How long can my child stay in the daycare center?
Most daycare centers offer variable delivery and collection times. Usually, children are brought between 7 and 8 a.m. and picked up again between 2 and 3 p.m. in half-day care or between 5 and 6 p.m. in full-day care. Larger daycare centers that are integrated into daycare centers can also provide late childcare or even look after the children overnight and on weekends if required.
However, since family life with its own rituals and time schedules is very important for the development of the child, such arrangements should only be made in an emergency. How long the child is allowed to attend a daycare center depends on the structures of the daycare center hab. As a rule, children from about 3 years of age come to the kindergarten when they can go to the toilet alone and no longer have a great need for care, as there are fewer educators available.
If the child attends a day care center with crèche and kindergarten, the limits can be more variable. In general, the attempt is made to transfer friendly children to the next level of care together. Similar topics that might interest you: KITA or day care – Which care is the most suitable?
What if my child is sick?
Children with infectious diseases are generally not allowed in the daycare center or in other facilities to avoid infecting other children. These include in particular highly infectious childhood diseases such as measles, chickenpox, etc. However, children with coughs, colds, diarrhea, vomiting or fever of unknown origin are not allowed in childcare.
Parents are entitled to at least 10 days off work per child, depending on the regulations, during which they can stay at home and look after the child themselves. Due to the frequent infections in childhood, the own stress of staying away from work and the annoying visit to the pediatrician, many parents are annoyed when the daycare center prohibits the visit of the sick child. However, since the welfare of the other children is at stake and the daycare center would have to close temporarily when the staff falls ill, all those involved must comply with the regulations.
Unfortunately, many illnesses can be transmitted before the first symptoms appear, and there are still occasional waves of illness in a facility. However, this is also due to the particularly close contact of the children and the hygiene measures that have not yet been learned (e.g. washing hands or holding out hands when coughing) and cannot always be prevented.
- Vaccinations for babies
- MMR vaccination
