https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:37:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2772009 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 18:58:17 +0000 atoz 2772009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks! Sent her back on Tuesday and she was fine. It looked like her mouth sores were gone, and all the others had totally cleared up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771690 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 14:07:06 +0000 Mrs D 2771690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD1 - had HFM at 1 year old. She spiked a bad fever, then rash the day after two small sores appeared near her mouth. She was not allowed to return until her sores scabbed and her fever was gone. All in all it was a weekend plus three days of school.</p> <p>DD2 - She had HFM (or a sister virus I think the Ped said), it was only in her mouth (two bad sores). She was out a full week...with both weekends 'contagious'. She had to wait until the sores in her mouth was healed. Otherwise if she chewed on a toy, drooled, licked, kissed, etc anyone it was contagious still.</p> <p>HFM sucks...so sorry you are going through it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771560 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 07:05:32 +0000 LadyDi 2771560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Fever free and scabbed over. Like you said, mouth sores are hard to judge. Based on what you described I would send her back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771506 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 15:27:38 +0000 PawPrints 2771506@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD didn't miss a single day of daycare because she never spiked a fever. Nobody said anything about the sores, other than that the whole class had them and that by the time they appeared everyone had already been exposed so there wasn't much point in trying to stop the spread. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771496 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 13:43:05 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2771496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our pre school said once the fever is gone th y can come back. DS looked terrible but fever was gone and he felt fine so we sent him. No one else got it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771488 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:56:51 +0000 littlejoy 2771488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The mouth sores are what stand out to me ... I was told that kids are still contagious until the scabs are noticeably healing. Definitely a few days past the fever (crazy your LO didn't have a fever - ours had a 105° fever). HFM is the worst!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771483 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:32:26 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2771483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@atoz: no help here, but I barely noticed the mouth sores even when he was diagnosed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771480 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:28:52 +0000 MACSUNSHINE 2771480@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had a fairly mild case of HFM, no mouth sores. Our doctor basically said it is so contagious that as long as there was no fever and the sores were scabbed over he could go back. Our doctor said that is why daycare policies are vague since it was most likely caught there and that once one has it, it is hard to contain. We ended up keeping him home for about a week. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771478 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:11:14 +0000 atoz 2771478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: @Mrs. Lemon-Lime: Thanks, ladies. What about mouth sores? I'm curious because it doesn't seem like they can really scab over. If your little ones had them in their mouths, had they totally healed and were gone by the time they returned? I appreciate the help. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771475 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:56:37 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2771475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He returned when he no longer had a fever and his sores were scabbed over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771474 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:56:13 +0000 gingerbebe 2771474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No fever is a given, but as long as the sores have scabbed over and there's no chance of the sores opening or weeping you should be fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/return-to-daycare-aft-hfm#post-2771473 Mon, 04 Sep 2017 11:46:35 +0000 atoz 2771473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your LO had Hand, Foot, and Mouth, at what point did they return to daycare? I ask because LO's daycare policy isn't totally clear on their site, and with the holiday weekend, they're not getting back to me (neither is her doctor). Even the CDC doesn't have helpful info on this on their website.</p> <p>She has 1-2 sores in her mouth that are healing. The rest of her bumps have either scabbed over (sorry, gross, I know) or have never opened. She never spiked a fever. It's been just about a week since she got sick. </p> <p>DH and I both have major commitments at work this week and our back-up babysitters aren't available. Obviously we'll call out if we have to, but IF she's okay to go I'd rather send her. I'm curious to hear what others have done. </p>