https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 04:01:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814621 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:00:16 +0000 Autumnmama79 2814621@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: We're similar in the sense that if we see something that could be a detriment to our own child we are compelled to speak up! </p> <p>I have spoken up about the same issue twice this winter. I walked into the room, saw the visibly sick toddler and immediately said something. I'm not going to be quiet or PC when it comes to something that could affect the health of my own child. I believe all parents should play an active role in their child's schooling - best to start practicing now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814605 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:43:09 +0000 babybunnylove 2814605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am glad that this type of policy works for your family. I wouldn’t ask about it personally. Let the people who should take action do so without other input. Also as a side note- elementary schools definitely do not have a strict policy, how do you feel about when your kids go then? Won’t it just be delaying the inevitable? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814596 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 14:08:43 +0000 Adira 2814596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think ONE incident is a little much to assume the school isn't following their own strict policy. I'd assume either the kids seemed fine when they were dropped off or their conditions were already discussed with the school and approved (maybe due to allergies, like others have mentioned). If it happened a lot, then yeah, absolutely ask the school to clarify the rule, but for it happening one time? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814559 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:41:19 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2814559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: I dont think the issue is whether people like it or not though. OP chose the school for it, and the school is seemingly not following it so she's wondering if she should clarify it with them. I sent my kid to a preschool that on paper had a policy like this and I liked it and at that time was full time... but our director clarified when we started that it's more about if the kids nose is just running like a faucet all day long from being sick. It was pretty much parents discretion to determine that. (Meaning there were lots of runny noses all winter.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814544 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 12:03:32 +0000 Portboston 2814544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Mermaid: @erinbaderin: @Truth Bombs: 😂 yea this policy is definitely not ideal if you don’t have a flexible schedule! It would not have been our choice of preschool if that was the case </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814468 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 08:50:52 +0000 LBee 2814468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have a similar policy. It is a preschool aimed towards SAHP (but I work full time). I find the policy to be more of a scare tactic then something they enforce. My kid had a cough that lingered all of October and November. It wasn't allergies - he had a virus early October and on the description of the virus it said that the cough can remain persistent for over 6 weeks. I kept him home while he actively had the virus, but I sent him back once he seemed back to himself (actually kept him out longer than the doctor said he needed to be out) despite the cough. I have flexibility at my work, but not the kind of flexibility for him to miss school for 8 weeks. </p> <p>I wouldn't say anything, but I tend to believe what goes around comes around. I think it's fine to ask for the director to please email out a reminder to all parents of their sick policy. We get it emailed out constantly with a little disclosure that it appears some mamas might need to be reminded of the school's sick policy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814461 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 08:30:33 +0000 Truth Bombs 2814461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Mermaid: Agree completely. I think most of the people saying they would like this policy are SAHMs or working moms who have incredibly flexible work arrangements without things like deadlines or unmovable meetings. If I kept my kids home every time one of them had a runny nose or a cough I would literally be incapable of doing the work necessary for my company to function. I find it hard to believe that a day care could even be filled to capacity with families who could all make this work. Unless it's something like part time preschool aimed at families with a SAHP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814460 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 08:21:47 +0000 looch 2814460@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would absolutely say something, but more in a questioning manner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814459 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 08:20:35 +0000 avivoca 2814459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daycare's policy is much more lenient than yours, but I still wouldn't say anything. My kids have runny noses all winter long and so do I. We have outdoor and indoor allergies and honestly I'd have to be a SAHM if we had to keep them home for all of that because I wouldn't be able to go to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814453 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:30:20 +0000 MrsBucky 2814453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs D: I was thinking the same thing, sort of, re: coughs. I don’t send my kid when he is sick, but coughs linger forEVER, far past when his doctors says he would be contagious. So I would never get any work done if I didn’t send my kid when he was still coughing, it seems </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814452 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 07:24:39 +0000 Mrs D 2814452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Mermaid: Amen lady! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814451 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 06:55:19 +0000 Ajsmommy 2814451@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Coming a little late to this post. I would love this sick policy! I can't believe it sometimes when I see or hear some of the things I see at my DD's preschool (snot/cough). </p> <p>I would say something.. but not specific. Like I'd play dumb and say something like I observed snot... so is some snot ok but other snot not ... ok ok I know that's not what you would say but that's kinda how I'd approach it. And just see what they say. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814450 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 06:51:41 +0000 erinbaderin 2814450@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ms.Mermaid: Right?!?! Me too. We call it daycare nose. If I kept my kids home every time they had a runny nose I’d have to take December through March off work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814449 Thu, 05 Apr 2018 01:16:12 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2814449@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMini: @yellowbeach: hmmm I've always thought infection could be any color but allergies wouldn't generally be green? Allergies can be green? I've heard the same though. </p> <p>@Portboston: either way my main concern would be that I'm keeping mine home and other people aren't. I don't mind colds but if they aren't enforcing it the way they used to then I'd be wondering where it ends. The other thing is a runny nose could just be a cold, or it could be the flu, or croup, or maybe just allergies. </p> <p>@PinkElephant: agree w/ your advice. No need to bring up a specific couple of kids. If they aren't enforcing it for those two then I'm sure more examples must come to mind anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814438 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 22:03:56 +0000 Ms.Mermaid 2814438@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m just over here baffled by the idea that there are kids out there who don’t just have a daycare permacold October-March. Ours marginally follows their own sick policy but we all work full time and all send our sick kids there and know they’ll share germs and that’s kind of the deal? Nobody sends a kid who is actively vomiting or who has HFM or croup to our daycare but runny noses and coughs? Par for the course. I wouldn’t even ask if the sick policy changed, I would just stop keeping my kid home for a runny nose if nobody else is. I doubt the other parents will complain. