]

Jan 11, 2018 19:29:52 GMT -5 jorja said:

She tested positive for influenza?

Yes

[curbsideprophet]

Is she taking medication for the fever? Is she on Tamiflu?

[namasteak]

If she tested positive for the flu I wouldn’t send her but I’m blanking in how long you are contagious when you have it. I would be so annoyed if someone sent their kid to school with the flu and then my kid got it.

[starryfish]

Jan 11, 2018 22:25:11 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

Is she taking medication for the fever? Is she on Tamiflu?

Yes tamiflu. I didn't give her anything for fever until this afternoon when she hit 100. She didn't have any fever yesterday after 10am. She doesn't show any of the flu symptoms and is on antibiotics for ear infection. She's also cutting her top molars and has been running low 99 temps for the past week or so.

[starryfish]

Jan 11, 2018 22:29:21 GMT -5 namasteak said:

If she tested positive for the flu I wouldn’t send her but I’m blanking in how long you are contagious when you have it. I would be so annoyed if someone sent their kid to school with the flu and then my kid got it.

Yea that's the part I don't know either, how long contagious for. She wasn't patient zero in her room. Also pedi said she could go once fever free for 24 hours (fever is 101.4 or higher)

[smock]

Jan 11, 2018 23:55:01 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Jan 11, 2018 22:25:11 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

Is she taking medication for the fever? Is she on Tamiflu?

Yes tamiflu. I didn't give her anything for fever until this afternoon when she hit 100. She didn't have any fever yesterday after 10am. She doesn't show any of the flu symptoms and is on antibiotics for ear infection. She's also cutting her top molars and has been running low 99 temps for the past week or so.

I was going to say send her, but it sounds like she would have had a fever this afternoon if you hadn't given her meds. I wouldn't consider it fever free for 24 hours when she's taking fever reducing medication.

[vamoose]

Jan 11, 2018 23:55:01 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Jan 11, 2018 22:25:11 GMT -5 curbsideprophet said:

Is she taking medication for the fever? Is she on Tamiflu?

Yes tamiflu. I didn't give her anything for fever until this afternoon when she hit 100. She didn't have any fever yesterday after 10am. She doesn't show any of the flu symptoms and is on antibiotics for ear infection. She's also cutting her top molars and has been running low 99 temps for the past week or so.

I would wait until she is 24 hours fever free with no medication. That is a pretty standard rule for daycare.

[mbcdefg]

Our daycare’s rule is not to send them in unless they are “fever free for at least 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication.”

They also noted that not every child with the flu will have a fever.

And said to adhere to CDC guidelines: www.cdc.gov/flu/pdf/freeresources/updated/fluguideforparents.pdf

[kkfeb04]

She's on Tamiflu and just diagnosed. Don't send her! Jeez people it isn't that hard.

[kkfeb04]

Jan 11, 2018 23:56:16 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Jan 11, 2018 22:29:21 GMT -5 namasteak said:

If she tested positive for the flu I wouldn’t send her but I’m blanking in how long you are contagious when you have it. I would be so annoyed if someone sent their kid to school with the flu and then my kid got it.

Yea that's the part I don't know either, how long contagious for. She wasn't patient zero in her room. Also pedi said she could go once fever free for 24 hours (fever is 101.4 or higher)

Just because she wasn't patient zero doesn't mean you send her. Don't be the asshole parent infecting other kids. There are kids at that center who can't get the flu vaccine due to age.

[lilac05]

I'd keep her home.

Fever free with no fever reducing medications for 24 hours is the rule everywhere my kids have gone. And I've never seen a "fever" defined as 101.4. The highest it's ever been for us is 100.4! (And DS1's first daycare sent them home with anything over 99 if they were acting even the tiniest bit "off".)

I know it sucks to miss work, but you'd want other parents to do the same.

[karinothing]

Jan 12, 2018 3:42:59 GMT -5 kkfeb04 said:

She's on Tamiflu and just diagnosed. Don't send her! Jeez people it isn't that hard.

Yes, the flu can kill people. Don't send her.

[numbers]

Please keep her home if she tested positive for influenza.

[starryfish]

Jan 12, 2018 4:40:27 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

I'd keep her home.

Fever free with no fever reducing medications for 24 hours is the rule everywhere my kids have gone. And I've never seen a "fever" defined as 101.4. The highest it's ever been for us is 100.4! (And DS1's first daycare sent them home with anything over 99 if they were acting even the tiniest bit "off".)

I know it sucks to miss work, but you'd want other parents to do the same.

Sorry but this is our daycares rule and what our pedi goes by too. I guess dd had a 101 fever on Monday but they only told me at pickup bc they can't call until it's 101.4

[starryfish]

Alright I will keep her home today from daycare. Thanks all

[Deleted]

I’d keep her home.

My kids frequently have 99-100 temps in the morning and are acting relatively fine and then around 3-4pm they go up a lot (like 102-104) so I can’t never judge if they are healthy until the afternoon. Since you gave medicine in the afternoon she might have gotten well above 100 without it.

[Deleted]

Jan 12, 2018 6:48:54 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Jan 12, 2018 4:40:27 GMT -5 lilac05 said:

I'd keep her home.

Fever free with no fever reducing medications for 24 hours is the rule everywhere my kids have gone. And I've never seen a "fever" defined as 101.4. The highest it's ever been for us is 100.4! (And DS1's first daycare sent them home with anything over 99 if they were acting even the tiniest bit "off".)

I know it sucks to miss work, but you'd want other parents to do the same.

Sorry but this is our daycares rule and what our pedi goes by too. I guess dd had a 101 fever on Monday but they only told me at pickup bc they can't call until it's 101.4

Is that a rectal temp? That would make more sense (though 100.4 is the standard for rectal fever) as that runs high but an underarm of 101.4 is really high. Underarm fever starts at 99.

[lilac05]

Jan 12, 2018 6:48:54 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Sorry but this is our daycares rule and what our pedi goes by too. I guess dd had a 101 fever on Monday but they only told me at pickup bc they can't call until it's 101.4

I wasn't challenging you on that.  AAP has their guidelines (normal is 97-100.4), but certainly there are times my kids are over that and are acting just fine.  You obviously can go by what your pedi and daycare guidelines are.  What I was saying is that I think they're very generous guidelines, so I'd follow them much more closely than if they were 99.  As a parent, I would appreciate that they don't call for every single teething fever!

I hope you enjoy the day together.  Those "sick but not sick" days can be really nice, as long as you don't focus on what you should be getting done at work.

[icedcoffee]

I'm sorry she's sick. For confirmed flu I would keep her home today regardless of temps. Flu can be so dangerous to others and keeping her home will give her the whole weekend to recover. I know how hard it is as a working parent though so big hugs there.

[starryfish]

Jan 12, 2018 8:44:57 GMT -5 @lindy said:

Jan 12, 2018 6:48:54 GMT -5 starryfish said:

Sorry but this is our daycares rule and what our pedi goes by too. I guess dd had a 101 fever on Monday but they only told me at pickup bc they can't call until it's 101.4

Is that a rectal temp? That would make more sense (though 100.4 is the standard for rectal fever) as that runs high but an underarm of 101.4 is really high. Underarm fever starts at 99.

ear temp

[y4m]

Is there some kind of backup care that would allow you to work in situations like this in the future? I agree with keeping her home, but 3 days is rough. We have a backup service that sends a nanny to the house if she's too sick to go to school but I still need to work. Not the most MM thing, but there is peace in knowing there's a plan that doesn't mean I have to balance the need to not get other kids exposed against my need to work.