I work at a daycare (which is why this is in the working parents forum... didn't think it was appropriate in other ones) in the infant room. We have an infant who is about 8 months old. About 2 months ago (when she started) her cheeks were always red. The parents said it was eczema. No big deal, we have had other kids with eczema and we've worked with the parents to keep it under control. But the last month or so has been out of control. This poor little girl is now covered in this. There isn't a single body part that isn't affected. Her head, ears, necks, back, stomach, cheeks, arms, wrists, private parts, legs, ankles, everything is covered in this. They are large red patches (and some small patches) that are breaking open and pussing/bleeding everywhere. She scratches at it constantly. They were doing NOTHING for it. About 2 weeks ago the grandma told the parents that if they don't take her to the dr she'll call cps herself (at that point they hadn't even taken her to the dr about this!). They did take her to the dr, who tested her and said she had a staph infection 
They gave her a couple different medicines and for about a week she was starting to get better. But then they stopped giving her the medicine. They took the cream that we had at the daycare for her so we can't use that.
Now it's so far out of control. I just look at this little girl and cry. We have to put her in long pants and shirts because otherwise she's bleeding everywhere (and other parents have started to question what's going on with her too). This little girl is constantly in pain, but she doesn't even cry anymore. When changing her diaper (her diaper area is severely affected) she just trembles
When her parents came to pick her up yesterday I told them that, yet again, she was bleeding so we bandaged her up. They didn't seem to care at all. I asked if they could bring the cream back so we could use it on her at the daycare and they said "Oh, we aren't using that anymore". I asked if they were using anything else that we could help with and she responded with "we aren't using anything". I then asked if they could bring in at least some diaper cream for her (they took that too about 2 weeks ago) and she said "no, she doesn't need it" and left!
This little girl is so sweet and innocent. It breaks my heart to see her like this day after day. When we had the cream at the daycare we could get her a bit better by Friday, and then by Monday she's be horrible again. Now we haven't had the cream and it's gotten worse and worse and now it's a 3 day weekend (we aren't open on Monday). Honestly, it's to the point where I'm dreading going to work. By the end of the day I'm usually in a horrible mood, worried sick about this girl.
After last nights encounter with the parents I had a really horrible feeling. I did call the child abuse hotline number we have posted in the daycare. They took a report and told me I should call the local police and ask for a child welfare check (since that would get it done quicker than if I went through the abuse hotline). So I called the police and let them know what was happening. She said she'd pass along the info. About an hour later a police officer called me to get some more info. He said this family already has a social worker and he couldn't understand why the social worker wasn't aware of the condition this baby was in
When I talked to him last he was almost at the families house. He said he'd check on her and then hunt down the social worker to find out what is going on from her end. I haven't heard anything more. I just hope the little girl is safe this weekend. She deserves to be happy and free of pain.
They gave her a couple different medicines and for about a week she was starting to get better. But then they stopped giving her the medicine. They took the cream that we had at the daycare for her so we can't use that.Now it's so far out of control. I just look at this little girl and cry. We have to put her in long pants and shirts because otherwise she's bleeding everywhere (and other parents have started to question what's going on with her too). This little girl is constantly in pain, but she doesn't even cry anymore. When changing her diaper (her diaper area is severely affected) she just trembles
When her parents came to pick her up yesterday I told them that, yet again, she was bleeding so we bandaged her up. They didn't seem to care at all. I asked if they could bring the cream back so we could use it on her at the daycare and they said "Oh, we aren't using that anymore". I asked if they were using anything else that we could help with and she responded with "we aren't using anything". I then asked if they could bring in at least some diaper cream for her (they took that too about 2 weeks ago) and she said "no, she doesn't need it" and left!This little girl is so sweet and innocent. It breaks my heart to see her like this day after day. When we had the cream at the daycare we could get her a bit better by Friday, and then by Monday she's be horrible again. Now we haven't had the cream and it's gotten worse and worse and now it's a 3 day weekend (we aren't open on Monday). Honestly, it's to the point where I'm dreading going to work. By the end of the day I'm usually in a horrible mood, worried sick about this girl.
After last nights encounter with the parents I had a really horrible feeling. I did call the child abuse hotline number we have posted in the daycare. They took a report and told me I should call the local police and ask for a child welfare check (since that would get it done quicker than if I went through the abuse hotline). So I called the police and let them know what was happening. She said she'd pass along the info. About an hour later a police officer called me to get some more info. He said this family already has a social worker and he couldn't understand why the social worker wasn't aware of the condition this baby was in
When I talked to him last he was almost at the families house. He said he'd check on her and then hunt down the social worker to find out what is going on from her end. I haven't heard anything more. I just hope the little girl is safe this weekend. She deserves to be happy and free of pain.
Let's all hope this poor baby gets the best possible outcome from this, and relief from her suffering. I have often found that sometimes parents are really unaware of how infants can suffer
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