Flu?
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Anonymous
| Our child tested positive for the flu this weekend and is on tamiflu, but obviously still contagious. Whole family had the flu shot but one parent also has it so we have apparently picked up a strain not in this year's vaccine. We of course have had nanny come to work during other more minor sickness, but this seems different. How do others handle? Ask nanny to still come to work? Child is doing much better today- would not have left her yesterday but today she is acting like it is no worse than a cold. |
Anonymous
| part of having a nanny is having someone care for the kids when they're sick (I'd draw the line at vomiting and diarrhea though.) If the other parent is staying home sick, then don't have her come in but if other parent is well enough to work then she should be working too. |
Anonymous
| If your nanny catches this, don't make her use sick time/PTO when she can't come to work. |
Anonymous
| Live-in nanny here. Part of my living with the family is knowing that I will deal with any illness the child has. On the other hand, I have unlimited sick days, because as long as I'm capable of driving (if required) and capable of following kids around the house, I don't have to be perfectly on. I very rarely take sick days, so when I have an emergency illness/issue (like and abscessed tooth), my NF makes sure that I get to take care of it immediately. |
Anonymous
| How long is your house going to be contagious for? That would factor in to my decision - I do think you are right to think about this, the flu can and does kill perfectly healthy young adults every year. It's not just a bad cold. |
Anonymous
According to the CDC, up to 7 days after symptoms, so this whole week. It seems a bit much to give her the whole week off if she is not sick. I am torn - she was here last week when the adult had it (and we had not yet figured out it was the flu) and you are contagious for a day before symptoms, so she was around our daughter for a day while she as contagious. So she was already exposed and so far has no symptoms. Both adults are currently well enough to work tomorrow so leaning towards having her come... |
Anonymous
| We have 3 kids, and last year when the youngest and I got the flu the nanny came and took care of the older 2 and I basically quarantined myself in my room with the youngest. Tamiflu worked wonders for the 18 month old and she was fine within a day or so - I had a fever for 8 days straight and avoided everyone. My nanny took Tamiflu prophylactically to prevent herself from catching it and was fine with that. |
Anonymous
What's your plan when the nanny gets the flu? |
Anonymous
This, if you make her sick, you should pay full days pay for days off as well as bonus pay for being miserable. I would never have someone come to my house if someone were that actively sick. Its very selfish. |
Anonymous
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Will you tell her that your child has the flu and not just a cold?
What's easier? To tell her to stay home a day or two until your child is better or have the nanny be sick for a week if she catches it? Also, ask her if what she thinks? Does she have health insurance? |
Anonymous
| Does she have kids at home that she can give it to? |
Anonymous
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op again - I have already told her she tested positive for the flu - did it as soon as I knew so that if she started feeling sick she knew what it was and could get tamiflu. She has excellent health insurance and no kids. As I said in a prior post, she has already been exposed to it at our house before we knew that was what it was, and before our daughter had symptoms (you are contagious the day before symptoms).
The tone of this has turned to like I am trying to trick her, and I am not. I am really trying to figure out what makes sense here. If the CDC says children can be contagious for more than 7 days (does not say how long) would you just have here stay home until the fever is gone? Symptoms go away? Or a full 7 days even if the symptoms are gone before then? If she gets sick, we will of course need to take time off of work to cover until she can come back. But she could already be sick and just not have symptoms yet so that is already a possibility. |
Anonymous
| What does she prefer to do? |
Anonymous
She wanted to come to work tomorrow to help take care of her but I told her to stay home. We will reevaluate tomorrow. If no one else gets sick, and the fever is gone, will likely have her come back on tues. |
Anonymous
Very sensible. Oh, and it sounds like you have a great nanny. |