not to want neighbours 10yr old in my house.

[OrmIrian]

when he has been off school for 2 days with D&V?

This child is always in my house and as I have now closed down my involuntary unpaid creche I often tell him that he can't come in (along with his older sister and several other children of assorted ages). Have accepted that I am now the street ogre and a scary mummy. But today as he's been shitting and puking for 48 hours surely it's not unreasonable for his mum to tell him he can't go to someone else's house to play. But no....I still have to lay down the law....

maybe the parent doesn't know

Yes twiglett. I think I'll pretend that she doesn't

But I think she does....

D&V is a hard one to hide, is it not?

Oh... I think twig meant that she didn;t know he was here...not that she didn't know he was ill. As you say...hard to hide that one....

maybe he is ok now? even if they are only sick the once they have to have 2 days off school cos that's the school's policy but he may not actually have the D&V anymore?

YANBU. FIL came around with gastric flu when ds was about 2 weeks old (old bloke "there's nowt wrong wi'me!" syndrome) and got huffy when I hid upstairs with the baby. Thankfully MIL gave him the bollocking of his life, she didn't know he was going to 'pop in' on his way home. He said I was being unreasonable and still refers to it occasionally by way of saying how paranoid I am about illness... so NO! yanbu.

I think a child that has been off with D&V shouldn't be allowed to go spreading it anywhere else. His mum should be keeping him at home. You are not unreasonable.