..to think that if everyone adhered to the "48 hour rule" then everyone wins??

[lalah7]

I know this has been done before but I'm on my high horse
I have kept DD1 (6) off school today as she developed d&v early hours of Sunday morning. I'll be keeping her off tomorrow as well, she hasn't been sick since Sunday evening but still has a dodgy tum.
I know it's the time of year for these lovely bugs but this is the second bout she's had in 2 months . The last time both DD2 (2) and I ended up with it too.
Last time a girl was sick in class (over another girls' hair and cardy!), send home and was back the next day!! This time a boy was sick (again, in class), he told them all after that he'd been sick during the night but parents had sent him in anyway!!
It just makes me so angry! It's selfish and unfair to the sick child, the other children, the teachers and their families!!

Obviously on very rare occasions children are sick from too much dinner/over excitement etc. but as their parent you won't know for 24/48 hours anyway whether it was that or a bug - so IMO you should stick to the rules. And as for having to take unpaid time off work... Well sorry but school is for learning not a babysitting service. (Speaks bitterly from her sick bed.)

I've turned away quite a few kids over the years.

A quick but cheerful 'oh you were sick yesterday, you need to go home and recover and we won't see you again for 2 days unless you're sick again, I'll let the office know you've gone home' to the child and parents in the playground usually works. Along side asking the child when they were last sick rather than the parents (some of our parents are shockers for telling fibs about the 48hour rule!)

Its not just school where this is a problem. My friends sis gave her parents the d&v bug last week coz she went to visit when her ds had it.

Yanbu.

Its difficult to monitor if kids have been unwell away from school and parents don't let on, but i think school should point blank refuse to accept kids they have had unwell in class in the last 48 hours!

Thanks all. Dd is much better today, touch wood dd2 doesn't get it!
I think I'll have a wee word with the teacher when she's back tomorrow x