Childminders child is ill

[Bananas129]

So, when my child has been ill in the past with a sore throat, cough or a runny nose she tells me I'll have to keep DD at home yet still pay for the childcare.. Her child was full of the cold at the start of the week (I had no warning) now my child has caught it and she says I'm to take a few days off! If her child is not well surely I should be told before I drop my child off, surely she should close and surely I shouldn't have to pay for them days! Her child is ill, I'm to send my child or keep then off and still pay OR my child gets ill, I need to keep him off and still pay.. Surely not

I would have told you my child was ill and let you decide when I was child minding. Most parents don’t want the disruption of keeping their child off for the sake of a cold. Not sure it’s fair to then ask you to keep yours away though. In these circumstances I would only close or ask you to keep your child away if they had a temp. I wouldn’t have charged if I’d closed but I would expect payment if your child was off. Seems she wants the best of both worlds.

If my childminder has to close then I don't pay. What does your contract say

Childminders charge for the space. They are keeping it free for you. They can't take another child during the hours you have reserved. You have to pay whether you use them that day or not. If you don't like that you'd need to find other childcare. I think it all works that way so it may be difficult.

I do think she should take your child if they only have a cold though.

with a sore throat, cough or a runny nose

None of those things are usually a reason to keep children off from childcare or school. I would be sending your child in unless they have a high temperature, diarrhea or vomiting.

Children always have colds and runny noses, you can't not send them to school/childcare because of that. If your childminder specifically states in her contract/policies that she won't accept children with colds/sore throat/runny nose but you still have to pay, I think she is being unreasonable and wants to be paid for not working.

I think she is being unreasonable and wants to be paid for not working.

Agreed. Colds, sore throats and runny noses are part and parcel of childhood. @Bananas129 did you send your daughter in?

Does your child have a temperature or rash? If not then send them in!

My DD goes to her childminder with a cold; it’s only if she has a temp or is particularly poorly that i keep her off with a cold

I think she has been really cheeky tbh. It needs to be the same rules for her child as yours. If they are poorly, she shouldn’t be working, but if yours are Ill, they shouldn’t be going. She hasn’t stuck to that rule here and it’s not fair. And unless your child had a very heavy cold with a temperature and poorly with it, I can’t see why they shouldn’t attend childcare. Her son was clearly well enough to be around other dc with the same symptoms, so no reason why your dc shouldn’t have been the same.

I am a cm . If I never took children with colds I would never have all my mindees here . At least one usually has a runny nose.

Sickness bugs different . If my dc is ill parents are given the choice unless he has an infectious illness like d&v then I close and don’t charge.

I also work through colds and coughs so children will be exposed to that.