To complain to the school about this?

[Moominsummermadness]

DD3 (5) woke up this morning, covered in diarrhoea. Unfortunately, she was also too hot in the night, and had removed all clothes, so it was literally everywhere.

I know that D&V is rife at the moment, and with 4DCs, at least one will have caught a bug this winter, but I do drum it in to them to wash their hands with hot soap and water, especially before eating and after going to the toilet.

I just asked DD if she makes sure that she washes her hands at school, she said yes, but only with water, as the soap 'is lost' from the toilets.

WIBU to make a suggestion to the school to suggest that they make sure that they provide some soap?

Yanbu. Our reception class has an epidemic of thread worms for the same reason!

YANBU bring it up with them. At my sons nursery children and parents have to clean their hands or antibac before they even come in and its encouraged throughout the day. All my friends moan about their kids picking up all sorts at nursery, my son has only caught a cold the whole time. And he could have got that from anywhere.

*at their nurseries

P.S I hope she feels better soon

It's crap, isn't it (no pun intended!). I know half of them still wouldn't wash their hands properly, if at all. But they should at least provide soap!

I know...give them a bug fighting chance and all that!

YANBU but it should be handwash rather than a bar of soap. Soap breeds bacteria - it's been shown to be one of the main vectors of disease in building, along with dishcloths. In the meantime could you give her some alcohol wipes to use on her hands after the toilet?

I sent my little ones in with handwipes (and later when they are bigger hand gel) as they don't always get given the opportunities to wash their hands (never on school trips despite having gone in on the tube).

I wouldn't complain just go in and say that there is no soap and could that be looked into. I had to bring up the fact there was no toilet tissue when dd was in reception as she stopped going to the toilet at school. Her teacher said she would mention it to the caretaker and it was not a problem again.

At our school a nurse came in to talk to the younger children about the importance of washing hands and how to do it properly, maybe suggest this as well.

I would have a word. I work at a school at lunchtime and make sure all the children wash their hands. Sometimes the soap has run out and I tell the teacher who gives me a look. I always carry a little bottle of anti bac on me now in case it happens and I get that look again. Generally though the soap is available.

They don't have it at my DS2's secondary school either and it drives me mad. He's in Yr11, and DS1 went there, in all that time there has never been any soap available to them in the toilets.

I send them I'm with anti-bac gel or hand wipes, but that isn't effective at killing Noro virus, soap and water is!

YANBU, I would definitely speak to the school. It's so easy to pass things on anyway and if they don't even try to supply the basics like soap, they'll have half the school off with it!

Yeah if she's sensible enough, send her in with hand gel or antibacterial wipes