Daycare germs: what you need to know
Ukpeh’s best advice for keeping the whole family healthy is to make sure everyone is getting lots of rest and eating nutritious food. Always wash your toddler’s hands as soon as you get home from daycare, and before they eat or interact with siblings.. The Canadian Paediatric Society also recommends flu shots for any adult caregivers living or working with kids under age five. If it’s the first time your child has ever had a flu shot, they’ll need two separate doses, four weeks apart.
Kate Mason,* an early childhood educator in Sudbury, Ont., works at a daycare and sends her two-and-a-half-year-old son, Max,* to another one. She knows how futile the war against germs can feel. “At work, we’re constantly disinfecting and cleaning and washing hands. When I come home, I change my clothes as soon as I walk in the door. Even so, when Max first started daycare and I went back to work, we were both sick all the time.
Check your daycare’s parent handbook for their policies. Often, a child is not allowed to return to the centre until they’ve been fever-free for 24 hours. That means if a daycare worker notices your child isat 3 p.m., they won’t be allowed to attend care the next day, even if the fever has vanished by morning. Most daycares will not give medications like Tylenol or Advil, either.
Michelle Richea, a Toronto naturopathic doctor and mom of one, says it isn’t realistic to expect even the healthiest kid to avoid getting sick when they start daycare. But there are some things parents can do to support a
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