To want to hunt these parents down and shake them until they're sick?

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Well maybe not but I'm furious.

DS seemed a bit clingy this morning but had a huge appetite and no temperature. I took him along to nursery as usual but by 10am they were phoning saying he was being violently sick along with FIVE other children in his room (only 14 there today).

Went along to get him to be quizzed extensively about whether or not he'd been sick in the last few days. Was able to truthfully say not.

They've just phoned saying they're really sorry but they've been speaking to everyone who has a child in that room (4 more had gone down by then) and found that one part time child was sent in yesterday despite having been sick all weekend but seeming a bit better on Monday morning.

So thanks to one set of parents deciding to ignore the 48 hour rule at least 9 other children are down with a horrible sickness bug and at least 9 sets of parents have to take time to off to care for their children who now can't go back until Friday.

Oh and there's a lot more washing as he's been sick 3 tiems since he got in and is now onto bile. He's sleeeping now My poor little boy.

AIBU to want to want to hunt the parents down and tell them exactly what I think of them?

YANBU is so bloody selfish.

What? They all caught it that quickly? In a few hours?

Oh and there are normally 18 in that room plus a few part timers - I'm guessing some of the missing 4 are off sick :(

Whilst i can understand why you want to hunt them down, maybe they had no other choice and couldn't take time off sick to take care of him, thought he was a bit better and sent him to school.

YABU as your son did not catch it from that boy, impossible.
It is everywhere at the moment, much more likely he picked it up at the weekend.

I didn't know the bugs emerged that quickly. Isn't it more likely they all caught something at the back end of last week?

YANBU.

Yes it's a pain to follow the 48 hour rule, but if you don't then you pass that along to other people who also can't afford to take time off.

Plus the poor children. Yes it's inevitable that they'll be sick, but that's no reason to forgo common sense approach. Some children (and their families) may have immunosuppressed or chronic-illnesses and really cannot afford that one extra bug.

Last year we had a mini-chickenpox epidemic at school and local nurseries. I later found out that the first child who was ill caught it from a active shingle-rashed grandparent, who didn't mention it until they'd finished their Sunday dinner and had a good cuddle of the grandchildren. Grrrrr.

Keep your bugs/viruses/bacteria to yourself as much as possible!

There's no way they all caught it that quickly.
Sounds strange.

I would have thought that they all picked it up and passed it on at the end of last week? 24hrs from contact to vom seems very quick?

JingleSpud you have to take time off with ill children, regardless of working environment.

a) the child is ill and needs a day of sick
b) you pass along the economic crapness of your job to other parents who are in a similar position of not being paid or have grumpy employers.

Dont think you can pick it up that quick. Maybe they all picked it up end of last week. Hope your little lad and other children are feeling better soon x

They were together all day yesterday. It's not too quick to catch a bug.

Cross posted with lady

I don't know. I suppose it couldd have been end of last week. Doubt it aws weekend as we mainly stayed home except for a trip to Aldi - didn't see any other chiildren at close quarters IYSWIM

All I know is that I've got a very sick little boy on my hands and nursery seem to thiink they've found the source

Err...yab a bit u. These things are part and parcel of having kids, so quell your ire. There's no way your son caught that sicky bug this morning.

Plus...shake them till they're sick? Calm down.

That's way too quick,surely?

The incubation period for norovirus is between 12 and 48 hours so 24 hours is well within the range.

Annoying, yes but it happens. Impossible to expect all parents to make sound judgements re: illness etc. Usually becomes more of issue at school so prepare yourself for a few years of it.
Strange that the staff didn't go down sick.

Its a ballache but it happens. The head of DS's nursery keeps telling everyone that we're the ones who bought chicken pox in. As soon as DS came down with the spots and was poorly i didn't send him in but it was too late by then as it had spread. Had no idea he had them as thought he had them already and he wasn't poorly. Now everyone thinks i just sent him in

Pictish they think he caught it yesterday and it developed this morning.

(The OP is saying the infectious child was in yesterday, she isn't saying he caught the bug this morning).

24 hours isn't an unusual incubation now . Especially in little children. The fact that nine children all came down with it at the same time means that it is more than likely that it was caught at nursery.

Unfortunately OP, this will always be the case though. Maybe the parents have really shit employers that frown upon any time off.

Are nurseries supposed to tell people things like that? Seems so unprofessional.

I stand corrected re incubation period then. But I agree that nursery shouldn't be telling you that one child is the source and their parents are to blame! Especially with the OP ready to charge round to their house with her pitchfork at the ready

I've done it this week

Ds1 was sick in the car, once. The next day, ds2 was sick due to an epic tantrum. Again, only once. They are both sicky children usually, were both fine in themselves and no runny poo, so i took them to nursery. They both had all of the week before off due to upset stomachs, i am a v strict follower of the rule if they are ill. But i honestly didnt believe they were ill.

When me and dh got it (him the next day, me the day after) we were very sick and floored by it. I made the wrong decision. I have apologised to the parents i know, but seems there is sickness bug doing the rounds anyway.