Do you collect DC from nursery every time they have temperature?

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Approx every 2-3 weeks, the nursery rings me to say DD (18mths) has a temperature, usually 38.1 or so. They ask if they can give calpol/neurofen you bring it down and I say that's fine. I then always try to get out of work if I can to come get her, as she's normally a bit upset with it. Sometimes she's ok by the next day, others I need to take a few days or a week off if it turns into a bad cold/cough as she gets very tired and clingy. I'm just wondering:

1. Is it normal to get a temperature so often?
2. Do most people take time off work every time there's a temperature, or see how they improve throughout the day and judge based on that?

Thanks

I don't leave work unless nursery specify that he's particularly unwell or needing to be collected.

Thanks Qforcucumber, they've only actually said that once... all the other times I just get massive bouts of mum-guilt, even though she loves it there, and feel like I should get her. But maybe it's not necessary

No I never leave work when they have a temp or I would never be at work! The nursery gives calpol, normally the temp goes down and if it doesn’t they give ibruprofen. I have two toddlers and with bugs and teething I would say I get rung once a week.

My DD had temps ALL THE TIME. Her keyworker said it was just her way of showing she was ill - some kids dribble, some snot everywhere, she had high temps. Their policy was to collect her every time but I often drugged her up before sending her in the next day

No, my nursery tends to be a little overzealous when it comes to phoning about temperatures. I do a job where I cannot simply just leave, so long as she’s not distressed a spoon of calpol does the job.

Also they have the heating on full blast in there all the time so I’m not surprised the kids all have temperatures!!

I go and get ds if nursery cant manage his temp with calpol, or if they ask me to get him. Otherwise I let them get on with it.

Ah ok, thanks so much for replies! It's all so new to me, but yeah it does feel like it's all the time! Luckily I'm had all my annual leave, so I was just using that each time, but it did feel like I was leaving work a lot. Good to know she's not the only one getting it so often, and that it's manageable at nursery most of the time, thanks everyone

Sometimes my LOs temperature is down to teething- other symptoms help them determine what it is:
Lots of drooling and happily playing: teething
Lethargic, not eating or drinking: virus
You usually know from the morning if your LO is poorly though.

No, I generally go with their judgment. Sometimes they give calpol and put him to sleep and he’s okay enough until the end of the day. Other times, he is clearly not okay and they will ask me to come get him and I would. Generally, if it’s something that can be controlled and it isn’t something serious from an infectiousness standpoint (it’s a cold, not chickenpox), they will take them. If he’s really unwell though, then that’s different.

My 13 month old had been having temperatures recently, adyef his 1 year jabs. If it was really bad and he was grizzly and really not himself, myself or my hudband left work to pick him up (it went up to 40+ degrees last week!!) but if it's just 38ish and he seems happy, we've left him there and asked nursery to monitor and let us know if he gets worse. The other thing I feel guilty about is if he's ill he's passing on his germs... but that's unavoidable with minor illnesses and it seems that everyone in nursery is ill all the time at the moment - staff and kids! I judge pickup by how he acts.