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Child with diahorrea school play?

62 replies

tinatsarina · 09/12/2019 09:40

So my son had diahorrea this morning so I'm off work with him. It happened half 7 this morning but hasn't had any since. His school play is tomorrow and he has lines. Do you think if there is no more the rest of the day I could take him in tomorrow and bring him home again after the play? It's at 10. He's in good form no temperature or anything.

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Stupiddriver1 · 09/12/2019 09:41

No. It will only be just after 24 hrs.

FenellaMaxwell · 09/12/2019 09:42

No, obviously not. please don’t gift the rest of his class with D&V for Christmas!

custardbear · 09/12/2019 09:43

I wouldn't - not long enough and also if it happened on stage it would ruin his childhood !

Crazycatlady83 · 09/12/2019 09:44

Guidelines are 48 hrs after the last incident at my DS school. Being a school play, with lots of children all in close proximity, you risk infecting lots of people right before Christmas!

Venger · 09/12/2019 09:44

No, the 48hr applies and school will most definitely not want him in. Please don't ruin someone's Christmas by taking your infectious child to school.

Littlefish · 09/12/2019 09:44

Absolutely not. There are some really nasty bugs going round at the moment. Even if the diarrhoea has stopped, you child is likely to be still carrying the germs.

CottonSock · 09/12/2019 09:46

If it's only one episode it might just be something he ate. Happens to me all the time. I certainly don't take 2 days off work every time I had too much all-bran. See how he goes today, but he's either well enough for school or not. I wouldn't take him home after play personally.

KnifeAngel · 09/12/2019 09:51

It needs to be 48 hours do he can't go in until Wednesday at the earliest.

Venger · 09/12/2019 09:51

You're an adult though CottonSock and can presumably practice the sort of stringent hygiene that can minimise the risk of infecting others, I also presume you're able to get to the toilet in a hurry without asking the permission of the adult in charge of you or requiring any help with your clothing. Children aren't great at stringent hygiene and aren't usually able to just take themselves off to the loo without letting the teacher know first, there is a high probability he would infect everyone and/or that he would have an accident and be known as "Shitty Pants" until the end of his school career.

PS: if your company doesn't observe Public Health guidelines in exclusion periods for D&V then they're dicks. I seriously hope you don't work with food or vulnerable people.

ChristmasSpirtsOnTheRocksPleas · 09/12/2019 09:52

Why is he having it? If it’s something he’s eaten then I don’t really see the problem. If he has some kind of bug then don’t send him.

RuthW · 09/12/2019 09:54

If one incident then yes definitely send him. He's not ill and doesn't even have diarrhoea just one runny poo.

GreatestShowUnicorn · 09/12/2019 09:57

If it only happened once it's not d&v.

WinnieTheW0rm · 09/12/2019 09:58

Diarrhoea for Christmas. Top of every child and parent's wish list.

Yes it is shit for your DS (in both senses). But I think he needs to be off - could you turn your energy to finding an amazing treat for him to make up for missing it?

(Also agree that the risk he's not properly better, and pukes, shits or faints on the stage, is not one I would want to take)

BrexitMakeItStop · 09/12/2019 09:59

No, don't take him in. Of course, don't take him in.

thatguiltyfeeling · 09/12/2019 10:01

If he'd had three bouts of diarrhoea I'd say keep him off. But once is fine imo. We don't send children home until they've had three loose poos in a row as it can just be sometimes they've eaten something they didn't quite agree with.

CottonSock · 09/12/2019 10:05

@Venger IBS is not a public health risk as far as I'm aware!

snowybaubles · 09/12/2019 10:07

'He's got lines'

As if that has anything to do with whether to send a child with the shits back to school Hmm

Keep your child away. Mine doesn't want to be ill. Thanks.

Roomba · 09/12/2019 10:08

I feel your pain, I've had to keep DS2 off today and he's missing being Joseph in his nativity show as a result Sad Also getting his big trophy for the completing his football course this term. He's far more upset about that actually. But he's unwell, is never usually off school and I'm sure the rest of the class don't want to catch it for Christmas!

Venger · 09/12/2019 10:10

@CottonSock IBS is a totally different situation and not the same thing as an infectious D&V bug. You wouldnt infect anyone with IBS but if you suspected your diarrhoea was due to a bug rather than IBS (or your IBS was especially bad) you'd surely stay home.

Kanga83 · 09/12/2019 10:11

Absolutely not. You risk making a lot of children ill and anyone immunity compromises or pre-existing could end up in hospital. Believe me no one but you will care that he has lines. I'm pretty sure another child can do it no issue. It would be very selfish imo.

DirtyBlonde · 09/12/2019 10:11

If a child had diagnosed IBS, or proven allergy, or known car sickness, then those would not require exclusion once the DC was feeling better.

But OP does not say that any of those apply, and it 's less than 3 hours since onset.

So OP needs to keep him off.

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tinatsarina · 09/12/2019 10:16

It has only been the once and he has no temp or any other symptoms. So doesn't seem unwell and was fine last night. We all ate the same things and neither myself or his dad are unwell. He's 5 so it's his first nativity and he is so excited. I'm going to see how he gets on today.

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snowybaubles · 09/12/2019 10:18

Take the nativity out of the equation. It's not a deciding factor.

Teachermaths · 09/12/2019 10:22

If it's a one off its highly unlikely to be a bug. My kid has a loose poo every so often, I know it's not a bug, just one of those things. If it doesn't happen again I'd send him in.

Butterfly02 · 09/12/2019 10:27

Please consider those children who are not healthy to start with. For those with long term conditions and autoimmune deficiency this could be more severe and mean hospitalisation. As a mother of a child with health issues I have to take my child to school (its the law) but he's vulnerable when he's there (and much more so when people don't adhere to the rules). Don't spoil Christmas for the whole class.
There will be other nativity plays.