Currently sat waiting to be admitted to the children’s ward with my 4 week old baby and I’m wondering if I’m being unreasonable here!
If you can clearly see you have an unwell child, why would you send them to nursery/childcare? I appreciate some parents have to work and it’s difficult to let your employer down but do people actually consider the domino effect?
my 2 year old came home 4 weeks ago the night before I was due for a c-section and started projectile vomiting all night. When I cane out with the baby 24 hours later, he was then taken to A&E with his breathing and stayed in to be treated for bronchitis. a week later he was back to his normal self.
Then on Saturday he developed a cough and cold. Sunday projectile diarrhoea and Monday again his breathing was awful. Trip to the GP and he’s been prescribed antibiotics, steroids and aerobiotics.
then my baby started to become unwell and last night we had to take him A&E where we are waiting to be admitted.
in the last 4 months we’ve had tonsillitis twice, chicken pox, hand foot and mouth and D&V!
the childminder sends out a newsletter and puts in big bold letters “ please do not send your child in if they are ill” and I’m constantly getting messages apologising because some parent has yet again decided to mark their child’s illness with calpol for a few hours!
I know children get ill quickly when so young because they are building their immune systems but are some parents really that selfish?!