D&V

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My nursery sent a message saying they have had an outbreak of D&V and it affected staff and children. I then got a call saying I had to pick up my lo as he was ill. Turns out he had a poo that was slightly soft. So I lost a days wages and he wasn’t ill.

aibu in thinking they could have been lying?

They might’ve had d&v within the staff:
not then had the staff to children ratio :
then panicked at any slightly soft poo and sent a load of kids home.

I know it sucks

That’s frustrating as soft poo is not diarrhoea.

They said it was staff and children but as I wasn’t allowed inside then who knows.

You are being unreasonable. They shouldn’t take chances with a D&V outbreak and rightly so.

If there was d and v….

Of course there was D and V why would they lie? They have to declare any outbreak (which is 2 or more people) then they have to send letters out in accordance with Public Health outbreak protocols.

They may have been over zealous with your child, but they have to be careful. An outbreak for them may mean the nursery is closed which will have a bigger impact.

in all fairness sometimes a soft poo can be the start of upset stomachs
outbreaks of d and v are a nightmare for places like nurseries hospitals etc
to me its understandable considering the chaos d and v causes

They didn’t send out a letter

Not enough staff. Food given to children to give them a poo?

You’re very suspicious! My mind would never jump to them lying, why would they?

They have to be careful- a d and v bug can wipe people out for days or even weeks. Losing a day of income when you have children is unfortunately parr for the course, try to be relieved you don’t have a sick child

You’re still lucky that you lose only 1 day of work. My nursery calls me every 2-3 weeks to collect my child because of a loose poo. And their rules are that a child has to stay home the following 2 days as well after any loose poo (or vomit), so I very regularly lose 3 days of work to keep a totally healthy child at home. Stay at your nursery if it’s just the occasional day they want you to collect, they all do that, and other nurseries can be much worse.

It was the weekend.

also it’s three loose bowl movements and then home.

Weird there was no issue on the following work day….

Don’t be so naive

Naive? That a professional childcare facility would lie about d and v? Op you should find another crèche if you don’t trust them

Not sure why you send your child there if you are so suspicious of their motives.

They sent out a message though - same thing.

What’s your conspiracy theory suggest it was if not D&V?

You are being silly now.

Why? You’ve obviously not worked in a nursery

So why would they lie?