To ask you how literally you take the 48 hr rule?

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So if your child is sick, how literally do you apply the 48hr rule?

If they were sick in the afternoon of Saturday, would you say 'no school on Sunday, back on Monday' or '48 hours after sickness is Monday afternoon, so back on Tuesday'?

If they are sick at 3am do you count that as 'Tuesday night' or 'Wednesday morning'?

etc.

But Everlong, that would only be 36 hours and policy is 48 hours.

I work in a school. The rule is there for a reason. Yes, it's a pain but please stick to it

I would wait 48 hours and send them back at the next point beyond a clear 48 hours if it was a bug.But DD used to be sick when she was overwrought,just the once,no other symptoms,fine before and after - I wouldn't keep her off school for that.
(Still the same now she is grown actually - various non bug things make her throw up including "time of the month")

Sick only - just sent dc back after 45 hours! 3 hours would make all the difference? It used to be 24hrs! No one else in the family got ill.

It used to be 24 gotta, but then they realised that people could still pass the virus on for up to 48 hours after symptoms disappear.

I have to say that 45 hours would be very tempting. I've never done it though.

I took DD2 out of a school last year, in part because the HT didn't believe that she had a horrible virus which gave her sickness and diarrhoea with quite large gaps in between episodes. Who knows if it was the actual bug or if she was simply getting reinfected as soon as she returned to school. The HT said her pattern was 'suspicious'and I should 'just get her in'

i would keep them off mostly because i am lazy and dont want to risk them puking up again at school and then me having to go and fetch them.

Dh would go back to work the next day! No way would anyone think it was acceptable to hang around for 48 hours - where's the evidence or have I been listening to too much "More or less"?

Please do stick to the 48 hr rule.

I live in fear of dd getting d+v as its a immediate stay in hospital on a drip for her if she gets a bug (she has type 1 diabetes).

That's what happens where I work snowbility (due to lack of sick pay and threat of redundancy). We have managed to avoid d&v outbreaks though through careful hygiene.

Ah no there's plenty of sick pay, just lots of work needs to be done. Ds had loose stools till he was 7or 8 - if I stuck to the 48 hour rule he would never have attended school. Washing hands and not chewing fingers/nails - good habits keep bugs at bay.

I'll be keeping her off on Monday. She's Mary on Friday. If they don't give her part away like that school on the AIBU thread

I'm dubious about benefits of 48 hour rule to be honest. It wasn't around when we were growing up but pretty sure d&v was no more common then. Maybe people were shedding minute amounts of the virus and boosting immunity among the general population.

I would keep off for 48 hours if I knew it was a stomach bug. If there was an obvious reason for the vomiting (asthma cough etc) then I would probably be a bit more flexible.

But then I get pissed off when parents send children into school/nursery when not ill. Last week a child was sent in with a "bit of a chest infection" and now DS is really ill with a chest infection :(

Get pissed off with the school/council and their ridiculous attendance crest too - encouraging kids to go into school when they are unwell.

Sirzy I don't think chest infections are contagious - you don't hear about them doing the rounds.

Our school is still only 24 hours.

I think chest infections are contagious - certainly there's lots of coughing to help them spread.

Its preparation for life snowbility - staff who take time off work can lose pay, face disciplinary action in some organisations and he at increased risk of redundancy.

They are contagious, especially if someone is already vulnerable too them.

Touch wood the DDs haven't been sick since the rule was pulled out the ether (I've no Idea if our school officially has it). I'd send DDs to school when they felt better same as I always have.