DTD1 has eaten and drunk NOTHING at school today

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Am fuming

DTD1 had tummy ache at dinner time (she suffers painful swollen abdo glands whenever she has a cold). Dinner lady told her to go and read a book instead.
Consequently she has had NOTHING to eat since breakfast and NOTHING to drink all day.

If she was too ill to be allowed to skip lunch I should have been called - or AIBU?

YANBU, how is she feeling now?

She is still in pain. She now has a temp too (which she didn't have this morning). She has had 1/2 her lunch and is resting...

she will probably get this with any major cold or viral infection as far as I can tell on MN and I can't keep her off for every cold. Nurofen usually keeps it at bay all day, but i would like to know if she needs more painkillers.

Awww bless her, viral infection and nothing to eat or drink all day at school, no wonder shes not feeling her best at the mo. Good job it's the weekend now so she can relax.

Sorry I cant be of more help, but I hope she is feeling better very soon.

xx

I would be extremely cross too. You should be informed.I would put in writing that you need to be called if she complains of tummy ache at school.

Tis parents evening on Tues... I shall be mentiong it.

I knew she had tummy ache in the morning - but I expected her to be OK on nurofen and I expected to be called if she wasn't

And now she has just pulled a tooth out too.....

Shes not having a very good day is she bless her Poor your DTD1.

Would definitely have expected someone to make sure she had a drink of water, even if she couldn't eat. If she refused water, then you should have been informed. YANBU

I don't think she refused water per se...it was in her lunchbox - which she didn't even take from the lunch table...she just stayed in the classroom (I think) reading instead of going to lunch

But surely they could have encouraged her to drink, especially as she was not eating?

I would have been fuming. (This thread has touched a bit of a raw nerve, can't you tell?) DD is often reluctant to drink and I worry about it. Although lunch times are busy at her school I feel they could do more to encourage ALL the children to drink.

But if you're not well, it's normal to not want to eat or drink anything. It's not possible for someone to monitor a child's food and drink consumption that closely at school.

If she told adults she was in pain and nothing was done, that's another matter.

Apparently not they just said she should sit and read instead of going to lunch...although i am trying to bare in mind I have a 6yos side of the story only on that aspect (alhtough full lunch box + bottle and no phone call are facts)

What makes it (marginally) worse is that a few weeks ago she was sent home with what genuinely appears to have been trapped wind pain. She bounced around the lounge all afternoon.

Still tis parents evening next week..

She was crying in pain. She was asked if mummy knew she had tummy ache (which wee did) and was told to go and read a book instead of going to lunch. I am aware that they cannot monitor whats not being eaten but being told NOT to go to lunch (because feeling porly) and yet not calling parents is what I am annoyed about.

If she suffered in silence I could understand..

oh I see what you mean. That's not good.