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.

[BertieBotts]

I would shorten it if I don't think it's infectious e.g. ate too much junk.

If it's actually D&V/any other virus, we keep them home 48 hours after the last vom or 24 hours after being totally better.

But it's not expensive to miss work where we live as nursery is affordable and you get paid just the same if you take time off for sick children, I think it's up to 10 days per year per parent (Germany).

[Pengwinn]

@HighlandPony

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

Aka rubbish parenting. Ffs some people.

[Megifer]

I follow it if unsure or if its both D&V. There have been a couple of times over the years when its been clearly down to eating too many sweets or jumping about after a big meal, in those cases I rang the school in the morning and they've been fine with them going in (thankfully as I don't get paid for dependents leave!)

[HighlandPony]

@Pengwinn

Aka rubbish parenting. Ffs some people.

Exactly. I remember what my gran went through with me. Threatened with court, fines, children panels. Not all kids are academic, not all kids want to go to school.

[ChilliBandit]

@Imthedamnfoolwhoshothim - well that’s a bit of a different situation isn’t it. I am just making an observation off the back of the I observe the rule unless they just ate too much etc.

@HighlandPony - I wouldn’t judge a parent either way, I just said there is no way of actually knowing. Your child might make themselves sick to avoid school however many times but one time might be an actual bug. You do whatever you think best, I’m just making an observation of the people on this thread who make exceptions for their own children. I am not sure why that constitutes a lecture on people’s views on education but there you go.

[ChilliBandit]

@HighlandPony

Exactly. I remember what my gran went through with me. Threatened with court, fines, children panels. Not all kids are academic, not all kids want to go to school.

I’m so confused by this, so if a child doesn’t like school/isn’t academic we should just let them stop going to school?

[Imthedamnfoolwhoshothim]

@ChilliBandit

@Imthedamnfoolwhoshothim - well that’s a bit of a different situation isn’t it. I am just making an observation off the back of the I observe the rule unless they just ate too much etc.

@HighlandPony - I wouldn’t judge a parent either way, I just said there is no way of actually knowing. Your child might make themselves sick to avoid school however many times but one time might be an actual bug. You do whatever you think best, I’m just making an observation of the people on this thread who make exceptions for their own children. I am not sure why that constitutes a lecture on people’s views on education but there you go.

But is it? And my kids and the dairy ladder to contend with. But, I am sure I got it wrong sometimes.

He'd have the shits as normal, regular just loose. And then a few hours later the school call and he's got a temperature and vomiting. So was the shit illness or not. Luckily he grew out of it.
But making it a hard rule is impossible

[lavenderfine]

Ours schools is 48hrs after any vomiting, I follow it for actual D&V bugs and would never send him to school when actually ill. But DS gets migraines and he vomits when he has them. I send him back in when he's well, I don't wait 48 hours because I know it's a migraine and he can't pass it to anyone

[GettingOrganisedNow]

I always follow it (unless I know the vomiting was caused by something else; eg DS is asthmatic and occasionally coughs until he's sick, but if he then goes on to eat and it stays down, I know he doesn't have a bug).

The way I see it, it's hassle and expense for me to keep them off for a day, but if I send them in then I'm potentially passing that hassle and expense onto 5 or 6 other sets of parents. Thankfully both are in classes with parents who think along similar lines.

[HighlandPony]

@ChilliBandit

I’m so confused by this, so if a child doesn’t like school/isn’t academic we should just let them stop going to school?

No. That’s my point. My oldest makes himself sick in an attempt not to go. Or makes himself sick when there to get sent home. It makes it harder to believe when he is really sick so I don’t always get it right but if I kept him off everytime he chucks his breakfast up he’d never be at school. No he’s not being bullied, there’s no abuse, there’s nothing untoward going on. He just doesn’t like school but I can’t just keep him off because he hates it.

[AegonT]

Always the whole 48 hours. If 48 hours is 10am they go in for the afternoon only. I wouldn't care if the school said 24 hours, I know evidence says it should be 48 so we'll do 48.

I fell out with the school when my husband and I had covid but the kids didn't yet. It was at the time it was illegal not to isolate and we are very confident home-schooling (my daughter is top of her class), they still wanted her in and we refused. Due to all the isolating and a stomach bug she had attendance in the low 90%s but an otherwise absolutely glowing report at the maximum marks possible in her SATs.

[SamPoodle123]

I detest people that ignore the 48 rule. I have emetaphobia and 3 kids, so anyone who ignores the rules is a F#$%#$%@#$. Esp since one of my dc used to get quite sick whenever she got that damn bug. It was not a one and done, more like every hour ALL night long for the poor thing. Some kids are more prone to getting it worse then others. Anyone who ignores the rules is so so selfish.

[ladydimitrescu]

Never, and anyone who purposely does is a selfish cretin.

[Crunchingleaf]

@RainingRubies

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:

Loads of viruses are contagious before symptoms start. Those viruses spread like wildfire through a childcare setting.
Some people do ignore the 48hrs obviously but not all a child’s sickness is caused by people ignoring those rules.

[MooseBreath]

I did once when DS (nearly 2 at the time) vomited at Easter whilst running like a nutter having just eaten an entire giant chocolate egg (thanks ILs). No temperature, no other symptoms of illness, and barely even noticed he'd been sick. He carried on running and laughing 30 seconds later.