Own up. Who ignores the 48hr rule on D&V?

[Exhaustedmoose]

Seriously we're (me and DH) assume pretty much everyone most of the time ignores the no nursery within 48hrs of the last D&V episode?

The expense alone would make people surely or play dumb?! "Oh they were fine this morning " etc etc.

Except that we know these people exist in large numbers otherwise all of us would spend much less of every winter being unwell.

If you are ill stay at home. Nobody wants your viruses/ bugs. If you've had D&V then stay home for two days. It's really not that complicated:

I'm pregnant and spent the last two weeks incredibly poorly after I picked up a nasty bug somewhere.

Because I am heavily pregnant, I can't take most medicines and so I've had to suffer, while having already reduced lung capacity.

Please for the love of God, keep your kids home so imunocompromised people like me don't have to suffer in pain. Even a simple cold can feel like influenza because of weakened immune system.

Yep. The people who do this should just wear a neon sign on their head stating "I do not give a shit about anyone else".

It is appalling behaviour and anybody ignoring the rule should be ashamed of themselves.

Also very sorry you went through that, @SwordToFlamethrower 

I do. My oldest is too much genetically me. Very rarely ‘real sick’ very often ‘puke up on the day you know you’ve got geography for a day off’. If I kept him off for 48 hours every time he was “sick” he’d be in school less than 30% attendance

I had a nursing student in march turn up to childrens icu about 12 hours of vomiting, she was only 2 hours vomit free at the time she walked on to the ward, looked like shit. As the nurse in charge after hand over with her mentor and 20 other nurses (I didn't have a chance earlier) I asked if she was okay she said shed been sick 2 hours before but didn't want to 'let anyone down'

I sent her home immediately. We had 6 staff go down in 24 hours and a child who was recovering from neutropenic sepsis also caught this bug and spent another 4 weeks with us in icu after getting so unwell we thought they might die.

It's not a joke to go back to work or school before 24 hours after the last episode of d of v. It has massive consequences.

What about the child who's sibling has had chemo, and they catch d&v from a child who's parents sent them back to school too soon. If the sibling catches it from them then that could be 2/3 weeks In hospital recovering or 2 weeks away from their family other than mum if they have to go and stay with Granny whilst the household deals with d&v

Its selfish

Nope, sorry. It's always 48hours from last episode. I would be pissed of if someone gave it to me/ child because they did t follow it, and assume they feel the same.

That's a proven fact not an opinion. That's exactly why the rules exist! Anybody who doesn't follow them is deliverately part of the reason why so many get ill every winter, some of them very seriously as many PO have detailed.

Similar behaviour from the disgusting people who board public transport when sneezing and coughing everywhere. Vile.

I don’t ignore it, and in honesty I judge anyone who does for their blatant selfishness and lack of thought for the consequences. It is also worth noting that 48 hours is the very minimum time anyone should be returning to work / school etc after the last episode of diarrhoea. Ideally it would be 72 hours or more, and longer for swimming.

D&V is at best hideous and inconvenient, but for people who are immunocompromised, have chronic illness or all sorts of other underlying health conditions, the ramifications are severe.

I work for the same MAT that DD is schooled in.
Their rule (for Primary and Secondary) is 24 hours. So, unfortunately for me yes (but I keep DD off by saying she’s still being sick even when she isn’t)

@hayley013 You think this too? Then why ignore it?

😂DH and I were simply having a discussion! Thankfully we don't have a sick child yet!

I was referring to the OP, sorry I'm rubbish on this haha

@hayley013 I am the OP.
We were simply having a discussion and it's upset me actually how many people are being so nasty accusing me !!!

We had to cancel a holiday because we were meant to be going with friends and her children had a d&v bug but she didn't want to lose her money on the holiday and insisted she was still going! There was no way we were risking it. It was Butlins and she took her kids in the swimming pool there less than 24 hours after having diarrhoea

No, we don't ignore it. And I think people who do are twats.

Honestly I never did, annoying though it was. It's just a shitty thing to do

Never ever and I definitely err on the side of caution; give the DC an extra day of recovery to check they're eating well again/ not fatigued.

Many friends do not share this attitude and have literally turned up saying things like 'ah she's been throwing up all night- I'm knackered- make my coffee a strong one (erm nope, sorry, let's rearrange!) or drop it into conversation after we've already been hanging out. Drives me insane. They also believe what doesn't kill you makes you stronger type waffle and kids need to learn how to carry on regardless.
One mum friend had all 3 of hers (baby, 4 yr old and 5 yr old) at different stages of what was obviously a bug going through them and turned up for a Christmas Eve party we'd arranged because they'd be sad otherwise. I didn't know this until towards the end, my 2 were fine but that wasn't the case for a couple of other families. Just unbelievable to me really but do understand the loneliness of being cooped up when kids are ill so maybe that's a reason why people are desperate to resume normal life asap...

I don’t. I like to make sure my children are completely over whatever it is before they go back to school / nursery. Plus, it’s selfish sending them back too soon as you just risk making others ill. I have had this argument with my OH many, many times.

I read the other day that people always draw the line just past their own behaviour. It’s interesting to see the number of people who say I never break the rule except when I know it isn’t a bug. Unless they are pathologists with access to a lab to test they can’t KNOW for sure, they can only guess. My DC has definitely had bugs which caused them to only vomit once. Cue lots of people saying I definitely knew for sure because XYZ.

No, because we aren’t selfish arseholes.

It won't be a choice for some. Some won't be able to afford a day off work unless absolutely necessary, it's not like you get your money back when your kids don't attend nursery for the day.

My DS got sick constantly during the first year of nursery. I always kept him off but after constant reminders from the nursery about the 48 hour rule I got the feeling some parents ignored it.

I did for a while. My son had diagnosed toddler Diarrhea, which literally means he didn't have a solid shit for years. Perfectly healthy in every other way.

And all of mine cmhave CMPI so dairy ladders and trials would result in some loose stool. Again otherwise perfectly healthy. So if I knew it was related to either of them I sent them in as what they had wasn't contagious

How do you tell tho?
‘Oh she sent her kid to school coz she thought he was fake sick’.

Imagine the scenario the other way then “oh she’s such a terrible mum. Her kids been off school every weds thurs fri and she just lets him when he claims to be sick”.

Not everyone finds education enjoyable. Not everyone sees the point of it. Not everyone wants one. Not everyone wants to go to school. It’s bad enough he knows he gets three days off if he spews at school.

I hate people that don’t follow the rule. As someone who could end up in hospital seriously ill if I had this, due to not being able to keep down my medication, I beg you please don’t ignore it!

So what would you do if your child had toddler diarrhoea?
Because I wouldn't have been able to work or him go to school for a solid 2/ 3 years.