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Children at school when siblings are unwell - what are the 'rules'?

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tkband3 · 27/11/2008 09:09

I have 3 children, all at the same primary school - DD1 in Y1, DTs in nursery. DT2 was sick yesterday morning and DT1 had a bad cough, but DD1 ok, so a lovely friend took her to school and DTs stayed at home. I had to collect DD1 early because she was feeling unwell, and she has been up half the night with bad tummy pains. She vomited earlier this morning, so she's at home today (not that I was going to send her anyway), DT2 has to be home because she was sick yesterday, but DT1 is fine (so far) so a lovely neighbour has taken her in for me, and another lovely friend will bring her home.

Thing is, chances are, DT1 will come down with this, so should I have kept her at home? Doesn't seem like a valid reason for keeping her off, particularly as half the school is going down with this bug at the moment (and I know the school would say she should be there) but I don't want other parents thinking I'm irresponsible for sending her in. This is my first term of having them all in the same place so I'm unsure of the 'etiquette'!

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morningpaper · 27/11/2008 09:12

If she's well, send her to school - you never know whether her immune system will fight a bug off or not, so it's not a simple calculation. If she's full of beans and perky then send her in.

tkband3 · 27/11/2008 09:14

Definitely full of beans - had a good breakfast and desperate to see her best friend after not seeing her yesterday .

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morningpaper · 27/11/2008 09:16

oh hang on - was she sick THIS MORNING? I'm getting all your children confused

If she was sick this morning then you need to keep her off until she's NOT been sick for 24-48 hours (depending on school policy)

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tkband3 · 27/11/2008 09:21

Oh no, this one hasn't been sick at all - I definitely wouldn't send her in if she'd been sick. No this is the only one that hasn't been sick .

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morningpaper · 27/11/2008 09:23

I'd send her in then - hope she is okay! Hope the others improve. x

tkband3 · 27/11/2008 10:23

Thank you! Think DD1 now on the mend - she's hungry and desperate to eat something. Keeps begging me for food and trying to come up with ideas of what she could eat .

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morningpaper · 27/11/2008 10:25

good!

TsarChasm · 27/11/2008 10:32

With my three I send in anyone who is feeling well and not been sick or had the trots within the last 48 hrs.

Even if I suspect the illness might indeed eventually spread around the family and the others have got it, I go with who is/isn't displaying symptoms rather than what I suspect they might eventually get iyswim.

To my surprise they don't always get a bug en masse.

cory · 27/11/2008 20:53

As Tsar says. Otherwise, in a large family you'd end up keeping all of them off all the time.

Dd is the kind of person who gets every bug going; ds rarely does, so no need to mess up his education.

And I wouldn't stay home from work if dh had a cold. Can't see my employer taking kindly to this. And nor will dcs school.

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