WIBU to take potentially infectious DD to the cinema?

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DD threw up all over her bed in the middle of the night last night, several times. She was still feeling a bit rough this morning but has now bounced back in true 4 year old style. Her preschool has a 48 hour rule for sending kids in after they've been sick which is fair enough. She's going to be bouncing off the walls tomorrow wanting entertainment. I'm disabled so have limited options as to what I can do with her. I'm looking at an 11am showing on a school day. I figure we'd book tickets in advance so just stop at the collection machine and then go in and not sit near anyone, we can always move seats if someone's bought ones near us, it'll be deserted. Okay or not?

Jeez am sick of selfish twats who are happy to spread their lurg to all and sundry.

She's fairly safe now. There is a big ditch behind the hedges at the bottom but she can climb out herself now, and she's usually good about not going behind the shed where there's lots of precariously stacked wood that could fall on her. It's a death trap for a toddler though. It's just that she'll need help getting toys out of the shed, which is a bit much for me at the moment.

we had a parent just like marnirose at a nursery that my DC were at lied about an illness sending their child into nursery despite the 48 hour rule and every child in that childs room came down with said infection (1 was hospitalized for well over a month poor child)

And the mother had the balls to say she cannot imgine why everyone else is off sick because her child was fine (other than puking in the middle of room over a member of staff.......) thankfully the nursery terminated (gave notice i think is proper term) and refused to have her child anymore

YABU INDEED...no excuses whatsoever!!!

MarniRose "This stuff is all around us.."

There'd be less of it and my life would be more fulfilled if there were fewer selfish twats.

Stop attacking the OP - she doesn't want to create a vomitting outbreak, she wants to guage what would and would not be OK.

A cinema showing a kids film in the middle of a school day is likely to be near enough empty. I'd take her, however the dc needs to know that a day off school does not always equal a day at the cinema.

Too sick for school, too sick for outings has always been my rule of thumb. If you are questioning it, that is usually your answer.

YABVU

Good decision OP.

You don't have to be immuno-compromised to be in danger from these things. Some lovely parent's decision gave me norovirus just before Christmas one year. It took 4 years to recover and I still have long term effects. And there was nothing wrong with me when I caught it.

Personally I would take her, if she wasn't likely to be sick again - and it doesn't sound like she will be.

Please keep her home OP. I had persistent illnesses for about a year after catching noro. I wasn't immunocompromised before. The doc told me it is quite common for people to have several stomach issues after catching a severe bug. Also, there will likely be babies at that session, they could be very ill if they catch it. The 48 hour rule is there for a reason. I'm sure we would all suffer less if people were keener to enforce that. Hope your daughter is right as rain now.

OP..

Can I say not to worry about the message of a day off this is pre school. I had the day off pre school to take my DS to theme parks, trips out...Let him have a rest because he was tired.

His sickness record is fine in school and he doesn't expect to go out if he is poorly.

The thing with sick children is in my experience they often get a burst of energy when they feel better.

I second the make a den idea, plan some activities to occupy, print off some colouring in pages. loads of free ones.

Jumping on here rather than starting my own thread as similar situation. Dd had diarrhoea twice this morning. All the things I've read regarding 48hr rule say d and v. Do we go to pre-school in the morning or not?

No. Keep her home for 48 hours to make sure it's out her system. It's 48 hours frOm the last instance of it so if she has it tomorrow it's 48 hours frOm then.

I do sympathise, my youngest (9) spectacularly threw up right down the stairs at 11pm one night and although she seemed bouncy the next day (I wasn't, I was knackered from two hours cleaning sick off floor, walls, stairs, my hair) she actually started really flagging around 4pm and was utterly exhausted. I kept her home for the full 48 hours.

My son has low white blood cell count, it means he catches everything and is always much sicker than other people. Sick bugs knock him for six, my other kids are bouncing around within hours but my son will be ill for at least a week with it. I wish people would give consideration to others that aren't as lucky to have a strong immune system!

MarniroseMolly - "my father is terminally ill and immune suppressed and my mother has had cancer and likewise. I can speak with some certainty that they also wouldn't give a hoot about a small child who last puked a day ago or whatever. This stuff is all around us - small children vomit and then bounce back."

my brother is immune suppressed and I can tell you with certainty he would be pretty pissed off at this. He would be hospitalised, have to take time off work and jeopardize his career which he is working really hard to do despite having a serious illness.

I'm not having a go at the op, it's clear she just didn't think about the consequences, but it's this attitude that causes a lot of people serious problems. Some people still think it's ok to take kids with chickenpox out, despite how dangerous that can be for people like my brother. I hope this thread makes people think.

I take my daughter out 24 hours after being vomit free. I myself would go out after 24 hours too.

The OP is NOT describing norovirus. She's describing a short period of vomiting. Anybody who has HAD noro knows there's a lot more to it than that

The dramatic responses! I'd take her, the cinema is probably manky already. Bring a packet of those sanitising wipes and give the arm rests a wipe down when you leave, then you've done your bit.

pollykinesis, did you know that some gastro bugs aren't destroyed by sanitising wipes? Really 'doing your bit' is following public health advice actually, not half-heartedly cleaning an arm rest. This thread does highlight that some people put their right to a trip out above the health of the rest of the population, particularly the most vulnerable members of said public. At least they're honest about it. I can't think of anything else positive to say about them right now.

Good morning OP. I hope that your dd continues to feel well today. Have you decided what you will get up to?

Polly 4 years of illness felt quite dramatic at the time, funnily enough.

Don't take her. I know it's a drag and I think you've already realised the consensus.
I dread these sort of bugs. I have MS and this sort of thing really knocks me out and keeps me off work.