AIBU not sending dd to school..

[ArthurMorgan]

My dd is 5, on Monday night and all day tuesday she had diarrhoea all day, on Tuesday evening she was also sick, just the once though. Yesterday she was OK but a bit under the weather, no sickness or diarrhoea though.

Today I made the decision not to send her school, apart from the fact they have a 48 hour policy, she was awake a few times in the night with a tummy ache.

My partner is cross with me for not sending her to school. I've explained the policy and the tummy aches etc but he still thinks she should have gone in. I feel like I've done something wrong now when I'm only trying to do the right thing.

Also a lot of schools are shutting for deep cleans and due to staff and teachers having norovirus around here and I wouldn't want to spread anything else unnecessarily.

Am I really being unreasonable for not sending her in today?

You absolutely did the right thing. If you had brought her into my class and told me she had had Dand V I would have sent her home. Hope she's feeling better x

I would understand his point if it was a sore throat, swollen glands, cough or a cold and it was simply a case of whether your DD needs an extra day to recover? That's entirely the parents' call. D and V isn't, there's a clear rule in place, quite rightly, to stop it spreading around the school.

OP if everyone was like you there would be a lot less illness spread around. I really feel for those whose children are ill and have to hurry them back due to work/other commitments, but for those that are able then this protocol is there for a reason and that is to prevent unnecessary spreading of these horrible bugs.

I wouldn't accept his answer without him justifying it, I just wouldn't.
'Because' in not an okay answer in my marriage. Have your different opinion by all means, but at least make a reasoned argument for your position.

The 48 hr rule is one prescribed by NHS England for the simple reason that someone can still be infectious for the 48 hours after the last instance of d and v or both! Also hand-gels are not effective against some viruses so remember to wash hands with warm soapy water after every visit to the toilet!

Whereabouts are you?Is Norovirus hitting certain areas more than others?

My friend's child started with it yesterday. She's sending her back tomorrow and told the school it's over eating that has caused it. Even though she has told me her sister had it all week and they went to her house Friday night. Her auntie and uncle have also had it. Why do people do it. How selfish the week before Christmas. Now it's likely our Christmas will be ruined because of the selfishness of someone not wanting to keep their child off for 2-3 days after norovirus! She has had the squits this morning too but it's settled so she thinks she can go back tomorrow. She doesn't want her to miss the Christmas dinner and Christmas party 😣 so now my child who's her best friend is probably going to give it to us lot by the weekend. Absolutely furious!