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

[listsandbudgets]

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?

They probably shouldn't be naming and shaming the parents but I guess doing so may stop other parents being so selfish.

Just realised its tuesday and by this week i mean last week

They haven't told me who Ladyhamilton. I don't even know which part time child comes when. Don't worry they didn't issue names, physical descriptions and addresses. I think they just felt a need to explain what was happening.

Wonders if she should phone back demanding above information

Are you sure they didn't all have food poisoning or something. As the child wasn't sick in their vicinity it would be unusual for all of them to go down within the same hour as each other after contact with a child who had stopped vomiting (albeit he was still infectious).

The one time 4 of us went down within hours of each other we'd caught a vom bug from ds2 who had been sick in the 4 days before. But he was actually violently sick in a small confined space.

I don't think the nursery named the child, did they? so not unproffessional

They spark each other off, though - if several children are going down with something and one vomits it can trigger the rest to. Happened at our school play a few Christmases ago - vomiting pirates and Lost Boys all over the stage.

Our nursery had to close once because all the staff came down with it - the 48 hour rule was better observed after that.

It is hard to stop children passing it on if they're in. Our school had noro for quite a while last year and ended up with deep cleaning and lots of talks about hand washing. Although apparently lots of the children don't bother with hand washing

i would bet they became infected before the weekend when the first victim was still without symptoms.

I work In early years and honestly, there are so many parents out there who are quite happy to leave their ill children in childcare because they have to be somewhere. It makes me really cross.

I had a parent try to tell me a couple of weeks ago that once a child is being sick, d and v isn't even contagious anymore, it's the lead up that is contagious not the symptoms of it. Some people are just so thick its unbelievable.

Hope your dc is feeding better soon.

I work In early years and honestly, there are so many parents out there who are quite happy to leave their ill children in childcare because they have to be somewhere. It makes me really cross

Yes.... because it really is as simple as this. A sweeping generalisation perhaps?

maybe they had no other choice and couldn't take time off sick to take care of him

Sorry but isn't that part of the job of being a parent? A bit different if the parent is ill but generally shouldn't parents look after their child when sick?

Some people are just so thick its unbelievable

You sound lovely. Really supportive of the parents whose children you are caring for. FWIW there is often conflicting advice all over the place and sometimes it is all about parents having to make a judgement call. I know I have been in that position several times.

I get a bit by the 'but the parents couldn't take the time off' argument. Load of tosh. Why have children if you don't think about these things? Far better to have them then deliberately pass their various illnesses onto the children of others who equally struggle to take time off.

It is perfectly possible for children to come into contact with a sickness bug on a Monday morning and then start puking 24 hours later.

As someone up the thread said Noro can have an incubation period as short as 12 hours so I can't understand why everyone is so adamant the OP's child and other children can't possibly have caught the bug from the first ill child

Was part-time child (part-time animal? Piece of furniture?) ill on Monday at nursery? Perhaps they were better and therefore didn't pass it on, as I understood it the 48 hour rule is to be sure that they're not still in the middle of being ill before they go back, not because it takes 48 hours after last vom to stop being infectious? Can anyone who knows what they're talking about confirm?

I know it's unpleasant OP but you are going to have to get used to this. You have many years ahead of your child bringing home various bugs from school.

the incubation period can be as little as 12 hours or as much as 48 hours it says here

OP YANBU - very selfish parents

The CDC in america has evidence that you shed virus for up to 2 weeks after catching norovirus but evidence suggests people stop being contagious within the 48 hours after stopping having symptoms.

The NHS says: "If you have norovirus, avoid direct contact with other people and preparing food for others until at least 48 hours after your symptoms have disappeared. You may still be contagious, even though you no longer have sickness or diarrhoea."

lists. Look, I know you're hacked off and it's unfair sometimes that other people don't always manage to play by the rules, albeit by accident. However, your child is going to get sick and unless he has a life threatening conditon it's actually good that he gets sick now and then, it builds immunity. I know you're distressed, but he'll get over it and this time next week you'll have forgotten it. Get him some ice lollies to keep his temperature down and get yourself a cup of tea.

I knew a mum when my child was in infant school that was determined that her child would get a 100% attendance award at the end of the school year.
I lost count of the number of times she sent her child into school while telling me how they had been sick in the night or had a temp etc. (while passing around bug's etc to others)
She was crying with joy when they received their award and then a few weeks later called the school saying that they were sick and were not coming into school while they were on their way to the airport to go on holiday.