Daycare says can’t come with a runny nose

[Anonymous]

Many kids have running nose after playing on the playground in the cold air. Even I run on the street in winter, there is always a runny nose.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare is doing a great job with COVID precautions. I’ve been really impressed with their enforcement for kids, teachers, and families. But they just sent a letter home that said kids with runny noses will be sent home and can’t return until “resolved.” This seems a little excessive. Wondering if other daycare are saying/enforcing this.

Yes, my center is doing this. Requires negative covid test results or doctor's note.

I thought it was overkill until I heard of an acquaintance in this area who tested positive only with a runny nose. That shocked me.

Exclusion for just a runny nose sounds like an unsustainable business model for daycares. Kids could be unsymptomatic too so just exclude everyone. The guidelines from MD make more sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many kids have running nose after playing on the playground in the cold air. Even I run on the street in winter, there is always a runny nose.

Yep, every windy/ chilly day at 11:30 I get a call to pick up my 2.5 year old. Why 11:30? They are outside from 10:45 -11:30. She comes in with a clear, runny nose. I’m told it’s an exclusionary symptom and must take her home. Ironically almost all kids fall into this category so a class of 7 gets to about 2 quickly. Don’t want to be cynical, but come on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare is doing a great job with COVID precautions. I’ve been really impressed with their enforcement for kids, teachers, and families. But they just sent a letter home that said kids with runny noses will be sent home and can’t return until “resolved.” This seems a little excessive. Wondering if other daycare are saying/enforcing this.

Yes, my center is doing this. Requires negative covid test results or doctor's note.

I thought it was overkill until I heard of an acquaintance in this area who tested positive only with a runny nose. That shocked me.

Exclusion for just a runny nose sounds like an unsustainable business model for daycares. Kids could be unsymptomatic too so just exclude everyone. The guidelines from MD make more sense.

This is not a business model, rather it's what the health department and Covid guidlines say daycare must follow. I posted on another thread that we have a flowchart we have to follow for exclusions. Even if a child does not have covid like illness, if it's something like a runny nose, that child must stay home until the symptoms are resolved. Believe me, I doubt many daycares want to battle or ask that kids be kept home. Parents get upset, we get yelled at because they think it's our "business model". It's not, we must follow these guidelines in order to stay open. I just read in a thread that the council now wants to limit us to 50 percent of capacity. We just can't win right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare is doing a great job with COVID precautions. I’ve been really impressed with their enforcement for kids, teachers, and families. But they just sent a letter home that said kids with runny noses will be sent home and can’t return until “resolved.” This seems a little excessive. Wondering if other daycare are saying/enforcing this.

Yes, my center is doing this. Requires negative covid test results or doctor's note.

I thought it was overkill until I heard of an acquaintance in this area who tested positive only with a runny nose. That shocked me.

Exclusion for just a runny nose sounds like an unsustainable business model for daycares. Kids could be unsymptomatic too so just exclude everyone. The guidelines from MD make more sense.

This is not a business model, rather it's what the health department and Covid guidlines say daycare must follow. I posted on another thread that we have a flowchart we have to follow for exclusions. Even if a child does not have covid like illness, if it's something like a runny nose, that child must stay home until the symptoms are resolved. Believe me, I doubt many daycares want to battle or ask that kids be kept home. Parents get upset, we get yelled at because they think it's our "business model". It's not, we must follow these guidelines in order to stay open. I just read in a thread that the council now wants to limit us to 50 percent of capacity. We just can't win right now.

In what state? I am in VA and a runny nose would have to be accompanied by something else - otherwise no kid would ever be in school during the winter.

[Anonymous]

Our kid had to go on zyrtec because a month of intermittent runny nose meant we ended up keeping him home every few days. Our ped finally said let's see if this helps bc we were calling every couple of days.

Weve been tested twice since they wont test a child without multiple symptoms, one of which needs to be a fever OR contact with known exposure.

All parents can do is get tested regularly. I cant pay for care and then not be able.to use it because of a runny nose.

[Anonymous]

Ours says that if the nose is running 1hr after coming in from drop off or playground in cold weather or if it’s not clear we need a Dr note and/or Covid test

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare is doing a great job with COVID precautions. I’ve been really impressed with their enforcement for kids, teachers, and families. But they just sent a letter home that said kids with runny noses will be sent home and can’t return until “resolved.” This seems a little excessive. Wondering if other daycare are saying/enforcing this.

Yes, my center is doing this. Requires negative covid test results or doctor's note.

I thought it was overkill until I heard of an acquaintance in this area who tested positive only with a runny nose. That shocked me.

Seriously? You haven't been following the news for the past 8 months. Heard of asymptomatic transmission?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many kids have running nose after playing on the playground in the cold air. Even I run on the street in winter, there is always a runny nose.

This. I walk my DD to daycare and with recent cooler mornings she’s had a bit of a runny nose by the time we get there. We received the same letter from our daycare, so it sounds like I’ll have to start driving her instead. It’s just nice to get some extra fresh air.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare is doing a great job with COVID precautions. I’ve been really impressed with their enforcement for kids, teachers, and families. But they just sent a letter home that said kids with runny noses will be sent home and can’t return until “resolved.” This seems a little excessive. Wondering if other daycare are saying/enforcing this.

Yes, my center is doing this. Requires negative covid test results or doctor's note.

