Mum putting Movicol in water bottle at school, would you tell the school?

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So one of the Mums at the school gate was telling me her daughter gets constipated sometimes and when she does she puts Movicol in her water bottle for school. The kids are in Reception so age 4 or 5 and probably still of an age where they might take a swig from someone else's bottle or get their bottles mixed up, do you think I should tell school she's doing this or just keep out of it?

Yabu - don't tell school
Yanbu - tell school

Again: not my problem. Label your kid’s bottle like I do.

The school do know. He has other meds they administer and know he has a mild laxative in his water bottle. But I can’t say it’s been a problem

Ahh so as long as your kid is fine fuck everyone else's 🤦

I don’t think many schools would allow this, most require medication of any kind to be stored properly and not floating around the classroom. I do agree it won’t hurt anyone but probably against policy- have a polite word if it’s weighing on you.

Eh??? I mean, if you like - because Whats it got to do with me what other peoples kids do at school?

Why do I need to behave like another child is gonna do something stupid and go against what they’re told by the teacher? Why is that my responsibility? My son is my priority no one else. If some kids drinks out of his bottle that’s nothing to do with me.

Are you suggesting I don’t give my son his prescription in case someone’s kid decides to do something they shouldn’t? Not gonna happen

Here’s an idea: tell your kids not to bottle share. And if they do tell them it’s no one’s fault but their own? It’s called teaching accountability.

Some schools have a "just water" policy. In this case you might need to quietly ask if they know.

Kids can do it by accident, they're 4 years old FFS.

As I've already said my own child has been on Movicol since she was a baby, it would never occur to me to put her medication in her water bottle at school without anyone knowing about it.

As long as the school is fully aware of and supportive of any medication being taken during school time, it’s fine. However, I do think you should be concerned about what happens if another child takes your DC’s prescription. If something were to go horribly wrong and someone got sick, there would be an investigation, and you would be responsible if the school wasn’t properly informed.

Again: not my problem. And certainly not enough to not send my DS with his medication. He has a chronic condition that without medication causes him pain, blockages and risk of infection: so in that context absolutely yes fuck everyone else, everyone else isn’t my concern

Also 4 year olds are old enough to understand they don’t drink or eat other people’s food and drink.

Do you also think everyone should send vegan gluten free dairy free lunchboxes in just in case a child with a dietary requirement allergy or intolerance eats someone else’s lunch? I hope so!! Otherwise you clearly think “Fuck everyone else”

No im not concerned about something entirely outside of my control. If they did at worst they’d have a sloppy poo.

The school have been told what he needs and have never said anything against it, it wouldn’t occur to me they’d have a say in how his medications I’d dispensed. I’ve told them, not sought their consent.

Isn't that why schools are nut free due to kids having allergies? And if children have allergies then the staff are made aware and they're monitored more closely to make sure they aren't coming in to contact with their allergen.

Kids make mistakes, picking up the wrong water bottle is probably fairly frequent especially if they are similar looking.

Schools are but free because a nut allergy can kill a child within a minute. That rarely happens with other allergies intolerances and dietary requirements

And if children have allergies then the staff are made aware and they're monitored more closely to make sure they aren't coming in to contact with their allergen.

Wait so if it’s an allergy or dietary requirement it’s the teachers problem but with my son’s medication it’s my problem how do you square that circle?

Kids make mistakes, picking up the wrong water bottle is probably fairly frequent especially if they are similar looking.

And what do you expect me to do about that?

So you've told school and your comments are irrelevant then? This post is discussing medication which teachers aren't aware of, obviously noone is expecting you not to give medication when teachers are aware.

It's funny that you're agreeing with me that school should know but also picking a fight about it 🤷

You are spectacularly missing the point.

Well apparently even with the school’s knowledge it’s my responsibility to make sure no one picks my son’s water bottle up, somehow. And TBH if the school said I couldn’t do that I still would, I never though of seeking their consent just informing them of what I do

Where did anyone say that? It's the teachers responsibility, which they can only do if they are aware it contains medication.

Please do tell me the point then, and tell me how it’s my problem if some other kids picks up my son’s water bottle.

It would be your problem IF you didn't tell the school, you have told the school so I can't understand what you're banging on about.

Not picking a fight about it at all. You’ve boo-hoo’ed that I don’t care enough about other kids drinking from my son’s water bottle. And no I don’t because it is not my problem. I’m struggling to see why I should give a fuck TBH. I’ve enough on my plate without worrying about something completely out of my control.

Okey dokey then.

Well I told you early on that the school knows and you’re still whining about me putting medication in my son’s water bottle. So what’s your problem with it?

I think what’s happened is you missed me saying the school know and are feeling rather silly about your attack

Be aware that if he changes schools or moves up and still requires the medication, this will likely no longer be the case, and you will need to rethink.

In no school I have worked in has this been acceptable—you would have received a polite chuckle and an “absolutely not” in response to telling them. His medicated water would be kept in a locked cabinet, as per the rules. It’s a health and safety issue at the end of the day, and you have no idea how a child will react to the wrong medication- hence, it’s taken very seriously.

Your first several comments stated you couldn't give a fuck and that "it's not speed" so that tells me all I need to know about your attitude towards it.