sickness can cms help

[narkymum]

can you tell me what general rule is regarding cms and sickness ie antibiotics temp the runs etc I am having a nightmare with a parent that just keeps sending her child ill and I want to know that all cms are roughly same as she makes me feel like i am being akward.

i had topick up my step son from school yesterday as he had been ill the day before!
i didint think that you could send a sick child to cm?

It's 24-48 hours for D&V bugs after the last episode. I wouldn't take a child under any circumstances. I have done in the past and we all got really ill, so it's a mistake I won't make again!

I would send them home!

Think i would expect you to send home if you were my ds's child minder...... just out of curiosity do they ring during the day to check on them when they are sick?

Don't forget nm if you accept the sick child and then get ill yourself you lose out on payment from all the other mindees when you have to cancel!
Send them home if they are ill and make sure you have a policy to say that is what will happen.

Good this child has had antibiotics all week last week which i gave was ill over weekend and came ill on monday would not have on tue as she has made me ill was not right yesrerday had to be taken back to docs this morning for more antibiotis and mother can not understand why i wont have her today . last year she told me child was fine as D was running down her leg onto my floor. Do you take when on antibioitcs oh and she tells me that i can just stay in if her child not well

just had mindee mum ranting that wont take her dc tomorrow cos of above fgs makes me feel like giving up I am so sick of this

i will take a mindee on anti-biotics if they are ok/happy in themself , if it's for an ear/chest infection - i won't take a sick child [for reasons of infection control] and i don't think it's fair to bring a child if all they want is their mummy.

narkymum - how can you just stay in? do you just have this one mindee? if you have others + schoolrun how is that fair on them? she sounds like a right cow

www.hpa.org.uk/infections/topics_az/schools/default.htm

If you ring the number they'll send you a free poster which you can show parents says that children must stay away from schools, nurseries & childminders- need 48 hours clear of diarrhoea or sickness before they return to you.