Child with large Wart on Face in DD's Nursery

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Is it okay to have children (babies aged 9 months) with large visible and uncovered warts in a nursery setting on the face (where it will be touched daily and touch surfaces etc.)? DD is only 8 months.

Isn't the point of the OP's post that (some) warts are contagious??

I mean I don't know how she knows what this child has but if it is a contagious skin condition I don't think it's necessarily unreasonable to ask.

Read the title of the post @Looneytune253

“ Child with large Wart on Face in DD's Nursery”

Clearly not talking about her own child.

I feel sorry for this child. If you have any health concerns you could have easily googled it instead of making a judgmental post on mumsnet

www.nhs.uk/conditions/warts-and-verrucas/#:~:text=Warts%20and%20verrucas%20are%20caused,skin%20is%20wet%20or%20damaged.

They're contagious and if my child caught it from nursery I wouldn't be happy.

Warts are contagious. So IF they definitely are warts they should probably be covered - as much for the sake of the child itself to prevent them spreading them to another part of their own body as much as to prevent someone else catching them.

How feasible that is in a young child though will be highly dependent on the child - and what mood they're in at any given moment.

The good news is even if your child does become infected and does develop a wart or two, they're harmless and generally self- resolving.

Op, where are you? Are you coming back to explain a little further?

Maybe a bell around the neck to warn when the contaminated child is approaching?

@Thegirlhasnamechanged

Wow. What a thread to read to lower my nerves about how parents and peers are going to receive 1 year old DS and his strawberry birthmark on his forehead when he starts nursery soon

OP. it is perfectly fine and you’re coming across as a massive dick.

DS was born with a cleft lip and palate @Thegirlhasnamechanged. Whenever a child looked curiously - which they did - I would just explain that DS had been born with a broken mouth, but the clever doctors fixed it, and he's fine now. It's the adults who can be really rude!

And many years later he's the most beautiful man - inside and out - that you could wish for. Good luck with your DS.

And I'm not sure why people are equating concern over a contagious condition to bigotry against people with birthmarks.

Well, I'm not sure- she may be a leper or at least cursed. Might you send your child in with some sage to burn or perhaps you could a perform a cleansing ritual?

Alternatively, you could maybe just leave it be? I'm sure your child will be fine, OP.

@StrawberryFever

And I'm not sure why people are equating concern over a contagious condition to bigotry against people with birthmarks.

Maybe because threads evolve?

Think this is another one posting from under a bridge

Everyone seems to be jumping on the OP but it might be her own child she's talking about.

Actually scrap that.

Warts should be covered OP.

But how do you know it’s a wart, they very rarely occur in babies and are never usually large..

@Jobsharenightmare how would you cover a wart on a babies face and expect them not to touch it?
Mine won't even wear hats never-mind anything on their faces

Op won't come back now.

Just a thought if you do op, look at how you are judging a baby ffs, and yours will grow to judge just like you.

FWIW as a young child at school most of the girls (inc me) caught them from 1 child originally, and they spread over time and some got 1 or 2 and some had hands covered.

Jesus ducking wept

@bobbinhood sorry to hear that, it's horrible, isn't it? To other PP asking about treatment, you do treat them but it doesn't always do much. We tried freezing them with otc stuff, freezing at the doctor's, herbal stuff, otc stuff, lemon oil, salicilic acid, probably other stuff too. 9 years. I think they just got bored eventually!

I’d probably remove my child if the warts were infectious. I’ve not googled warts, but if there was a real chance my child could catch it, I’d remove for certain.

@Jobsharenightmare

Warts should be covered OP.

You can’t cover a baby’s face. And based on the ignorance of the OP, I wouldn’t be surprised if the poor little soul doesn’t have a ‘wart’ at all, but it face just a birthmark or mole or something.

Also I think the OP posted and deregged (they don’t come up in search at al) which always makes me suspicious of motives.

@Mum2jenny

I’d probably remove my child if the warts were infectious. I’ve not googled warts, but if there was a real chance my child could catch it, I’d remove for certain.

Good luck with homeschooling since the chances of your child ever being in a childcare setting or school with no children at all with warts is practically zero.

So far, my children have never been in a setting where other children have had warts.