JumpingJacks
20-12-2012, 03:38 PM
Hi all I'm after a bit of advice. I'm also wondering if many CMs exclude all children needing calpol/ibuprofen? Please excuse me if I waffle currently nursing tonsillitis and head is not working great today!
The reason I'm asking is that sickness has been horrendous in my house this winter. Myself and my daughter have been ill for about 6 weeks on and off.
At present my sickness policy is inline with the eyfs. Children can attend if they need calpol but have to return home/be collected if they aren't well enough to join in with the daily routine and activities and require extra care that takes effects the care of other minded children.
I exclude inline with the hpa guidelines.
The matter of concern is related to viral infections vs bacterial infections. Doctors here don't routinely swab for infections to find out of infections are viral or bacterial. They just advise parents what they think and to come back in 48 hours if no better. From personal experience 9/10 of cases coming in to my house, go on to need antibiotics to clear the infection as its bacterial.
One parent inparticular has to take her lo to the doctors fairly regularly for tonsillitis. Phones up after saying its viral so she can come back. Gives her calpol/ibuprofen etc and permission for me to do so. Low and behold with in the next few days my daughter or I go down with it.
Having been to the doctors myself this morning requesting clear cut answers, it's so hard for them to give any guidelines, just as the hpa guidelines state no exclusion. However as the gp said its highly contagious but they could pick it up anywhere.
Hygiene practice is very good here and all children are very good with hand-washing etc. there is physically nothing more i can see that i can do other than exclude children who have it?
I appreciate mum has to work but so do I and I've Lost a good 8 days this month alone due to my daughter and myself both picking it up of a mindee.
I don't mean to moan, but I'm getting to the point where it's getting ridiculous and I can't keep putting my daughter through this.
Any advice? Please be gentle with me
The reason I'm asking is that sickness has been horrendous in my house this winter. Myself and my daughter have been ill for about 6 weeks on and off.
At present my sickness policy is inline with the eyfs. Children can attend if they need calpol but have to return home/be collected if they aren't well enough to join in with the daily routine and activities and require extra care that takes effects the care of other minded children.
I exclude inline with the hpa guidelines.
The matter of concern is related to viral infections vs bacterial infections. Doctors here don't routinely swab for infections to find out of infections are viral or bacterial. They just advise parents what they think and to come back in 48 hours if no better. From personal experience 9/10 of cases coming in to my house, go on to need antibiotics to clear the infection as its bacterial.
One parent inparticular has to take her lo to the doctors fairly regularly for tonsillitis. Phones up after saying its viral so she can come back. Gives her calpol/ibuprofen etc and permission for me to do so. Low and behold with in the next few days my daughter or I go down with it.
Having been to the doctors myself this morning requesting clear cut answers, it's so hard for them to give any guidelines, just as the hpa guidelines state no exclusion. However as the gp said its highly contagious but they could pick it up anywhere.
Hygiene practice is very good here and all children are very good with hand-washing etc. there is physically nothing more i can see that i can do other than exclude children who have it?
I appreciate mum has to work but so do I and I've Lost a good 8 days this month alone due to my daughter and myself both picking it up of a mindee.
I don't mean to moan, but I'm getting to the point where it's getting ridiculous and I can't keep putting my daughter through this.
Any advice? Please be gentle with me