A.T.
First of all, relax, do not panic and get your facts. Ringworm is a fungus, not a germ or bacteria. If you have a pet, they get ringworm as well, so if you have a pet and they came in contact with you and then you with the baby and so on. If it is in the daycare, your daughter will get it repeatedly if the day care is not thouroughly cleaned. You need to find out if any other children in the daycare do indeed have it. Or perhaps the daycare people themselves have it. Ask and check it out. You really are going to have to do your homework on this as you seem to think that they are blaming your daughter for the outbreak. Hair has nothing to do with ringworm, it is found on the skin. Just like it can occur on the scalp, it can occur on any part of the body. If there are other children who have it, it is going to continue back and forth as ringworm is very contagious. Actually, all kids in the day care you find who do have it, should be kept at home until the condition has cleared completely because they will only continue to pass it back and forth and contaminate everything they come in contact with. You have been doing the right thing thus far with the cream. The cream has to be placed at least one inch outside of the ringworm as well as on the ringworm and you must be diligent in doing this up to twice a day or whatever the dosage is. Ringworm can take up to 4 weeks to clear, depending on the severity. On the scalp, it can take up to 8 weeks. Also, you must remember to wash your hands each time you apply or come in contact with his ringworm or else you're just passing it back and forth. Everything must be washed in hot water. Ask your dr. for a shampoo as well as the cream and you are just going to have to wait it out. Patience is really required for ringworm and be mindful that it is very very contagious, so wash your hands, the babies hands etc. The cream, also has to be applied for 1 week after the ringworm is gone, if you do not follow these methods, the ringworm will return on its own as it was not given time enough to heal & disappear. If your daughter is the only one with it, you are going to need alot of patience because as I mentioned before it can take up to 4 wks to clear, 8 wks to clear on the scalp and alot of washing of the hands and her linens and such. As for meds, she is quite young and you may not want to choose that route, check with her ped. If your insticts are fully against meds, you will have to be diligent and patient and see the condition through with cream in the manner I described above. Good Luck T..