https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 18 Jun 2026 13:59:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-daycare-prevent-illness#post-1888383 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 22:52:00 +0000 matador84 1888383@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Grace: they were at the school but but can't come back until released by a dr. 3 babies had it under 6 months old! I have and 8 month old and 2 year old, not so much worried about toddler since it had been in the baby rooms. </p> <p>Both kids have been in daycare since 10 weeks old so we are used to daycare illness this one just seemed a lot more serious and I have never seen them go to lengths I'm seeing now to clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-daycare-prevent-illness#post-1887770 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:59:11 +0000 mauxie 1887770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh no! Hope your LO is okay. I'd ask to encourage a no-shoe policy, too. </p> <p>Our infant rooms require shoe cover booties for everyone. I see them cleaning pretty often and they are always running the laundry for bibs, sheets, etc. They do a deep clean every so often, I forget. Teachers use gloves for diaper changes (parents don't have to) and we have to sanitize with a spray/wipe down after each diaper change, even though they are already done on those dr. exam room paper rolls.</p> <p>Overall they send home kids pretty quickly.. Of course with babies there is lots of drool and the inevitable runny nose. But, there's a handbook on illnesses detailing at what point kids get sent home, when they can return, which illnesses require dr's note, that we have to agree to upon enrollment and they stick with it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-daycare-prevent-illness#post-1887721 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:40:05 +0000 Grace 1887721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare starts at one-year and I don't think they've done anything extraordinary besides general cleanliness and sending sick kids home.</p> <p>@matador84: I've been involved with c diff research. Generally it happens when patients are on antibiotics which wipes out the normal bacteria in the gut leaving behind antibiotic resistant c diff. How old is your LO? If she's not teeny-tiny, she should have enough healthy bacteria in her gut to keep the c diff out. Also, the babies that have c diff right now, are they still there? You are pretty sick during a c diff infection and I know our daycare doesn't allow kids with diarhea to attend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-daycare-prevent-illness#post-1887691 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:30:32 +0000 yoursilverlining 1887691@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>c.diff is so scary!! My grandmother had it several times before she passed away; what a nasty, nasty disease and can be so hard for people to get over/rid of. </p> <p>At our daycare center, in the infant rooms you must wear those blue disposable bootie shoe-cover things over shoes, or take your shoes off and just wear socks (no bare feet allowed).<br /> In all rooms, all toys and the rooms are bleached/sanitized/washed every night. </p> <p>All the cups/plates/etc. are washed in a dishwasher after every meal and sanitized that way.</p> <p>I’m not really sure what else they do, but there are not really a lot of crazy illnesses at our daycare ever, just run of the mill stuff. (They put up a sign for everyone to see when an illness is confirmed – just says like “HFM has been confirmed in preschool” etc.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-daycare-prevent-illness#post-1887669 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 12:21:22 +0000 matador84 1887669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is all interesting. I'm going to email the director with questions. </p> <p>There has never been a no shoe policy in any rooms. The health dept had to come in and told them to sanitize everything in a solution with bleach stronger than what they usually use. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-daycare-prevent-illness#post-1887107 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:11:07 +0000 Mamaof2 1887107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kids get sick regardless but when we had outbreaks they have done extra cleaning.</p> <p>ALWAYS booties on the feet in the infant room<br /> Gloves for Diaper changes<br /> All toys were cleaned nightly - once a toy was in a kids mouth it went into the wash bin for the night</p> <p>For the older rooms when sickness occurs</p> <p>They ask parents to wash the nap mats nightly<br /> Hired cleaners to come in and sanitize the classrooms</p> <p>A few weeks ago lice was found - yikes - they were checking every single child - naps mat had to be cleaned every night, NO toys were allowed in from outside, every other day the carpets were steamed clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-daycare-prevent-illness#post-1887101 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:08:32 +0000 MrsF 1887101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Poor babies! :( Usually people are only affected by c.diff if they have recently been on antibiotics. I guess newborns might be different? I don't think a no-shoe policy would help because it's spread by spores in the infected person's stool, not brought in from the outside. The main things we do to prevent transmission in the hospital are washing hands (soap and hot water, not hand sanitizer) and washing everything with BLEACH because it's much more effective against c.diff than non-bleach products and the spores can live on surfaces for a while. Any baby with diarrhea should definitely be kept home as well. Are they wearing gloves for diaper changes and changing diapers in a separate place? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-daycare-prevent-illness#post-1887092 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 08:01:01 +0000 78h2o 1887092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was going to say, "they don't," as LO was often sick, but I guess that's not true. They do require shower-cap style booties on shoes in the infant room. They also claim to sterilize toys and the room is professionally cleaned on a daily basis. Oh, and they wear gloves for each diaper change.</p> <p>Hope your LO doesn't get sick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-does-your-daycare-prevent-illness#post-1887077 Fri, 03 Oct 2014 07:52:07 +0000 matador84 1887077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Several cases of c. Diff are going around daycare. :-( in the newborn rooms. They are taking extreme measures to sanitize but it still freaks me out. </p> <p>I emailed the director to see if they have ever considered a no shoe policy in the baby rooms. </p> <p>Does your daycare take any specific steps to help prevent illness other than regular cleaning/sanitizing? </p>