Sick Child Care
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Sick Child Care
Asked by L.E. from Los Angeles
on June 11, 2010
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Hi, All,
What do you do if you work or attend school full-time, spouse is not around and your young children are mildly ill (with a slight fever, runny nose, cough,...
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- Find a Babysitter that you trust (retained ahead of time)... and have her care for your child if sick. Some babysitters/Nannys will do this. Of course nothing is free...
- Well after they are done being sick, I would look at weening your 3 year old, then getting him to sleep in his own bed. Back to being sick... I would look at gettin...
- Wow 17 hours in 1 week. Thats enough to make anyone insane (no pun intended towards your psych background LOL). I just wanted to suggest taking a multi-vitamin to help...
Sick Child Care
Asked by K.H. from Dallas
on June 7, 2006
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I was wondering what do you do with your kids when they are sick and you are working. I have yet to find someone to come care for them. My husband and I have been sw...
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- When my children were younger I used Presbyterian Hospital's KidMed. I don't know if the set up is the same now but it used to be that you called in the morning and a ...
- Your best bet is to find a good at-home sitter for those sick days. My daughter goes to a daycare facility but on those sick days when I have to go in to work, she go...
- Depending in what your child have, I will be willing to care for him/her in my home day care. Let me know. ____@____.com
Child Care for Sick Children
Asked by L.M. from New York
on January 10, 2012
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Hi,
I need some input here....My husband and I work full time and my 4 year old son attends day care/school. The days that he is sick we dont have 'Grandma' (or an...
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- both sittercity.com and care.com will have caregivers that will specify that they are ok with "sick care". I have done that before when it was a time that I couldn't ...
- Any employed person with kids has the right to stay home when those kids are sick. What I really recommend is that you sit down with your boss, explain the situation, ...
- I'm afraid I don't have an answer for sick care, other than to try to network with a moms' group or in your community to see if there's someone who would be willing to...
Day Care
Asked by C.B. from Miami
on March 21, 2007
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I recently in January took my seventeen month old son out of in home day care to a facility so that he could get more of a social interaction, but since i have put him...
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- Hi C., I had a similar situation. My son just turned a year old when he went from staying at home with Grandma to going to a daycare. The first 2-3 months it seem...
- My daughter spent her first two years with a runny nose :-( People insist on taking their children to daycare even though they are sick. It isn't him! The word is ...
- Welcome to the wonderful world of daycare facilities!! My kid has been in one (3 days a week) since January and has been sick non-stop since. He has been on three di...
Day Care
Asked by J.H. from Missoula
on April 6, 2010
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I have a question for moms using daycare. My issue is that we get charged even if my son does not attend for the day (or week). We had brought it up last year when w...
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- If she has this issue covered in her policies, then there's not much you can do. However, I agree with you...This is a business she is running. She is, to a certain...
- It is my understanding that it is common business practice, that you get charged for the time that your child in enrolled for, no matter if he attends or not. All day ...
- For our d/c lady (also a very small business) she has negotiated a certain number of 'vacation' and 'sick' days per year. Total of 7, I believe, may be 10. If she's ...
Why Are We All So Sick?!
Asked by S.J. from St. Louis
on April 14, 2011
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I am beyond frustrated. I almost have to laugh at this point because it is so ridiculous.
My family has been sick a total of 12 times in the past few months. And ...
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- In our area, every time the schools decrease the number of allowed sick days "everyone" gets really sick for that year because parents send their children to school si...
- You're going to get good advice from lots of people. When my husband and I both worked, we had to take turns for the kids and we went to work sick for ourselves (unles...
- We started taking supplements 16 years ago and it greatly improved the whole family's health. We also switched to nontoxic cleaning and laundry products. Let me know...
Sick
Asked by C.S. from Tampa
on March 2, 2008
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I got my 5 month old son sick! =( Should i give him some pedelite or juice instead of just formula?
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- Hi C.. Do you think that he is dehydrated? If so then you might want to take him to the doctor. You will know if he is dehydrated if he does not have a wet diaper fo...
- It depends if he is throwing up or has diareah give him pedelite. If it is just a cold the doctor will probably tell you to continue the formula. That is what my dau...
- probably not, talk to your pediatrician is the safest thing to do.
Child Care
Asked by K.W. from Grand Rapids
on June 25, 2010
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Hi Ladies,
We are looking at opening a child care developmental center downtown. We are first trying to figure out the demand for this. Wanting to get some feed bac...
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- We paid almost $20K last year for 2 kids in full-time day care (1 and 3 years-old). Our facility doesn't offer any of the amenities you refer to in your message. Jus...
- i think the most important thing is the quality of care that the kids will be receiving. all the extras you mention sound great but if it drives up the cost, you may...
- The center we go is amazing (like what you are describing) and well worth the extra money per week. It is $240 a week. That was out of our price range but after visiti...
Sick of Being Sick
Asked by C.F. from San Francisco
on October 14, 2008
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Hi Moms, I know that having my 12 month old in daycare will give us plenty of colds, but I seem to be sick all the time. Right when we get better, we get sick again. I...
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- Cut out as much sugar as possible from your diet. Sugar hinders the immune system. Besides the usual suspects such as sweets, ice cream, C., etc look at your cereal,...
- Hi C., I feel for you...breaking the cycle of being sick all the time. The thing that has really helped me is eating yogurt every day. I use either the Fiber One ...
- Wash hands a million times a day! Also talk to your doctor, you might not have a cold it could be allergies. Good Luck!
"I'm Sick"
Asked by S.D. from Boston
on March 27, 2008
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My daughter is in the 1st grade. Every so often I get the "I'm sick" card. I take her temp, it's normal, so off to school. Then I get a phone call from the school n...
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- GO YOU!! That was a great idea. I'm a teacher and I still think that was a perfect remedy.
- My first thought was, what is going on at school that she is trying to avoid. My second thought was, well no wonder! Growing up, my Mom always said "If you're too si...
- I think what you did was great and sounds like what I would have done! Good job!
