DON'T

This is a major issue for daycare providers--DON'T bring your child to school when they are sick.  If they have been sent home sick, keep them there for 24 hours after their fever or other symptoms  are gone. Even public schools have this policy.  And don't bother loading them up with fever reducer.  Believe me, we know you're doing it.  More then likely we can tell the minute we see your child that they are sick, with or without medicine.  Besides, if they are over 2 years old we'll simply ask them and they are more then happy to tell us which medicine Mommy gave them that morning.   Plus, these meds wear off after a few hours.
If we call you at work to pick up your child because they are sick, don't get angry with us.  It's not our fault.  He/she is SICK.  They need to be at home with Mom or Dad, sitting on the couch, wrapped in their favorite blanket,  getting your undivided attention.  They do not need to be lying on a mat on the floor in the corner of their classroom with NO ONE paying attention to them because their teacher is taking care of 10 or more other children.  All kids ever want is their own mommy or daddy when they are sick.
The reality is that children in daycare get sick a lot.  You need to have a backup plan for when your child gets sick.  In fact,  have a backup to the backup.  And state policy requires that we send children home that are sick--period.  We do not have an isolated room for sick kids.  While your sick child is in our care they are spreading their cold, flu, stomach bug, etc. to everyone else at the daycare, including their teachers.  And we do not like to miss work any more then you do.  When we miss work the other teachers have to be shuffled around or classes combined.  It's not fair to the children.  They need to know that they'll be seeing their regular teacher each day and be in their own classroom.
We realize that you may not have an understanding boss when it comes to leaving work for sick kids, but these are children who need their parents and need to be at home.  So, please work with us.  We're sorry your boss doesn't want you to miss anymore work, but our one and only concern is for the children.