Children when they get sick.

I too have had to take off time from work to care for sick kids. I have three and they always seem to get sick one after another rather than at the same time. One way I was able to work when they were sick, was to have a trusted friend or family memer babysit for me. If you have that option at all, even if it is a little hectic at that time, I recommend using it. Fact of life, kids get sick, adults get sick, if you are able to have an alternative to daycare when your child is sick, you won't feel as bad for having to miss work when your tun to catch a bug comes around. Another option, my husband and I have also taken turns staying home with the kids. This way, neither of us had to miss as much work.

Bless your heart. My son is grown now, but between the ages of 6 weeks and 3 years, he was sick a bunch. He had pneumonia for the first time when he was 6 weeks old. He was one whose temperature spiked rapidly, whether he had a cold or an ear infection, and he almost went into convulsions each time. I missed so much work that I lost 2 jobs because of my son's illnesses. Then I discovered that some nurses had started a sick child daycare center. It was more costly then regular daycare, but when my son wasn't so sick that I worried about him, but was too sick to be in regular daycare, that was a wonderful service.