to leave DS in car while I drop DD into school

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Sorry if this has been covered before. I come on here now and then but not all the time.
Up until they were about 5, I had an old pushchair and if DD/DS was ill and I had to take the other one to school or somewhere, they could sit in that. Now they are too big (aged 6/7) so if one is ill, I leave him/her in car just while I drop other one off. Dont know anyone who would mind them for me at that hour of the day and DH has to leave house v early.
I give strict instructions to stay in car, not touch anything etc etc. We park in a quiet side street near the school but takes me about 10 minutes to drop off and come back (I make sure I am as quick as I can be). Lots of people walk past the car though also taking children to school.
One of the other mums today asked where DS was, I said "off sick, waiting in the car, I must hurry back" and she gave me the sort of look which said to me "I dont approve" although she didnt say anything.
What does everyone else do with sick children (I am talking about temperatures, still in their PJ's, pale and holding plastic bowl in case of throwing up - not really good to be walking in/out of school with me apart from not wanting to).

i would not leave children in the car for 10 + minutes, especially if they were ill and potentially going to vomit. quite horrible for a child to be sick in a bowl, in the car without mum i should think.

I would ask someone else to do the school run i f possible or someone to sit in with the DCs if poosible.

if your DCs are that poorly and you have no way of anyone else helping you, i would keep my other DCs of school

i suppose it is about comfort zones, and that is beyond mine

You weigh up the risks
You make a decision
I have done this in the past.
Mine are both alive and have not been abducted/killed/suffocated etc

Could you not grab another parent who is passing the car when you park to take your child into school for you? Parents IME don't mind being asked to help out in this way as they appreciate what its like.

I wouldn't want to leave a really poorly child alone especially if they are likely to be sick or have an upset stomach for example

I would have asked one of the other mums to take my dd down to school that morning.

Hope he feels better soon

i wouldnt do it.but your child,if you think its ok do it.

if i couldnt get anyone else to do school run id phone school explain problem and keep all home!

Well, I don't know about the aspect of being poorly, but I leave ds (now 8) in the car if he doesn't want to nip into tesco or wherever with me. I wouldn't leave him for ages (like if I was doing a BIG shop), but if I'm nipping in for milk & bread then he stays in the car and reads one of the 200 comics he's got in there.

But then for quite a while (a year plus) he's also been taking himself from the car into school in the mornings. Lots of other parents about, child knows where he's going, so I'm not sure why your well child can't do that?

I guess I wouldn't want to leave a sicky child in the car with a bowl. Just cos I don't think his aim would be that good.

Under the circumstances you describe I think a child would be safer left in their own home than in a side street 10 mins walk way.

Personally i wouldn't but all depends on how mature you think your child is, you know them best after all!! If you think they could cope if they needed to then fine, if only for few minutes. I left my 9yr old at home whilst i picked up the other children, when he was poorly, didn't seem right to drag him out into the cold when not well. Gave him strict instructions not to answer door and my neighbour kept her eye out and he is quite sensible anyway and i was only gone 20mins, usually would have sent taxi for them in this situation but i had no cash on me at the time!!!

Ah well, thanks for the replies. It was a first time today and I guess I didnt really think it through, I thought he would be fine (and he was - although I know that is not the point).
The 10 minutes was the time to walk there AND back AND drop DD off etc, so it was the total time - we rushed along so maybe less than this.
If he was dreadfully sick I would not have gone out or left him at all so maybe I overstated it by mentioning "the bowl" (more of a precaution.) Luckily he was up to the walk this afternoon .
But I can see that most wouldnt do this. Having now had time to think about it, I think the suggestion of getting someone who walks along that road to take DD into school would be easy if I get there in good time and brief DD beforehand. Or I thought of another option which would be to go in late and park in the school itself after everyone has gone in - I have parked there if I forgot something and had to pop back with it. I could park next to the office and drop DD in 15 minutes late. So there are solutions - just that my mind wasnt working this morning!