I thought it was overkill until I heard of an acquaintance in this area who tested positive only with a runny nose. That shocked me.

Exclusion for just a runny nose sounds like an unsustainable business model for daycares. Kids could be unsymptomatic too so just exclude everyone. The guidelines from MD make more sense.

This is not a business model, rather it's what the health department and Covid guidlines say daycare must follow. I posted on another thread that we have a flowchart we have to follow for exclusions. Even if a child does not have covid like illness, if it's something like a runny nose, that child must stay home until the symptoms are resolved. Believe me, I doubt many daycares want to battle or ask that kids be kept home. Parents get upset, we get yelled at because they think it's our "business model". It's not, we must follow these guidelines in order to stay open. I just read in a thread that the council now wants to limit us to 50 percent of capacity. We just can't win right now.

DP- I think what some parents are wondering is why a negative PCR Covid test wouldn’t suffice for a return, rather than having to stay home until the cold is resolved. That can take a week or longer. I’m worried I’m going to run through my remaining sick leave quickly and not have enough for an actual serious illness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare is doing a great job with COVID precautions. I’ve been really impressed with their enforcement for kids, teachers, and families. But they just sent a letter home that said kids with runny noses will be sent home and can’t return until “resolved.” This seems a little excessive. Wondering if other daycare are saying/enforcing this.

Yes, my center is doing this. Requires negative covid test results or doctor's note.

I thought it was overkill until I heard of an acquaintance in this area who tested positive only with a runny nose. That shocked me.

Exclusion for just a runny nose sounds like an unsustainable business model for daycares. Kids could be unsymptomatic too so just exclude everyone. The guidelines from MD make more sense.

This is not a business model, rather it's what the health department and Covid guidlines say daycare must follow. I posted on another thread that we have a flowchart we have to follow for exclusions. Even if a child does not have covid like illness, if it's something like a runny nose, that child must stay home until the symptoms are resolved. Believe me, I doubt many daycares want to battle or ask that kids be kept home. Parents get upset, we get yelled at because they think it's our "business model". It's not, we must follow these guidelines in order to stay open. I just read in a thread that the council now wants to limit us to 50 percent of capacity. We just can't win right now.

DP- I think what some parents are wondering is why a negative PCR Covid test wouldn’t suffice for a return, rather than having to stay home until the cold is resolved. That can take a week or longer. I’m worried I’m going to run through my remaining sick leave quickly and not have enough for an actual serious illness.

This.

“Cold is resolved” in our house can easily be 10 days or more. Fever May only last a day or two, but one of my DDs typically has a lingering cough every time she gets a cold.
If a negative PCR test isn’t sufficient, we’re in trouble.

[Anonymous]

My kid would never go to school... He has seasonal allergies and we give him Claritin but his nose is still a little bit runny always.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many kids have running nose after playing on the playground in the cold air. Even I run on the street in winter, there is always a runny nose.

This. I walk my DD to daycare and with recent cooler mornings she’s had a bit of a runny nose by the time we get there. We received the same letter from our daycare, so it sounds like I’ll have to start driving her instead. It’s just nice to get some extra fresh air.

Oh stop being so dramatic, that’s not what they mean and you know it.

[Anonymous]

Daycare in Va. My kids had runny noses with no other symptoms a few weeks ago. Daycare says the runny nose isn’t an exclusion by itself. They also had a negative COVID tests. Honestly, if my kids needed to stay home with a runny nose I would need to pull them from day care and quit my job. Older DS has allergies and the baby will probably have a runny nose all winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our daycare is doing a great job with COVID precautions. I’ve been really impressed with their enforcement for kids, teachers, and families. But they just sent a letter home that said kids with runny noses will be sent home and can’t return until “resolved.” This seems a little excessive. Wondering if other daycare are saying/enforcing this.

Yes, my center is doing this. Requires negative covid test results or doctor's note.

I thought it was overkill until I heard of an acquaintance in this area who tested positive only with a runny nose. That shocked me.

Exclusion for just a runny nose sounds like an unsustainable business model for daycares. Kids could be unsymptomatic too so just exclude everyone. The guidelines from MD make more sense.

This is not a business model, rather it's what the health department and Covid guidlines say daycare must follow. I posted on another thread that we have a flowchart we have to follow for exclusions. Even if a child does not have covid like illness, if it's something like a runny nose, that child must stay home until the symptoms are resolved. Believe me, I doubt many daycares want to battle or ask that kids be kept home. Parents get upset, we get yelled at because they think it's our "business model". It's not, we must follow these guidelines in order to stay open. I just read in a thread that the council now wants to limit us to 50 percent of capacity. We just can't win right now.

DP- I think what some parents are wondering is why a negative PCR Covid test wouldn’t suffice for a return, rather than having to stay home until the cold is resolved. That can take a week or longer. I’m worried I’m going to run through my remaining sick leave quickly and not have enough for an actual serious illness.

This.

“Cold is resolved” in our house can easily be 10 days or more. Fever May only last a day or two, but one of my DDs typically has a lingering cough every time she gets a cold.
If a negative PCR test isn’t sufficient, we’re in trouble.

Write your representatives, who ever controls the MD health department. Like I said, these are not daycare rules, they are MD health department rules that we MUST follow if we as daycares want to remain open. It's in the paperwork we signed for EPCC and then to reopen under COVID.