To be cross with childminder for not noticing my DS was ill?

[slackandbaggy]

DS is 13 months, only his second session with childminder.

When I dropped him off I explained that he had been to out of hours GP the night before with a persistent very high temp and generally unwell. But, as children do, he seemed bright and lively in the morning, so thought he'd be fine to go. I explained I had given some Calpol but asked her to just keep an eye on his temp and please give some more if he needed it.

When I went to collect him I walked in and initially thought 'shit, he looks rough'... asked the childminder "his temp been ok?" and she said "yeh"... I picked him up and he was BOILING. Took him home and temp over 39. He was rough and poorly.

AIBU to be annoyed that i specifically asked her to watch his temp and she didn't? or am i paranoid first time mum??

Should i say something to her?

She is v experienced and good reputation and i liked her on first meeting etc. Dont want to piss off my childcare but am now worried about leaving DS more than before.....

I wouldn't have sent the child if they were still needing to be dosed up to keep their temp down tbh. I know it's difficult to get time off when kids are ill but if your child passes their illness onto the cm she could pass it onto the other kids/need time off which will mean you and other parents needing more time off work. Also some cm's don't get paid if they are ill.
Anything more than a bit of a sniffle inc fever, sickness etc and they shouldn't be going imo.
Having said that considering your cm agreed to take them she, of course, should have been keeping an eye on their temp.

You say she's very experienced with a good reputation, yet you're talking as though she's a naughty, wilful child who didn't do as she was told. You don't seem to have much respect for her.

It's been said already that you shouldn't have sent him so you'll have got that message loud and clear by now :) (he was ill, by the way - he'd been ill in the last 24 hours so I personally would have refused to accept him because children's temperatures do shoot up very quickly).

The reason I've been advised not to administer Calpol without a doctor's letter is because it builds up in the child's body. It's reckoned to be the most widely abused drug in the UK, according to the Health and Safety and the First Aid courses I attended, both of which advised against using it in a childcare setting.

YABU. You say that your child's temperature was normal for several hours after the Calpol. Why would you assume that, the minute your child was left with the childminder, his temperature shot up and he was ill for the whole of the session?