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814430 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 21:39:35 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2814430@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: super strict would be ideal for me too, so I feel you there!</p> <p>I would mention it but not name names. If they are saying one thing but doing something different, I would be upset. If everyone sticks with the rules there will be a lot less sick kids! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814426 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 21:26:14 +0000 Portboston 2814426@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: agreed. Why such a strict policy if they’re not adhereing to it? Regardless of color, these noses I’ve seen have been “persistently runny” which is clearly stated in their policy. </p> <p>@Canoli: I’m not questioning the health status of other children, I’m questioning their policy. As a parent and family, I feel that we’ve signed on to follow their rules but maybe not everyone else is. </p> <p>@PinkElephant: that’s a great angle to take. I appreciate the advice. </p> <p>@MsMini: @yellowbeach: thank you for the clarification! I will now be weary of all snot! 😜</p> <p>I appreciate everyone’s perspective. Like I said in my initial post, this daycare has the strictest sick policy I’ve come across. For some people, that would be a huge negative. For us, it was a positive. I have the flexibility to deal with it so I’d prefer my kid isn’t slathered in snot and coughed on constantly. I just need to ask if theyre actually as strict as they claim to be. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814421 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 21:06:37 +0000 yellowbeach 2814421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsMini: You, m'am, are correct. Color does not equal infection, same for adults and possible pneumonia. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814419 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:53:08 +0000 MsMini 2814419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just wanted to mention, since you are concerned with the green snot situation that according to the peds I work with and my hubby’s allergist, colour of nasal mucous is no longer thought to be indicative of infection status. Clear nasal mucous can be from infection and green can simply be from allergies. The green = illness thing is super old school thinking.</p> <p>My oldest has October-May runny nose, and the colour changes daily. He is rarely actually *sick* though, which is why I was asking lots of snot questions at work 😉 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814414 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:31:38 +0000 PinkElephant 2814414@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: Perhaps you can say something general but avoid pointing fingers at certain kids/naming names? If you frame it in terms of yourself and your family ("I've noticed lots of kids seem to have colds recently, can you tell me what should really be the determining factor in whether or not I'd need to keep LO home?") This voices your concern, albeit a little indirectly, without seeming like you're asking for health information the school can't give out about another student. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814412 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:20:25 +0000 Canoli 2814412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>While I can appreciate an attempt by the daycare to avoid having sick kids come to daycare I would not ask for clarification. It’s none of my business nor do I find it appropriate to question the health status of other people’s children. I’m sure my response will not be of popular opinion and you can take it with a grain of salt but my daycare is much more lenient than yours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814373 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 17:25:24 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2814373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First off I'd be annoyed if the policy was that strict and yet there was green snot.</p> <p>So that said no I don't think it's a big deal to ask if they are really as strict as what is on paper. And it wouldn't surprise me if other parents had the same concerns, especially if they've been following the rules and then their kids end up sick because other people aren't. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814360 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:21:51 +0000 Portboston 2814360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pollywog: this is exactly what I’m saying! If their practice is different from their policy, that’s important to know! Maybe I should rephrase the question! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814359 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:20:29 +0000 Pollywog 2814359@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: I'd ask for a clarification of their sick policy. It may be practice is different than what is written or that the kids were sent home. I know we have a strict policy, but my director has told me it was okay to send my borderline kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814355 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:14:05 +0000 Portboston 2814355@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@gingerbebe: lol yes, clearly. I was just asking if others would say something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814354 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:13:11 +0000 Portboston 2814354@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: wouldn’t it be important to know if their policy has changed in regards to my own child? I would prefer not having to take a day off work for a runny nose if I don’t have to. What’s the point of having the policy if you’re not going to enforce it?</p> <p>And you’re right that I do not feel confident that they are enforcing the sick policy. I’m not trying to hide that. </p> <p>If it was a one off situation, I wouldn’t say anything but this isn’t the first time I’ve noticed bad runny noses there. And previously it was green snot so no chance of allergies there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814351 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:08:50 +0000 gingerbebe 2814351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, I would not say something, but it sounds like you want to anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814348 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 16:05:55 +0000 Truth Bombs 2814348@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Portboston: I’m not sure I agree. By asking you are 1. Suggesting that they are not properly enforcing the policy because if you felt confident they were, you wouldn’t feel the need to ask and 2. Asking about the status of another child’s health which is information the director can not share with you. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814341 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:50:51 +0000 Sams Mom 2814341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>our daycare wasn't that strict, but if you showed up with a sick looking kid she would check their temp before you could leave; and would call if your kid developed one unless it was very close to the end of the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-policy-preschool#post-2814338 Wed, 04 Apr 2018 15:40:48 +0000 Portboston 2814338@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: that’s a great point. If that was the case, I’m sure the director wouldn’t mind me asking about it just to ease my mind. </p>