When anything is abnormal about your child’s behavior or condition, your first instinct is to bring them to a specialist. We understand that feels like the best option no matter the situation, but there are specific conditions, behavior, and illnesses that warrant emergency child care services. Read below to discover the top conditions and behaviors of your child that warrant emergency child care:
● Difficulty breathing
● Severe allergic reaction
● High fever with headache
● Sudden loss of sight, speech, or movement
● Broken bone
● Body part near an injured bone that is numb, tingling, weak, cold or pale
● Heavy bleeding that will not stop after 5 minutes of pressure on it
● Fast heartbeat that will not slow down
● Nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea or all the above
● Upset stomach
● Sprains and strains
● Vomiting followed by dry mouth, not crying tears, no urination in more than eight hours or acting very sleepy/“out of it”
If your child is exhibiting any of the behaviors above, don’t hesitate to bring them to our emergency child care center in Fairport, NY.