LolaBags
17-12-2010, 09:00 PM
Hi all
Would appreciate any advice. My son has been in close contact with his cousin (goodbye kiss on the lips!) 2 days before his cousin came out with pox rash - I found out today that he's had the rash all week.
If my son has contracted it, then I have calculated that he is likely to be infectious from this Monday.
I have a hospital op on Thursday booked. Another childminder was covering my children and now she can't because the parent's of her mindee have told her they don't want her coming into contact with my son, or my other mindees if there is even a chance he has contracted it. Because of that, I am now going to have to cancel 5 full-day mindees that day, give refunds and still pay my assistant, so as you can imagine I am out of pocket already.
Although I have no idea if my son is going to contract it, I still want to warn all parents of my mindees, (one of which is pregnant and one mindee is immuno-comprimised). But knowing the parents of my kids, there is a high chance they will not want to come in.
Now, the predicament is, do I say that I am officially open for business until I know he has the pox and therefore if they choose not to send their kids then I will still charge them, or do I accept the fact that if they do not send their kids then the reason has been caused by my end and not charge them. A week of refunds isn't going to make for a very merry Xmas, that's for sure.
Sorry for the blurb...I would really appreciate your views :)
Would appreciate any advice. My son has been in close contact with his cousin (goodbye kiss on the lips!) 2 days before his cousin came out with pox rash - I found out today that he's had the rash all week.
If my son has contracted it, then I have calculated that he is likely to be infectious from this Monday.
I have a hospital op on Thursday booked. Another childminder was covering my children and now she can't because the parent's of her mindee have told her they don't want her coming into contact with my son, or my other mindees if there is even a chance he has contracted it. Because of that, I am now going to have to cancel 5 full-day mindees that day, give refunds and still pay my assistant, so as you can imagine I am out of pocket already.
Although I have no idea if my son is going to contract it, I still want to warn all parents of my mindees, (one of which is pregnant and one mindee is immuno-comprimised). But knowing the parents of my kids, there is a high chance they will not want to come in.
Now, the predicament is, do I say that I am officially open for business until I know he has the pox and therefore if they choose not to send their kids then I will still charge them, or do I accept the fact that if they do not send their kids then the reason has been caused by my end and not charge them. A week of refunds isn't going to make for a very merry Xmas, that's for sure.
Sorry for the blurb...I would really appreciate your views :)