Ds's teacher has returned to work after mat leave and her baby has just started nursery full-time ...

[bibbitybobbityhat]

I wonder how many days she will need to have off to look after her poorly baby.

Interesting that OP is only answering the comments that aren't actually challenging her. What are your answers to the rest of the comments? Otherwise you are coming off very badly in this thread.

Sorry Fontsnob - what did you want to ask me?

I would like to know why you asked the question and what you think of the responses from those people who aren't agreeing with you? Do you see that your post was rather offensive, even if you didn't mean it to be?

Well so the baby gets ill and teacher takes a few days off? What will happen? Will little precious fail to get into an RG University?

The question is loaded and actually does no mother returning to work any favours at all. Colleagues will fill in, all will be fine.

Well I'd guess that the teacher might take as many days off as your GP/solicitor/hairdresser might, which could impact on you. How is it different or worse that a teacher needs time? Oh yes, it might upset your pfb.

Well, I was wondering aloud about how many days my ds is likely to be in a split class this year because his class teacher has a small child in nursery. It is a plain and unloaded question.

From my experience of raising two children, and from the many many threads on Mumsnet on the subject, they do tend to get sick a lot when they go to nursery.

As I was coming home from school today having picked up ds and his older dd from their first day back at school, I did wonder how much he would actually get to see her.

From my experience of how these things go, you understand .

I couldn't be happier that she is his teacher, btw, have long admired her during my 7 year association with the school.

Am roffling at the replies now, I really am.

No more than anyone else then, is the answer.
FWIW, the teachers in my school who have the highest sickness records are not the mothers with young children.

So do you see that your 'plain and unloaded question' does actually come across asquite insulting?

Passive-aggressive much, Bibbity?

The fontsnob: no
The mumsnot: no

I see your misreading of my op as deeply insulting.

You have a very strange sense of humour.

I wasn't trying to be funny!

I do think that rather than portray the reactions here as those you'd expect from a hysterical nest of vipers in a slightly mocking manner, you could maybe acknowledge that your OP was ill-thought out and sounded deliberately provocative. It really wouldn't have been hard for you to have put the subsequent information in your OP. You didn't think this through, did you? No shame in admitting that.

back to my original comment then...

Or what Hassled said, as she said it far better than I could.

Bibbity's just getting a bit defensive because she's realised she misjudged that post a tad.

What is the point of the op?

Your op wasn't misread at all. Your op was deeply unreasonable.

My DCs never got sick from nursery.

If your were sick all the time maybe it was because you were a shit parent who didn't take proper care of your DCs.

there was no point NT she was just a bit miffed that her DC's education was going to be interrupted due to inconsiderate teachers DC.

DS1 is going into year 1 with a mix of teachers due to the main class teacher being on Mat Leave/Coming back in the Autumn, and loads of parents are about it. Not me I hasten to add!

and now she's all and I was only joking etc etc

I'm not sure the many teachers on mnet pregnant, returning from maternity leave or contemplating ttc will be finding this thread as 'funny' as you are Bibbity.

Lets all just be grateful that the teacher hasn't returned part-time thus requiring two teachers for the class for the whole year. Heaven knows what 'plain' questions you would have minded to post then.

Who is she, the cat's mother? Don't talk about me as if I am not here Funnys.

I wasn't joking. I was asking a STRAIGHT QUESTION.

I guess I could have adapated it for the Mumsnet determined to be terminally offended set as

"I wonder how many days the poor woman will need to take off to look after her baby if she gets sick"

and probably not had so people wetting themselves with outrage.