Hand foot and mouth

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My 1 year old has had hand foot and mouth for 6 days, the rash seems to be less red and "angry" looking but so far none of the spots have blistered. Nursery won't take him back until they have blistered and dried.
Has anyone's little one not had blistered spots. Nhs website says "may blister" which seems to me that they don't always.

Are they thinking of chickenpox as that blisters?
I didnt even think there was an exclusion period for HFM

My son didn't blister with HFM, they were just red.

Doctor has confirmed hfm, and both have mentioned blisters.

I just meant that they might be confusing which thing blisters. Nhs says they can return to school and nursery if they feel OK.

Our nursery doesn't exclude for hfm... I'd say this is pretty unusual?

None of the nurseries I or those I know have used excluded for HF&M it's against the NHS guidance.

Keep your child off school or nursery while they're feeling unwell.

But as soon as they're feeling better, they can go back to school or nursery. There's no need to wait until all the blisters have healed.

Keeping your child away from other children for longer is unlikely to stop the illness spreading.

Do you have anything about it in your contract or nursery information saying they have to stay off as otherwise I think I'd be quoting the NHS information to them and asking why they think they know better?

There's no requirement to keep them off for hfm. It's totally up to you if you think they're well enough to go in.

Nursery will not allow him back until dried up/scabbed over.

I was confused as the doctor said 1 day and then no need to keep him home, he was reading off a screen, I called nursery and they told me until the spots dry up/ scabbed over. If she's thinking it stops it spreading she's wrong, he's been there 2 weeks and caught cold and hfm, the last case of hfm was "2weeks ago" when I called them on Tuesday.
I also thought nurseries would give calpol and wait to see if child felt better/ fever went down. He had mild cold symptoms the week before and the owner told me "if we give calpol he has to go home".

My DD had it over the last couple of weeks. Only a few of her spots blistered (on her fingers) the rest were just red. The blistered ones were the last to go.

Our nursery doesn't exclude for hand foot and mouth so they sent her home due to chickenpox 😑.

Have you showed them the NHS guidance and asked why they are doing the opposite? I can't understand why their policy would exclude them for HF&M when it doesn't actually prevent the spread.

The calpol policy isn't the norm either to be fair. Do you have a written copy of the illness policy?

Have you seen your nurseries policy cover on this? If its in writing then yes they can choose how long to keep them away unfortunately. It is very contagious. Frustrating though as most places woul accept them back.

I'm still waiting for a copy of the contract, I have asked twice now, I'll be asking again on Tuesday when I take him in as his keyworker is also the owner.
It's fair enough for them to have their own policies, I wasjust concerned as none of his spots have blistered, but they are definitely better.