---
title: "Can I add attendance for a past day?"
description: "Yes. Add missed day on the child's profile covers one child, and Backfill on the Attendance page covers whole days or months, without overwriting anything."
type: guide
updated: 2026-08-26
canonical_url: https://help.nestlicare.com/owners/faq/can-i-add-attendance-for-a-past-day
roles: ["super_admin", "center_admin"]
platforms: [web, ios, android]
---
Yes, two ways depending on how much is missing:

- **One child, one day:** open the child's profile, go to the **Attendance** tab, and click **Add missed day**. Pick the day, choose present or absent, and enter drop-off and pick-up times for a present day. Hourly billing counts it like any other day.
- **Many children or many days** (you moved to NestliCare mid-year, or a device was down): go to **Families & Children → Attendance**, set the date, and click **Backfill**. Set default times, mark each child Present, Absent, or Skip, and save; **Save & next day** marches through a gap without reopening the sheet.

Both are for owners and center admins, both are recorded in your audit trail, and neither ever overwrites: children who already have a record for a day are skipped, so you can safely run backfill over a half-filled day. Backfilled records carry a **Backfilled** pill so entered history stays distinguishable from a live tap.

Related: [Fix an attendance mistake](/owners/situations/fix-an-attendance-mistake), [Run an attendance report](/owners/reports/run-an-attendance-report).