Flu

If your child has the flu please keep your child at home

Your child can return to daycare, once all the following criteria has been meet:

~ Vomiting

• 24 hours from the time the vomit reducing medication (such as, Gravel) are out of your child system (8 to 10 hours after taking last dose) and vomiting has not restarted
  
• 24 hours free of any vomit reducing medication or any other medication that can mask symptoms of illness.
  
• If no medication is given: 24 hours starting one (1) hour after the last time your child vomited.
  

~ Fever

• 24 hours from the time the fever reducing medication are out of your child system (8 to 10 hours after taking last dose) and fever has not returned
• 24 hours free of any fever reducing medication or any other medication that can mask symptoms of illness.
• If no medication is given: 24 hours starting one (1) hour after you discover your child’s fever has broken

~ Your child can participate in all the daycare activities 
~ Your child is eating and drinking normally

This can mean your child might be home 48 hours or longer before being able to return to daycare