To send baby to nursery with cold

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I'm back at work and my 8 month old goes to nursery once a week. When he came home last Thurs he had a terrible night was coughing boiling temp snooting sneezing etc. He's still not quite right but better. He still needs calpol 2-3 times a day as he still has 3-4 coughing episodes a day, snotty nose and general aches and is not himself wanting cuddles teary etc. AIBU to send him to nursery or should I take carers leave from work? I feel like he probably needs to be at home but when I've read up it says you only need to keep them off if they have a temp. I a) don't want the nursery to frown at me for sending a snotty coughy baby to nursery and b) don't want my work to think I'm taking the mick it's just a cold send him to nursery you don't need the day off.
Any thoughts please? First time mum wwyd

Are you aware that we are in the middle of pandemic or you missed the memo? Your baby needs a test and to stay at home until the result is negative. And Covid aside, I would never send a baby that sick and that young to the nursery.

‘Just a cold’ is when your baby/toddler is completely fine in themselves with a runny nose/slight cough. Anything other than that eg. temp/pain/not themselves/loss of appetite/extra grumpy/extra tired/needing calpol I wouldn’t hesitate to keep them at home. They can’t tell you what’s up so you have to take the cues you’re given. They need to be at home with plenty of TLC and little bites of food and drink when they fancy (which they won’t get at nursery). That’s not even considering covid.

His not due back at Nursery till Thursday?

Its only SUNDAY!

Your child has been in contact with a possible positive case in his other childcare setting........

Your in healthcare but you was asking in your other post, about the isolation period and other questions about Covid .....

The two posts dont make sense !!!

You work in healthcare, your partner works in healthcare. Your baby has Covid symptoms (whether you think it is just a cold or not) You baby should have been tested and you and your partner should be isolating with your baby until you get the results. How have you not done this. You work in healthcare, you know the deal.

I’m amazed so many can tell it’s not covid without a test

Taking Covid test etc out of the equation for a second. Your baby is too poorly to be anywhere other than at home.

@IceCreamAndCandyfloss I think she means her partner is tested weekly

2 children in my family recently tested positive. One had typical cold symptoms and a slight temp one evening, the other no symptoms not even a snotty nose. I know 6 adults that have had it recently and not one had a temp! Get the baby a test and isolate immediately.

You seriously work in healthcare???

I now understand why COVID is still spreading

The cold will highly likely be much improved by Thursday but he shouldn’t be going in unless you’ve had a negative test result. The nursery won’t know he’s been like this if he’s better by then but you need to be responsible.

When my twins started nursery we were all sick constantly for over 6 months. At least one of us was ill at any one time. It seems every other parent sent their kids in when they were too ill to be there. I’m not talking minor colds either - norovirus, chicken pox, I ended up with pneumonia after one bug. It was bloody awful.

Please don’t inflict what sounds like a nasty bug on everyone - even if it’s not COVID, if the staff catch it they won’t be able to work. If the other kids catch it that means two weeks of isolation for them, parents not able to work etc. If any of the kids are like one of my twins with underlying medical issues it could mean hospitalisation at worst, for what is just a normal cold for others.

I know it’s really hard when you need to be at work, but if everyone kept their kids off when they were sick there’d be far fewer bugs caught at nursery and far less time off needed. Of course you can’t prevent things being spread before symptoms start but you could reduce a lot of transmission, especially in peak bronchiolitis season.

Mine was nowhere near as bad as yours and had a COVID test done just to make sure.

He should not go to nursery in my opinion, I wouldn't want my child to be that sick and to have caught it from your child 🤷🏼‍♀️

As others have said, you should have had him tested.

Covid aside, his nursery won't want you to send him in like that. Not fair on him, not fair on the staff trying to care for him as best they can while still caring for all the other babies, not fair on all the staff and other babies who he's passing his germs on to. Most nurseries won't give regular calpol either, many would just give one dose and send him home.

How do you know that an 8 month old has general aches?

Sorry @IceCreamAndCandyfloss I meant to respond to @PleaseLetIanBeDead

Sorry but I work in childcare and in these covid times a temp and a cough would defo require a covid test before they could come bs or they stay off for 14 days. Remember this includes you and your partner for isolation too. Sorry to be the bearer or bad news but they really shouldn't accept your little one back until there's a neg test or it's been 10-14 days x

Bloody hell, god help us if a pair of healthcare workers think it’s fine to send a child with potential covid symptoms to nursery! You need to get him tested and isolate until the results are back

Even if he tests negative, if he’s grumpy and needing calpol you shouldn’t send him to nursery

You work in healthcare, your partner works in healthcare. Your baby has Covid symptoms (whether you think it is just a cold or not) You baby should have been tested and you and your partner should be isolating with your baby until you get the results. How have you not done this. You work in healthcare, you know the deal

This. DH and I work in healthcare, toddler has had 4 negative Covid tests over the last few months because he gets a temp easily and we have informed work and isolated every time while awaiting results. We do it even when there's a better explanation for his symptoms etc, because it's unjustifiable not to.
The lateral flow tests aren't a substitute for having a symptomatic person tested properly and aren't that accurate.
Also it's crappy to risk the other children at nursery becoming unwell and all their families having to deal with it.
Also poorly babies should be at home with the people they are most close to. If they aren't themselves and especially if they need calpol home is the place to be.

If you are both testing regularly and negative I doubt he's positive , you can't socially distance from an eight month old. However I kept DSoff a month or so ago even though he'd had a negative test, because if other children and their parents get coughs (from my DS) they then all need to isolate until tested negative. I have a very reasonable employer and good sickness pay but lots of people don't, I didn't want to be the family causing all of that inconvenience for others. Also putting other small children through the testing, which isn't pleasant.

You work in healthcare? Really? I would love to see your employers reaction when you go to work and admit your baby has a high temp and a cough.

Pre-Covid, Our nursery required fever free for 24 hours without medication.

Post Covid we have out-aged nursery, but our school requirements will not allow a child with a cold.

I’m beginning to think all these “it’s a cold” threads cant be real!

I really hope you’ve all been isolating since he had a temperature? Especially as you and your DH are both healthcare workers! Get a test and isolate.

In your other post, you admit your child has been in possibly contact with someone who has covid

You should ALL of been isolating since Thursday! Have you all been?