What is the etiquette for notifying friends parents about various infestations? <GRIM>

[whomovedmychocolate]

DD appears to have worms. And ho ho what fun apparently so do I

I'm not surprised, she's constantly forcing me to 'eat' her pretend food. And she's been scratching her arse like a brickie for three days!

We're all off to the docs to get treated and yes I know about the washing everything thing, but what's the etiquette for notifying parents of kids she's been playing with?

I have told her two best friend's mums and one of them said 'urggh why did you tell me that'

Am I being daft here, you do tell people don't you, so they can check their little ones?

Well, I reckon worms NEVER get talked about, so bravo to you for mentioning it. Everyone bangs on about head lice all the time, but no one mentions threaders, because its 'South of the border'

But we keep catching it from some bugger.

My dd has picked them up a couple of times, tbh it didn't occur to me to inform friends but I think it's good you did - I wouldn't mind a warning if dd's friends had them so I could check. Otherwise you just end up passing them around and around and whats the point of doing all that flipping washing then!

Lol, most people don't mention it, no. Get some ovex from the chemist and leave it at that.

I think you should tell. Also, don't tell your DCs not to tell anyone. So long as you deal with it, it's no more shameful than catching a cold or D&V.

I found it strangely liberating to ask for it in the busy Tesco pharmacy - bloke behind me took a step back though!

Guadalupe - but they must have come from somewhere and she only started nursery this week so this mums and tots group is the only place! Hence my concern that the other little darlings may be infested, esp. as one of my friends mentioned last week her DD waking up complaining of a 'sore bum' in the night

Luckily we have tons of towels and bedding so I can just dose us all up tomorrow and then switch everything and start a mass launder.

Haven't checked the little bugger for nits yet either - hadn't thought about that! ARRRGH

Can't wait to see DHs face when I tell him he may be infested

Mine have never had them so not sure.
I did have a close friend who told me her dd had them once( her parents are GP's so she's never had any qualms about mentioning anything), that's the only time in 12 years of parenting that I've heard them mentioned.

well, they have a three week cycle so it probably wasn't from there is she has worms now. Honestly, you get them anywhere, the park, the sandpit, the mud in the garden. Tons of people have them at any one time.

I'm sure it's a good idea to tell close friends that you've seen or something, but I wouldn't bother with playgroup mums and so on. It's bad enough trying to treat the whole family at the same time let alone coordinate a playgroup!

Treat yourselves, let other know if you're feeling generous , wash all your stuff, and keep nails short etc.

its reckoned about 40% of children have worms at any one time and most surfaces are covered in the tiny eggs.
I just ovex my lot once a year.

eurggh what do mean most surfaces are covered, that's jsut blarrgh

loo seats and toilet door handles are the worst as people don't wash hands properly and they can get under the fingernails. have you got a care at the chemist scheme near you? they often have ovex on the list of stuff you can have.

I always try to open public loo doors with tissue ,I'm going to be even more paranoid now.

Sand pits at nursery/pre-school are probably responsible for lots of infestations. I would definitely tell the parents of friends that your dc has been in contact with during the last couple of days. Someone once sat and watched my dd and her dd share a plate of food and then said: "oh, by the way, I've just treated her for worms". Well, she obviously hadn't done a very good job of treating her dd, cos my dd got them. Grrrrrr.

I'm only talking about two parents and children - her best friends. They regularly see each other (each week) and chew on each others toys .

My GP just emailed to say 98% of kids have them at some time or another but that there has been a major outbreak round here - he's just emailed me a list of where I can get the stuff to fix it because our pharmacy is out of stock.

Mind you, this is doing wonders for my diet, I have felt sick all day so have eaten virtually nothing!