School or keep off? DH and I don't agree.

[JustFab]

DS2 is 6. Said he had head ache, sore throat and tummy ache. Gave Calpol. Temp went from 37 to 36.7 after 20 minutes on Calpol. His normal is 36.6.

FabBoy still running a high temp and looking wiped out . Don't see the point yet of going to a doctor as he isn't complaining of pain or aches. Was lovely to be wanted at 2am .

Does his temperature come down with calpol (paracetamol) and ibuprofen? Because if it does not, even alternating the two at maximum doses then I would definitely see a GP as it may be a bacterial infection. Also, you can have for example pneumonia without pain, still very serious, not that I think that your son has pneumonia, but I mean the absence of pain doesn't necessarily mean that it is not serious.

Hope he gets better soon, must be hard especially with this lovely weather. Hope he drinks well.

Yes, calpol brings it down for a while. He says he is cold when he feels hot. He went to bed before 7 and straight to sleep. He hasn't been poorly for a while so it feels strange. Poor love.

I'm not sure I agree with 'teacher would send them home if need be'. There are 30 children in a class, often.

DD2 is in an excellent school, she is 4. She said she felt unwell, but they took her temperature, said she was fine to stay. After school, she came out, flushed cheeks, miserable. She said 'I didn't play at play time. I sat on the big girls' bench because I felt too poorly to play .

I felt terrible. A 4 year old had told her teachers she was poorly, but because she didn't have a temperature at that time, she was forced to continue for the rest of the day.

Only 12 in my son's class.

Normal temp this morning but still pale .

Depends on the teacher Lougle.

At our school most teachers are reluctant to send children home as many parents get very stroppy when you call them. Child must be half-dead and clearly visibly VERY unwell otherwise they consider you have interrupted whatever they were doing without good reason - cue: letter to head teacher.

Some of our teachers even keep kids with fever if it is only about 1-2 hours to going home time. Several teachers keep kids who have vomited (nice, because can then spread to all of us) and put them on a chair outside the classroom, maybe with a book or watching a dvd.

The problem is, a lot of parents do not like to be contacted during the day. Even when a child is clearly very unwell, parents can be extremely stroppy. I am sure that this is why we have so much illness in our school ... not very good for learning, kids who are unwell don't learn well and are a big distraction for the other pupils and the teacher.