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how ill is too ill to go to nursery?

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emily05 · 12/02/2006 15:39

In my household we have had so many bugs over the last couple of months.

I have difficulty knowing when to keep ds (3) off nursery. SOmetimes I have kept him off when he looks like he is on deaths door and then a couple of hours later he is running around!

So what is too ill??
a temperature? a cold? tiredness? I have no idea!

How do you lot judge?

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PrettyCandles · 12/02/2006 15:52

Vomitting/diarrhoea/any temperature above normal. Also if they need any special looking-after.

If mine had had a bad night I would mention this to the staff (ditto in Reception) so that they would be aware that the child might behave differently to normal - ie more likely to misbehave, or to need putting down for an unscheduled nap. IME the staff want to help the children co-operate and enjoy their day, so knowing that they may need to intervene more or help the child a bit more than usual assists them.

I would never keep a child off with a cold unless they were so poorly that they needed constant attention. Similarly I would never ask the nursery to keep them indoors because of their cold.

Waswondering · 12/02/2006 15:59

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SleepyJess · 12/02/2006 16:07

I never send my children to school with a temperature altho my best friend and I fall out over this as she says it's just a sign that the body is 'handling' a bug if there are no other symptoms of ill health going on as well.

But I feel that a temerature could develop into something else later in the day.. or get dangerously high.. and this means the child should be at home.

SJ x

Original poster

emily05 · 12/02/2006 16:17

thanks guys. Can I just ask how high is a 'temperature?
thanks x

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Lonelymum · 12/02/2006 16:20

Officially anything over 38 degrees Centigrade, but I would keep off a child with a temperature lower than that if they were exhibiting signs of illness (eg not wanting to eat).

SleepyJess · 12/02/2006 16:42

Agree LM. Im my kids, 37+ is a temp as I know what their usual 'well' temperature is.. and that's always somewhere between 36 and 37 degrees

MrsSpoon · 12/02/2006 16:46

Funny, I'm just debating this one too, DS2 has an ear infection and is on antibiotics at the moment I was going to ask more or less the same thing. Will probably send him after reading this thread as he seems perky enough, although is coughing a bit.

Hulababy · 12/02/2006 21:19

I keep DD off nursery if I don't think she is able to keep up with the normal day to day activities they do there. I don't think it is fair on the staff or other children to send her in when she would need much more attention than normal or not feel up to joining in.

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