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Puked once, now fine

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Fuzzymum1 · 30/09/2014 19:33

My Y3 DS ate a large ice cream while playing out this afternoon. After running about for a bit he came in looking very pale, said he felt sick then puked. Within minutes he was absolutely fine and has been asking for food since.

Obviously if he had a bug I would keep him home and if there is any doubt at all I will keep him home but I'm fairly sure (considering his miracle recovery) it was overindulgence so I'm not sure if he should stay home or not.

I'm not one for keeping him home for the slightest snuffle but also I'm not one to send him in if there's a chance he's infectious. Normally I'm quite decisive about whether to send him or not but this time I'm really not sure.

I'm not working so that's not clouding my judgement. I'd be happy to keep him home but he really wants to go and feels fine now.

WWYD?

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TwoAndTwoEqualsChaos · 30/09/2014 19:38

Had almost exactly this with my Pre-Schooler today. She was fine, then vomited 12 hours later. Don't know what it is, but it seems more than the "eating too much" the first was put down to. Sorry.

petalunicorn · 30/09/2014 19:42

I would keep him at home because he has been sick and it's less than 48 hours since last episode. How large does an ice cream need to be to make a kid puke? Is he often sick after eating a pudding and running??

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Fuzzymum1 · 30/09/2014 19:52

He's not normally a puker to be fair. I'll keep him home tomorrow to be safe I think. I'd hate to be 'that parent' who spreads it to everyone else.

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Muchtoomuchtodo · 30/09/2014 19:55

The rule in our area is that they need to stay away from school for 48 hours after an episode of vomiting.

Yes even just one.

My ds1 ended up missing his Christmas concert last year because of this rule, but it's there to stop any bugs from running rife around the rest of the pupils, not just to cause childcare headaches.

lisbapalea · 30/09/2014 19:57

There are stack loads of tummy viruses going around here - they're spreading like wildfire, and while the bug seems to come and go quite quickly I think it's best that you steer clear. My dds (9mths and 4.5yrs) and my dh have all had it, and I am now like a sitting duck waiting for it to strike me!

hollie84 · 30/09/2014 20:00

A couple of times now DS1 has puked, then seemed fine for 12-24 hours before puking again.

jamtoast12 · 30/09/2014 20:56

I'd send him in. He ate ice cream and then ran around outside. Bad combination. It happens to dd all the time.

clam · 30/09/2014 21:01

You have another 12 hours before having to decide, so see how he is in the morning.

howtodrainyourflagon · 30/09/2014 21:15

I hate it when parents at school decide the rules on potentially contagious conditions don't apply to their child.

Badvoc123 · 30/09/2014 21:26

It's 48 hours after last vomit or episode of diarrhoea.
It's for a reason.

clam · 30/09/2014 21:40

I don't think it's always as cut and dried as that, though. If a child has had an obvious bug, whereby they've had diarrhoea and vomiting for a definite period of time, and been weedy, tired and generally unwell, then of course the 48 hour rule is not to be argued with.

But I think it can be argued differently if a child brought up a tiny bit of something-or-other after, say, bouncing on a trampoline too soon after tea, and has been right as rain ever since. There are shades of grey here.

Littlefish · 30/09/2014 21:43

Keep him off.

You don't know if he's got a bug or not.

Keep him off for 48 hours after the last bout.

PrimalLass · 30/09/2014 21:43

I'd send him in. My DS used to down warm milk, and it started to make him sick. Including once in the gutter on the way to school There is zero chance I was keeping him off school because he was a little greedy.

thedevilinside · 30/09/2014 22:50

There is a puke-once-bug going around, both mine had it over summer, don't send him in

Littlefish · 30/09/2014 22:54

I agree with thedevilinside

In the nursery where I work the puke-once bug was going round and I had 5 parents phone me within 3 days and try and convince me that their child couldn't possibly have the bug, but had been sick because of reflux/drinking milk/eating ice cream/eating too late/going on the trampoline etc. etc.

Some of them got really arsey when I re-stated the 48 hour rule, even when I explained that it was partly to ensure the child was well, and partly to ensure that the bug wouldn't get passed round any further.

HamishBamish · 01/10/2014 07:42

Keep him off for 48h after the last episode. I know it's a nightmare (especially if you're working), but it's a necessary rule to stop anything spreading. If everyone stuck to the rules I'm sure we'd all have less sickness all round.

tiggytape · 01/10/2014 07:51

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PrimalLass · 01/10/2014 10:31

You cannot just asssume being hot, drinking milk or too much bouncing is to blame and send them to school

I could when he is my child, I know him, and that he had done it several times after the same thing: downing a large mug of warm milk in one go. He still won't drink warm milk now.

DD was sick because she ate too much fish and chips on Saturday and then we drove home for an hour and she gets carsick. Again, not a bug: carsickness.

PrimalLass · 01/10/2014 10:32

She is also fairly sick with each tooth, and always has been.

furcoatbigknickers · 01/10/2014 10:33

I'd send him in.

nonicknameseemsavailable · 01/10/2014 10:41

one of these bugs went round here and one boy was sick 'just once so he is fine' said the mother. by next day virtually the entire class and the staff had all been sick and many of them were much more ill than he had been.

Sorry but the rules are there for a reason. and do bear in mind there might well be kids in school on medication to suppress their immune systems or other kids with family members like this whereby a child having a little bug can become a hospital admission for someone else. Please be responsible.

PrimalLass · 01/10/2014 11:14

Sorry but the rules are there for a reason

What about carsickness then?

CocktailQueen · 01/10/2014 11:17

There are loads of 'puke once' bugs going around. Keep him off. If it is a bug, other dc may have it much worse than he has.

As pp have said, he may be sick again. You're being thoughtless and selfish and unfair to other dc.

lotsofcheese · 01/10/2014 11:23

My DD is off with the puke-once bug. She's coming to the end of her quarantine period & has been fine in every other way - it's a really strange bug. No one else in the family has caught it.

DS had severe reflux & if I'd kept him off every day he's been sick & for 48 hours later he wouldn't have been at nursery at all. Ever. He was sick most days until he was about 4.

MooMa42o · 01/10/2014 11:30

I have two in yr 1 and ds was sick in the last on Monday then dd sick in the night last night, they are both fine now but definitely seems to be something more than i first thought. Hope they are all ok

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