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

[Dramatic]

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

Another classic mumsnet AIBU thread.

-Am I being unreasonable?
-Yes.
-No, I'm not!!!!!

No I won’t need to rethink. His doctor prescribes his medication and writes up his medical plan, the school have no right to override it. He has a chronic condition, he needs what he needs and they’ll have to deal with it. Teachers are not doctors and if I got a patronising sneer then I’d do everything in my power to ensure they never dared give a patronising sneer again.

Schools are not a favour, they’re there to accommodate children in all shapes and sizes I chasing disabled children. Refusing to abide my a medical plan for no reason whatsoever is discrimination and I for one wouldn’t take it lightly

Oh how my heart is broken.

And in the post after that I clarified the school are aware. Yet you persisted with your pearl clutching “Think of the children”.

You're not even administering it correctly, it's supposed to be taken over a short time frame not over 6+ hours. It's not going to be effective anyway.

I wonder if his constipation isn't helped by dehydration caused by lack of access to fresh drinking water

Oh I’m sorry are you my son’s doctor?

So you're saying you are administering it correctly? Because you absolutely are not.

Again, how do you know?

Because it's literally how that medication works. I don't need to be a doctor to know that.

I mean I’ve been managing his condition including his complex medical plan and various medications since he was a baby but I REALLY needed a rando on MN who can’t read properly telling me I’m ’doing It wrong’ despite having no idea what his condition, medication or plan even is 😂😂😂

<Pisses self laughing>…you think all medication is the same?

Go on then tell me what medication my son is know. Seeing as you know for sure.

There are rules in place to protect all of the children in the schools care and either having it clearly labelled as medication or kept away from other children is not an unreasonable expectation as this isn’t an epipen or inhaler we’re talking about.

Your son’s condition can be dealt with perfectly fine without needing to put other children at risk and in school that is the priority. You sound like a nightmare parent to deal with honestly, expect a lot of patronising sneers from school staff in the future 🫢

JFC

Come on the doctor give me specifics about what I’m doing wrong.

I already did.

I’m a night are parent to deal with because I insist on my disabled son’s medication plan to be followed?

You sounds like a nightmare are teacher who can’t cope with a child with different needs and gets their kicks from shitting all over parents 🫢 you’ll be sorely disappointed to hear that my son’s school have never uttered a word of complaint over his medication and his needs

No you didn’t. “You’re doing it wrong” isn’t specifics. Come on Doctor, tell me when I should be administering the medication. Tell me what his condition is and what his medication is. You clearly know so I shall wait with baited breath

You are ‘literally’ quite wrong!

It’s absolutely hilarious that someone has grown up in a modern world and believes all medication is taken the same way over the same timeframe.

Movicol has to be diluted in 125ml of water and taken fairly quickly, which isn't happening if you're putting it in a water bottle to be drunk over several hours.

@JandamiHash I don't think anyone is saying your child shouldn't have access to his medication just that in a School setting, every child is taken into consideration. Their duty of care wouldn't just be for your child.

You said "similar medication" and said your child is at risk of blockages so it's obviously some kind of water soluble laxative.

Oh dear how embarrassing for you.

My son isn’t on Movicol. I stated that in the first post you told me you read.

And you know everything about all the similar medications do you?

Better call DS’s consultant and say “I know you’ve worked with DS for years and are an expert in this field, however someone on mumsnet says that’s not how medications similar to Movicol work so really you should just quit your job and give it to her”

What do you think it is that is going to happen if you child accidently has a sip of Movocol? You are being ridiculous now and seriously need to calm down. This is not a big deal and you clearly just love making drama where there is none. Being a grown up and have a casual conversation with the teacher about keeping an eye on that bottle, since the Mum mentioned to you that her daughter is drinking Movocol. It's NOT a big deal - stop making this into a bit drama