about the 48 hour school rule

[QueenofKelsingra]

Basically i was called to pre-school for DS1 (4) as he had been sick. he is slightly pale when I pick him up but by the time I get home with him (5 min walk) he is bouncing around wanting to go outside to play and asking for cake . He eats normally all day, no sickness no bowel issues. he has a habit of sitting with his fingers in his mouth (copying his teething brother) and I think he probably made himself sick accidentally.

I called the pre-school and explained this and asked if he could come in tomorrow assuming still no other symptoms - so 24 hours clear. a blanket now as the policy is 48 hours for ANY sickness OR diarrhoea.

AIBU to think this is an extreme policy and that a bit of common sense should be applied? of course if he had a D&V bug I would keep him off until he was 48 hours clear. but for ONE incident of sickness??

oh and naturally they will charge me for the missed sessions despite it being at their insistence.

and also WIBU to write to the school and challenge this policy as being extreme and unnecessary for one off incidents?

I am dreading this when my son starts school - he is like me and has a very sensitive gag reflex so can be sick from coughing, food going down the wrong way, brushing his teeth too vigorously etc. I missed so much fun stuff at school because I would be excited and throw up, so I have memories of begging my mum to let me go in and her keeping me off. I have only actually had D and V bugs about four times in my life, and I have always been able to tell whether I was 'just' sick or really ill. I'm hoping my son might grow out of it, but it will be hard if I have to watch him miss out on things because of a one-off throwing up incident!

When DS was at nursery they rang me to collect him as he'd been sick when I got there it turned out when they'd had milk at snack time they teacher had seen his straw go too far into his mouth which made him sick but they still insisted he stay off 48hrs common sense has to play a part too

'The trouble with trusting people to apply common sense is that usually they don't.

We get kids sent in regularly who are clearly sick and parents who say 'oh but he hasn't been sick since last night and he ate his breakfast' as you're scraping vomit off the walls.'

and the books, and the other pupils and yourself.
Then there's the smell for the rest of the day, and the other children going onandonandon about it; and a whey-faced weeping child in the office, waiting for a parent who bloody well knew they shouldn't have been in school.
Some parents are just prats really, and are prepared to bend the rules or downright lie. Of course, none of them are MNetters, naturally.

Fortunately my DS's school is quite good. He is on paediatrician prescribed laxatives and we have to fiddle with the levels so every now and then we have diarrhoea incidents.

But, like others have said, the school KNOWS about this, and I also tend to warn them if he is off kilter that week and that there might be an incident.