To send my DC to nursery with a cold?

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Nursery have told us that there’s a child in my DCs room that is vulnerable to respiratory illnesses and to think about it keeping children home if they have a respiratory infection. My Dd has a cold and a mild cough currently, aibu to send her in to nursery? No temperature or vomiting so usually she’d go in no question.

We don’t have any family back up and we can’t take time off work to look after children that are well enough to go to nursery so we’re going to have to send her in. Should I mention it to the staff tomorrow when I drop her off or just send her in and don't say anything?

I’m fine with telling the nursery when my dd has a cold, but I’m not sure how that will help unless the vulnerable child stays home. They’ll be going activities, games and eating together. Unfortunately the only way to keep the other child away from colds will be for them not to attend the nursery whenever a child there has one.

It means the parents will be able to decide if they should send their child. Other than the medical professionals, they will know their child's condition the best and what, if any, risks to take.

I'd talk about hygiene a lot too. Plenty of reminders to cover your mouth when sneezing, washing hands etc. I'm sure nursery will consider that side of it too.

Dd is 20 months, she doesn’t understand what a sneeze is let alone going to cover her mouth when she sneezes or coughs. For situations in older classes though I’m sure they do. Though 30 kids in a school class there’s always going to be at least a few in everyday with colds and coughs in the winter months, it’s unavoidable.

I'll be making sure my son is practicing good hygiene with washing his hands etc too but yeah, during the winter it is definitely more tricky.