As the CDC announces today the 2012 flu season has started. There you are as a working parent surrounded by sick co-workers and dropping your kid off at daycare with possibly sick children, the perennial question arises; what do I do with a sick kid?
Most daycare facilities and schools do not allow your children to attend their facilities for at least 24 hours if your child has a fever. What do you do? By this time of the year you've used your paid time off for that awesome vacation during the summer or you want to use it to catch up on your Christmas shopping or to spend extra time with family and friends. If you have a nanny, you have a few more choices that is unless your nanny or nanny's kids get sick.
Take a look at one of our host mom sharing her experience with juggling her work schedule and sick kids here. Remember you can follow Au Pair Buzz blog with just a click. What are some of the arrangements you and your family make when you have a sick child?