Hand, Foot and Mouth ...........

[Tas1]

The Mum of the twins I look after 4 mornings a week has rung to say the twins have hand, Foot and Mouth. I have looked on internet and different sites give different time periods of infection. Some say 7-10 days some say 3-6 days, they also say it can stay in the childs nappies for up to 4 weeks.
How long should I say the twins need to stay at home for before I can take them back? I think a week, what would you say?

i come across this a couple of months ago... mindee stayed off for a week which is how long it took for the blisters to heal.
i wore gloves when changing nappies for about a month after.
HTH.

at the nursery im currently at the exclusion is 6-8 days - they've just had an outbreak with 10+ children getting it.