Dd been sick but no bug.

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Dd stayed at ex-H's last night. Apparently she had 2 bowls of dinner, then a chocolate eclair and an ice cream cone. She had a tummy ache afterwards so he gave her gaviscon which made her feel sick and she was sick. This was about 7pm.

She hasnt been sick since, feels fine and is bouncing around. She is off school today and has been dropped back here as ExH is too busy to look after her

I am off today but can I send her into school tomorrow if she is fine all day today with no more sickness? I am supposed to be working tomorrow and I dont get sick pay.

Sounds like she ate too much? Rather than bug

That's what I was thinking, or the gaviscon made her poorly.

The thing is it might have been a bug. The reason the rule is 48 hours is that you simply don’t know.

You should keep her off school tomorrow - given you’re having her today maybe ex can step up and have her tomorrow.

I would keep her off, you don’t know for sure it wasn’t a bug and it’s so close to Christmas now, would be rotten to pass it on to any other kids in the class

How old is she? At secondary it’s 24 hrs round here so if she feels ok she’d be expected back tomorrow. 48 hrs though for primary.

Please keep her off...it's been 7 weeks since I've had a full class. They've been dropping like dominoes. It's really unfair on staff and other pupils. I had a little boy who arrived into school at the beginning of the week and was sick by 9.15am. Mum admitted that he'd been sick the day before but sent him anyway. As the week has progressed the other 6 at his table have also now got it.

Yes keep her off.
I can’t believe people need to ask this question.
It seems likely that she simply over ate but you don’t know for sure.
School isn’t childcare, I’m afraid parents work timetables shouldn’t be a consideration when it comes to sending potentially sick kids to school.

I have a child with health issues who could be taken out for so much longer than most children with a bug so do the right thing and keep your potentially contagious child at home.

given you’re having her today maybe ex can step up and have her tomorrow. . That wont happen.

I have managed to swap my shift so she can stay at home with me tomorrow, so I have to give up my Sunday and my plans for a lie-in, but thats another thread!

DD is currently eating beans on toast, and has been fine all day. I have been holding my breath all day as I have a DS who has health issues which would be dealt a big blow if he contracted a bug, so I am hoping it was just what she ate, or the 'god knows how old' gaviscon he gave her.

How often has she been sick from overeating previously.
Neither of mine have been.
Though i once was from about 8 bars of chocolate.
Even if it's a bug it doesnt mean your ds will catch it. Some ones that make kids sick are like hfm or a virus that causes others uti/ear infection/cold symptoms.
My youngest doesnt seem to really get a stomachache beforehand just wakes up wanting milk, which luckily i didnt give either time.

See I thought this over the weekend with dc1. Almost a full 2days later dc2 came down with the same thing. Definitely a virus, in our area it’s been huge people having one bout of it then feeling fine, but schools been noticing the sickness record- nothing to be done about it though.
Hope you and your ds don’t catch it, sorry you’re losing your Sunday lie-in over it

My teens both had a bug earlier this year that involved one bout of vomiting