Illness Policy
We work hard to keep our children and staff healthy. Children showing signs or symptoms of illness may not attend Tots N Toyland until they meet the Center's return-to-care requirements.
Symptoms include fever, vomiting, rash, fatigue, loss of appetite, pink eye, diarrhea, productive or nonproductive cough, muscle aches or pains, chills, or sweating.
If your child becomes ill while at the Center, we will contact you to arrange prompt pickup. A child sent home due to illness may not return the following day. They may return the day after that if symptoms have not returned and they otherwise meet the Center's return-to-care requirements.
Medications will not be administered at our center unless necessary for life-threatening conditions such as asthma, anaphylaxis or bacterial/fungal infections. The following medications are administered: Epi Pen, Nebulizer, Inhaler, Benadryl, antibiotics needed three or more times daily.
Cold sores or Warts must be dried up and healed before your child can return to daycare. This communicable virus is easily spread through saliva and skin contact.
Head Lice evidenced by adult bodies or eggs will be considered an active infestation and will need to be treated and removed before your child can return to care.
Influenza and RSV: Children who test positive for influenza or RSV may not return to care for at least four days.
Return-to-Care Requirements
Children sent home due to illness may return to Tots N Toyland only after being free of symptoms for at least 24 consecutive hours.
If a child continues to show symptoms, a written note from a licensed healthcare provider clearing the child to return to care is required before readmission. The note must indicate that the child is well enough to participate in normal daily activities and does not pose a risk to the health of other children or staff.
Tots N Toyland reserves the right to exclude a child who continues to exhibit symptoms that interfere with participation in care or raise concerns about the spread of illness, even if a healthcare provider's note has been provided.
All children must also meet any additional return-to-care requirements applicable to their specific illness, including any required exclusion periods.
Injury and Emergency Preparedness
We take every precaution to prevent illness and injury, and trained staff are always on-site while children are in care. Tots N Toyland maintains an Emergency Plan, which is included in this welcome packet and available for review at the Center or online at www.totsntoyland.com.
Communicable Disease Reporting
Parents must notify Tots N Toyland if their child or a member of their immediate household has been exposed to, or is suspected of having, a serious communicable illness, including influenza, measles, chickenpox, rotavirus, hepatitis, whooping cough, RSV, meningitis, COVID-19, or other significant infectious diseases.
Parents must report any reportable communicable disease, as defined by the State Board of Health, within 24 hours or by the next business day after diagnosis in their child or a member of the immediate household. Life-threatening diseases must be reported immediately.
Prompt notification allows us to take protective measures and help prevent the spread of illness to other children and staff.
Failure to report required communicable disease information may result in termination of care.
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