Nursery/Pre-school temperature - illness policy?

[Porgs2]

Not really an AIBU. Do the ones you use specify a temperature at which the child will be sent home? Children aged two to four. Thanks 🙏

Sorry what are you talking about? Pretty sure your child has never had a temp of 45 degrees, that is hyperthermic! Sepsis is also a worry with an infection and a temp. I’m glad I don’t look after your kids.

The raised temperature often occurs before symptoms present themselves.
I won’t accept children until their temperature has retuned to normal for 48 hours, I have a duty of care to all of the children in my care, their families and also myself and my assistant.

Yes she has - twice. A UTI both times. Totally normal to have a temp that high with a UTI. What you're reading in a book doesn't always collate with real life hun. My dad recently had sepsis and was in intensive care - his highest temp was 40 degrees. So honestly until you've got your own kids and lived it - you're the one talking nonsense and I'm relaying you real life experience.

Good for you - thats not the norm at all.

Absolutely.
They wouldn’t get past my doorstep.

I have my own children! Three of them in fact. When I said I don’t have a little one I meant I don’t have nursery aged children and haven’t for quite some time. You are mistaken about your child having a temperature of 45.

Absolute rubbish.
You clearly know little about children’s health and childcare. 😄

Oh and I also lost a close family member to sepsis so don’t tell me I haven’t lived it, hun.

This is what our policy is. No requirement to keep off if temp is under control the following day, unless other signs of illness.

So clearly you think only your experience is correct. Its impossible for anyone to have sepsis and have a temp less than 45 but also impossible for a child to be ill and have a temp over 40 and not have sepsis. Incredibly small minded.

You are extremely rude.
Do you think your job is so important that your children are sent to childcare or school even if they’re ill?

A slight temp is not Ill.

It’s not a 360, I realised when I’d made the post people thought I was posting as a parent of a nursery aged child. It’s absolute rubbish that your child had a temperature of 45 and has no lasting issues from it. A temperature that high would cause brain damage or death.

What on earth are you talking about?

Do you own a nursery op?

Well we've lived it - you keep arguing it even though it's never happened to you? Why would I bother lying?! Why post this thread and then argue about the replies.

No

As I have explained twice, it takes a while for symptoms to develop after the start of an illness!

I think we are just banging our heads against a brick wall!

Ah I thought maybe they give owners this info when in training. I think a policy of no temperature is sensible and you will tell the ones who try sneaky calpol because their kids will zonk out when it wears off

Keep telling yourself that.

This is really odd
39 is very much a high temps so is 38 but less so
however febrile convulsions and rigours to isn’t about the high temp it’s about the body temp increasing
you can be very poorly with a temp of 39 more so than one or 40 !

Absolutely.
Someone appears to be coping with their guilt by denial.