told to leave my 2 year son outside

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My health visitor can out to see me after my 2 year old son have a temperature and rash had a A&E visit over it she was saying you have to put cold water in the bath 1st or he will be burned and drown my son is not left in the bathroom alone she was very ignorant and was basically telling me how to safeguard my son in the bathroom my son has 3 different types of eczema and have had this since birth has been to see a skin specialist about this she was Intent on making me see a different specialist she even made appointments for me to see my GP my GP said my son does not need any skin specialist she left a voicemail on my phone for me to call her when I called her she was telling me I have to safeguard the outside of the property that I'm living in in this she told me I had to get a cage that attaches to my front door so my 2 year old son can go outside and play I was told buy her to leave my son unattended outside in a cage I would never leave my child unattended at any point been outside and is watching when in the bath has anyone got any advice on this matter as I'm not a stupid person that would leave a 2 year old in a cage outside but there are young mums out there that could possibly take notice to what thishealth visitor has told me

Sure.

An NCT friend had a call after taking their baby to a&e with a high temp so its not just accidents. when they called me it seemed like it was more to check i was ok after the shock! the HV was lovely on the phone (i was 39 weeks pregnant and had a toddler with a broken leg!)

I had a call back because I had left the a and e room before the recommended time for monitoring. I left with the doctors blessing but the call from HV was to double check everything was OK.

I had call backs after A&E twice. They wanted to check I was okay and knew the safety advice.

My GP told me that all children's visits to A&E were logged with the HV. I guess then depending on circumstance they would choose whether or not it was appropriate to follow up. In this case I guess they did because they didn't know the family involved.

To be honest, you sound very together, OP and sound as if you are doing a great job. do you think the HV might have thought you were struggling and needed advice, or was she just being a busy body?

Similarly, when people who used to be important go onto maternity leave, and aren't important any more, they sometimes go on the internet to be rude to people.

TheOnlyColditz

I love it!

My ds was in A&E every other month (he has some significant medical issues), but the only time I ever got a call from the HV was when my neighbor happened to take her ds to A&E on the same day and she wanted to know why our ds' had been to A&E on the same day. Of course, I had no idea why my neighbor's ds had been to A&E, or even that he had been...... ....I guess that was a sure sign that something suspicious was up.

madwomanbackintheattic
You was not on the phone to the health visitor I was, you don't have a clue what she said so really cop on!

OP, your writing isn't helping here! I realise that might not be your fault (I'm dyslexic myself), but it would be worth reading through your posts to make sure they make sense.

I think it's hilarious that even when the HV said she meant a playpen, you say your son isn't an animal so you won't keep him in a cage! That's not a cage, it's no wonder there's confusion when you're so wedded to using the wrong words.

Yep, I know - I was referring to the later post where the OP says:

"Been to see hv and she apologised for saying cage. That she meant playpen attached to front door area for next year! And now is off my case. End of the matter as I simply said I won't be putting my son in a cage."

Chinny Reckon the HV apologised and said she meant a playpen. For a 3-year old????

I'm a HV and we have a policy to follow in terms of following up a&e attendances. Things like burns and scalds, falls related to poor safety measures and lack of supervision, first febrile convulsions and feeding difficulties in infants should be followed up. Others are down to professional judgement