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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would say if your child has long strings of snot coming out of their nose you should keep them home.

I also think that if you can, keeping a child home that first day when the runny nose first appears and they look tired is a good idea. That is when they are most contagious and also when they benefit most from staying home in terms of resting and recovering quickly. But I get that not everyone can do that.

Some daycares seem to have a "clear snot is okay, yellow/green not ok" and that's ridiculous. The snot always starts out clear (when they are most contagious) and is yellow for a while afterwards.[/quote]

[op] I thought allergies snot ran clear, which is why daycares had the clear versus yellow green snot rule? [/quote]

Yes, but not all clear snot means allergies. Sometimes it means you're at the most infectious point of a virus. Those rules are dumb. Our daycare basically says use your judgement, infections often start with clear snot, if your child cannot participate or have fun you should not send them in.[/quote]

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