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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We have 5 month old baby and are brand new to daycare. Our baby started in early December and immediately got sick twice in eight days: a stomach bug on Day 3 and a croup-like cough with wheezing on Day 7.

We immediately leave for a 3 week trip to see our family and baby gets better. It takes about 10 full days for baby to get rid of the cough and get back to 100%.

Well, we restart daycare this week. By Tuesday evening, he starts having wheezing. Today, the croup-like cough has returned. I’m up right now because he keeps coughing in his sleep and is waking up every 20 minutes  :roll:

We’ve noticed that our daycare’s infant room has one set of toys that are shared between all the kids. We even got an update today via the app that had a photo of our baby with a teething toy IN HIS MOUTH. Is it any wonder these kids are all getting sick when they are sharing all the same toys, rattles, etc shared by the daycare center. [b]The center claims they disinfect the toys between use, but I know that’s not practical with a 4:1 ratio.[/b]

[b]Would it be appropriate for us to bring a ziplock gallon bag with a few toys only for our baby’s use? I can label the toys and I’m happy to disinfect the toys daily. But it makes no sense at all for a daycare center to have a bunch of shared toys, rattles, teething devices, etc in the middle of flu & cold season[/b].

This is just basic common sense, right?

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Highly inappropriate.  Since you claim to know it's impractical to disinfect toys after each use how do you expect staff to monitor your special toys?  BTW, all daycare toys are shared toys.[/quote]

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