https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:30:39 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1715387 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:42:08 +0000 cascademom 1715387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is good to know. LO's daycare friend got it. Most of the kids got fevers, but don't know about the rash. LO got a fever on Friday, but has been better today and yesterday. I'm still worried about him developing a rash. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1715155 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 18:37:28 +0000 lovehoneybee 1715155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: Oh, poor baby, poor mama :(</p> <p>E got it over Mother's Day weekend (I picked him up with a fever the Friday before) and his teacher's told me that their policy is that he can come in as long as he's been fever free for 24 hours, because normally by the time the fever spikes they'll have passed being contagious. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1715111 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:36:47 +0000 SeptMomma12 1715111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just to update, we ended up keeping LO out of school all week. He probably could have gone back by Thursday (got sick on Saturday), but we decided to just keep him out for the rest of the week at that point. He definitely had a really severe case though - it was brutal. Almost 4 weeks later and he still has red spots from the blisters :sad: </p> <p>@autumnlove: Will cross my fingers for you! All of the other kids in LO's class were back within a few days. He just got a really bad case. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1715105 Sun, 22 Jun 2014 17:28:43 +0000 autumnlove 1715105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was curious about this...thanks! I hope LO will be ok by Wednesday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658496 Mon, 26 May 2014 12:37:23 +0000 keiki_mama 1658496@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: That was my train of thought exactly! The doctor said 24 hours but I would flip the eff out if I saw a kid with red angry blisters at daycare. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658483 Mon, 26 May 2014 12:27:11 +0000 regberadaisy 1658483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SeptMomma12: thanks for saying that. That was our fear. It sucks using PTO and paying for daycare you're not using. but I would hate for my LO to be the cause of another child getting HFM. It's brutal!<br /> Just recently LO may or may not have gotten it again and we opted to keep her home again. Just to be safe.</p> <p>My LO's never crusted over but yes, that's a good sign. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658476 Mon, 26 May 2014 12:21:05 +0000 SeptMomma12 1658476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thanks ladies. He definitely can't go back right now - I would freak out if I saw another kid in his class looking like he does - but just trying to guess how long he might be out. We seem to have gotten lucky and avoided the really high fever but this rash is brutal :sad: </p> <p>Did your LOs blisters crust over before they got better? I feel like some of them are starting to get "crusty" and hoping that's a good sign. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658435 Mon, 26 May 2014 11:45:11 +0000 LittleFox 1658435@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours just required 24 hours fever free. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658386 Mon, 26 May 2014 11:04:11 +0000 regberadaisy 1658386@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our daycare required her rash to no longer be red. I think we kept out a total of 5 days. We were fortunate that 2 days were the weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658228 Mon, 26 May 2014 09:29:39 +0000 keiki_mama 1658228@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Corduroy: Ditto! We pretty much kept LO home for that entire week because of his blisters. They just looked so awful! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658156 Mon, 26 May 2014 08:33:48 +0000 Corduroy 1658156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our doctor said we were only required to keep her out 24 hours after the fever but if we could swing it we should keep her out until she stops getting new blisters. That was about a week. Three weeks later she still has spots so we definitely couldn't have waited until there was nothing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658153 Mon, 26 May 2014 08:27:42 +0000 lucy123 1658153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For ours, they need to be fever free for 24 hours and the blisters need to start to subsidy. I found it hard to interpret the second part. I think the fever is the most important part. Hope your LO is feeling better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658147 Mon, 26 May 2014 08:23:00 +0000 Anagram 1658147@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours requires a doctors note with the day that LO is not contagious any more in writing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/returning-to-daycare-after-hfm#post-1658142 Mon, 26 May 2014 08:20:20 +0000 SeptMomma12 1658142@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO had hand, foot and mouth disease (coxsackie) over the weekend. He got a fever on Saturday morning, followed by the rash on Saturday afternoon/night. Daycare is closed today, so I can't find out what their policy is for kids returning from HFM. He hasn't had a fever since Saturday morning, but I have a feeling his skin may be red for a while. Does anyone know how it works at your daycare? Do they just need to be fever free for 24 hours or does their skin need to clear up completely? </p>