How do you get children to school etc if you are ill?

[Flllightattendant]

Not sure what to do. Have been in bed most of weekend with severe chest infection, temp, dizzy etc. though on power antib's now so is improving!

Ds1 also has bad cough and not very good form, but I think well enough for school. I would want to take him to the doctor if not, but actually I do not feel well enough to drive, to school or doctor.

I haven't any friends I can ask and mum is at work today having spent weekend looking after us all, basically.

Not sure what to do.

Maybe expensive and/or impractical, but could you ring school and explain the situation? Then ring for a taxi, send kids to school via taxi? Get driver to drop kids off at gate/door and ask for school to meet taxi/escort kids into school?

I was thinking taxi. Not sure if ds would be Ok with it though, he's only 4, quite fragile...I don't know if he needs me to be there iyswim. But might be our only option.

It's a long walk which I think I'm even less able to do than drive!

Well I don't think going out will do you any good - esp if you don't feel up to driving.

No classmates of DS locally that you could ask the Mum to take your DS? If not I would keep him home today. He is only 4 isn't he? It is not the end of the world.

Hi Buda, our only nearby mum is also ill with the same thing, plus she doesn't drive.

It looks like a duvet day is imminent!

Thanks all

oh gawd fa, he is 4

it is unlikely that he will miss something of crucial importance to his future oxbridge career by taking a day off because his mother is sick

even the at an AFTERNOON OFF SCHOOL baking MUFFINS brigade can't actually think you are not taking school seriously enough by keeping him at home when you yourself cannot physically get there.

I have to say that ds is also 4 and would really not cope with a taxi on his own.

Thanks FJ, the only thing worrying me is that he's had about 10 days off so far this term, and only goes 3 days a week!

We are pretty much b*ggered today though.

think a taxi would make him cry actually!

lol, he has missed TEN DAYS? And he is FOUR?

he will NEVER be a doctor then, will he?

my ds is, I think, the same age as yours (summer birthday?). He has missed ALL the days this school year

Bang goes Oxbridge then, Filly

How has yours missed all the days!!! Do you HE?

stay at home, m'dear

cough, cough

i wuv oo squonky xx

Can you keep him off today but ring school and ask if there is anyone who passes your way so you can get in touch and arrange lift for toimorrow ?

That is a good idea for next time. He has Tuesdays off anyway so will try and do Dr if I'm up to it. Thanks for the suggestion, I hadn't thought of that

It's always a good idea to ask the school if they can put you in touch with another mum who lives fairly near you so that you can ask for favours like this (and obviously do favours for them as well)

In the meantime, he won't come to any harm if you keep him off for the day. Have him fetching and carrying for you - twill be good practice for when he has a wife to wait on hand and foot

Ha ha ha ha

he will not do that

(Blimey, Numberjacks is well scary isn't it?)

engrossing though. Tis thanks to numberjacks that I am here instead of building a stickle brick tower

You need to make friends and swap numbers with mums in your area for this sort of situation.

I am incapacitated today (back gone, can't move much) so DH has been across the road before he left to get a neighbour to call in for DD.

Of course I still have to entertain the 2 year old...! DH is taking 2 hours off at lunchtime and the rest of the day will be CBeebies and SMarties.

The number sucker upper has me screaming but Ds totally unphased!

MP - there's only one other mum near us. Most of the catchment is up the hill, other side of the school which is a mile and a half away.
Everyone round here goes to the grotty school round the corner, we were lucky enough to get a place at the nicer one and the mums from the grotty school said 'TAKE it!!!!!' so we did!
Bad point being it is so far away.

Hope your back is better soon. Smarties do help with back pain.

Heheh I was planning on using hte Smarties to persuade the 2 year to do things for me, but unfortuantely I have eaten them all now

I have some Celebrations left over from Christmas...

This is SUCH A HUGE ADVANTAGE of going to the local school!!!! I'm so lucky we are close to a decent one - and I think my neighbouring friends who are going to schools across town (because they have Spanish lessons in Key Stage One ) ARE BARKING

Well chocolate does not survive in Flight household so I am amazed you have anything left from Xmas!

Our local one isn't very nice - not the academic thing I'm concerned about, more the proportion of underprivileged and basically very unhappy children there, the swearing, smoking mums in the playground, you get the picture...and a not very good headteacher to boot.
That's why we went for the car-dependant one.

yes he is HE'd

I think the only issue in this situation is how YOU are going to bravely die in bed etc when you have a 4 yo bouncing around.

Though you seem to have sensibly stuck the telly on

do you have this appalling woman-cold/man-flu thing? I had it last week, it was bloody AWFUL, am still shaking off the dregs now.

Agh, no not sure what it is, except a very old and rather dead looking doctor had to come to my house on sat (yes, house - they still do that!) and I told him I had a cough for 2 weeks but this might be mastitis or a UTI for all I knew, and he prodded my tits quite a few times with increasing enjoyment I thought, and finally after commenting on how much firmer one was than the other, offered in a Rigsby style chuckle, to 'have a look if you really want me to heh heh' which I declined and then he listened to my breathing and said it was very noisy. So apparently it is a chest infection. He was so disappointed.

The abs are kickng in nicely, am dressed and clean at least, Ds is waiting to go out and I think I can drive safely now.

Does that sound like the same thing? I was floored for the whole weekend, nasty nasty illness. Hope you're fully recovered x

Btw, HE is looking increasingly likely chez flightbabies.

It was my initial plan but he seemed keen on school. School is now not really working for either of us. I am heartened by this...

He has been making letters and numbers using a tumble dryer hose. So much for non interest in writing/reading, as reported in the homework book! Heck I can do this.

I would usually send mine in taxi if really unable to take them but different for me as my eldest 9yrs and able to watch dd1 6yrs and ds2 5yrs and the school are quite good and will ring me as soon as they have arrived!! But i really wouldn't panic if you are ill there isn't anything you can do about it, do u have a dh can he not take them to school for you or what about gp or do they not live local!!