how ill is too ill?

[zoeuk1]

i would like to know how ill a child has to be before you wont accept them?

too ill to walk/play at toddlers
to ill to mess up your normal routine
to ill to eat and stuff is coming out of eirther end

Pretty much what dmo said so succinctly

infection
throwing everywhere
diarhea
conjunctivtus
suffering bad headaches

needs one to one care, will stop cm or other children carrying on their normal routine..why what is wrong?

ive got a few after schoolers who are/have been ill. was wondering what other miders consider to be too ill. thanks.

i mean minders not miders!

Are the ill after-schoolers actually at school??

yes...but not sure they should be. some parents cant get time off work.

so what is actually wrong with them?

green snotty noses, constant coughing. not too bad i know, but it just seems to be getting passed around, and sometimes the children aren't having time off to get over it.

I won't accept any kids with diarrhoea/sickness. High temps. Anything likely to be very contagious and make me and my family ill. I will take them if they have a mild cold, just normal coughs and sniffles aslong as they are able to join in with our normal daily routine. I've only had to send 3 children home in the past 5 years, 1 was a baby with diarrhoea even though parents maintained she hadn't! Another was 6 yo who was complaining of hip pains and was miserable, rang the mum, who came and got him straight away cos she said this was normal for when he's about to me sick, which he was as soon as mum came!! 3rd one was last year, 9yo I collected from school, was very unwell, high temp, rang her mum straightaway who collected her - was very cross with school as they should have rang parents and not sent her home with me.

, i think its one of those things that we cant avoid althought very unpleasant, one gets it then antoehr, then you and it works full circle

yes it does ss. last week one mindee was coming in from school and falling asleep on the sofa. she had one day off but parents couldnt take more time off. now my ds has been ill all weekend. although he could've caught it from school. its quite difficult to determine how ill too ill is!

i know and when theyre ill it makes it so much harder, then you catch the bug and its like swimming uphill through custard!..sending you lots of patience and tissues