You just know when your child isn't feeling well, but how can you know when coughs and sniffles mean it's time to keep your child home from school? Or when to call the doctor? Since school-aged children get up to 10 colds a year, it can be a puzzle for many parents.

That's why the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) and Triaminic® have partnered to create "Sick Day Guidelines: Making the Right Call When Your Child Has a Cold." Some 22 million school days are missed each year in the U.S. due to colds, which are also the leading cause of doctor visits and missed school and work days.

Read on for useful information to help you make the right call on your child's next sick day.

Should I keep my child at home or send them to school?

Consider keeping your child home if he or she:

Has a fever of 100.4 degrees or higher
Has been vomiting
Has symptoms that prevent him or her from participating in school, such as:

What does talking and listening feel like in my home?

Talking feels secure -it means that mum and dad and my sister Pippa are there. It means that my grandad and nana are there too sometimes ,and my best friend Ritchie from over the back -and my aunty Chrissy and uncle Kevin.

It means that dad is teaching me stuff. I know he is busy at his work downstairs but dad always listens to me and we spend time together after his work every day before dinner.

We have play fights and scrums. I like to play Star Wars most of all -and dad is Darth Vadar . Grandad isn’t very good at Star wars but we do other stuff together. Next week he is taking me fishing.