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AIBU?

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vomiting child in shop

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AntiHop · 14/12/2017 15:44

Was in mothercare. I was queuing and noticed that I was standing next to a primary school aged child holding a bag of vomit.

I'm assuming that the adult she was with knew she was sick, hence why she wasn't at school, but took her shopping anyway.

To give her the benefit of the doubt, perhaps the girl started vomiting after they went out.

Aibu to think that the correct protocol for a vomiting child is to take them home straight away, not go shopping in a shop packed with pregnant women and young children? And probably some temp staff who do probably won't get sick pay.

At the very least the adult should have disposed of the bag of sick immediately and got her a fresh bag. As the virus spreads via droplets of vomit.

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Invisimamma · 14/12/2017 15:51

That’s grim! (The vomit bag)

My ds (3yrs) puked in Tesco a few weeks ago, we told a member of staff so it could get cleaned up and then went straight home. No way would I continue my shopping trip with a vomiting child. I don’t imagine anything they were buying in Mothercare would be immediately essential.

Iloveanimals · 14/12/2017 15:57

If she was in the shop with a well child,child feels sick all of a sudden,woman grabs bag, child throws up, woman pays for stuff she needs then leaves yabu.
If child is feeling ill and sick, woman takes child out anyway, child vomits...yanbu.

Sometimes my kids been fine then really ill when we got out. Totally depends on circumstances. You dont sound judgy though so it's OK.

RestingGrinchFace · 14/12/2017 15:58

YANBU

Tinselistacky · 14/12/2017 15:59

We have just got home from a supermarket cafe with a vomit - covered ds.
He has asthma and a coughing fit usually ends up in a bout of vomiting. He is unfazed, more than can be said for the first aider they called for to disinfectant the floor. I had cleaned it up with their blue roll but not handed any spray or would have done it myself.

Whiterabbitears · 14/12/2017 16:19

How bizaare to keep hold of it at least put it in a bloody bin!

Tinselistacky · 14/12/2017 16:21

When ds was about 6 he insisted we took photos of him sat on the ferry back from France, proudly sat alongside his six full sick bags!!

VivaLeBeaver · 14/12/2017 16:25

I have flashbacks of toddler dd started vomiting about a quarter of the way round Ikea many years ago. Busy weekend.

crunchymint · 14/12/2017 16:30

Last weekend I was dealing with lots of vomit. All in the house though.
OP - really depends on the circumstances that we don't know.

crunchymint · 14/12/2017 16:31

And it was projectile vomiting. Last weekend was not a good one.

bigarse1 · 14/12/2017 16:32

to give a different side to this I have twins with a severe gastro disorder. they vomit daily. they are not contagious and it comes without warning day and night. if we didn't go out when they vomited we would have ever gone out. our gastro and psych team insist they go out and are treated as normally as possible. we go out with a sick bucket or run outside and clean up at the car. the school has been instructed that the 48 hour vomit rule does not apply to them. I imagine there are many many people who think we are horrendous. they vomit, we clear up and carry on. if people comment we try to explain but many just mutter and leave. I'm not saying this is the case as I know people who would take their infectious child out but wanted to point out that occasionally there is a reason

Bambamber · 14/12/2017 16:33

A vomiting child doesn't necessarily mean a contagious child

Zoesweet · 14/12/2017 16:35

The child should have been brought home or to the doctor. Vomiting can be a sign of a lot of illnesses and I agree bringing her to a store to shop isn't a wise thing to do.

Bobbiepin · 14/12/2017 16:38

A vomiting child doesn't necessarily mean a contagious child

True, but at least give the kid a fresh bag!

PolarBearGoingSomewhere · 14/12/2017 16:45

Zoesweet one of the last things to do with a child who has been sick but is well enough to stand, walk and hold a conversation is take them to the doctors so they can infect everyone else!

Straight home to Polar Express or a nap!

DD2, who appeared well, was sick all over the glass cake counter at Sainsbury's once. We had taken my granny shopping. The walk back to the car seemed to take a lifetime.

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AntiHop · 15/12/2017 00:56

Good points everyone who pointed out that the child might not have been contagious.

I'm being over anxious as my 3 year old dd was at home from nursery with a bad cold (at home with dp, not with me in mothercare!). Was worried about passing on a tummy bug to an already unwell child. So far there's no signs I caught anything. Fingers crossed!

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SleepingStandingUp · 15/12/2017 01:02

I have a vomitty one and I have been known to do a step change on tube bus and carry on. However the jug or sick is stowed away until I can get off any empty it and offending cloth items are bagged. I wouldn't leave him walking around with a bag of sick that he could drop and spill e erywhere
Especially in mothercare which normally has a toilet.

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