Re: Spin off the "keeping a kid home"

Re: Spin off the "keeping a kid home"

Cailen has the following 95% of the year:

Cough
Runny nose

The kid is always teething. Always. Each little tooth takes months to come in - no kidding - and even at this age, he will drool and drool and snot until the tooth comes in. It looks like he is sick, but he isn't.

He has had a cough since he was an infant. My ped put him on 4 rounds of penicillin to try to treat it, gave Cailen a horrific rash that looked like chicken pox and did nothing for the cough. It's not a sick cough or a contagious cough - its this weird condition and I have received nasty looks about that too.

Cailen, very much like me - is either deathly ill or healthy - no in between. He rarely gets colds. He gets these horrible illnesses that knock him off his asss, and then is better. I don't send him when he is like that, but runny nose and cough, the kid would have never left the house since infacy!!!

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Posted by HeathKernandez

Posted by Jen2999

I have not read this whole thread.

I am a teacher.

I say.. teach the kid to wash his hands and cover his mouth and send them on their way.

Fever or puke or something requiring antibiotics=stay home.

seriously, the principal at my son's school tells the parents, unless they have a fever or something contagious like pink eye etc etc... DO NOT KEEP YOUR KID HOME.

Aidan has a nice big ol' bottle of hand sanitizer in his bag every day.

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Maybe I misread the 4 pages of this thread, but do people actually keep their child home from school if they have the sniffles or a runny nose? I don't think it would occur to me to keep my child home unless they had a fever. Yes colds can be contagious but they are also contagious during the incubation stage when you don't even know you have one. If the argument is that you should keep them home to protect other children then you would also have to keep them home if they had a rash or an eye infection. And a cold lasts for days - how much school can they miss? Maybe I'm just very, very old but when I was growing up kids didn't stay home for colds.

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Posted by itsbabytime

Posted by HeathKernandez

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Posted by HeathKernandez

Posted by itsbabytime

Posted by HeathKernandez

a cold is different than having a fever, lethargic etc etc.

I'd be concerned with the school he would miss, rather than the amount of days I missed from work.

And I was a single mother when he was in daycare.... I think each person knows their kid best... and to be completely honest, kids NEED to get sick to build up their immunity.

My son RARELY gets sick anymore... Sure he has minor colds throughout the winter, but nothing that lasts more than a day or two... I, haven't been sick in YEARS since he started school full time...

my immunity is strong like bull.

If people are so concerned with their child catching everything under the sun, then might I suggest a personal nanny..keep them out of daycare, and homeschooling them...

or a bubble..

those are some good 'options.' cause, there ARE options, right?

I'm sorry but I disagree. Kids don't NEED to be sick. My DS has a fantastic immune system and he never gets sick - he didn't NEED to get sick to get a good immune system. In fact, all of his little cousins that have ALWAYS been sick are STILL ALWAYS SICK. So, I disagree with you on this one.

I also think it is ridiculous to suggest home schooling to parents that think other parents should take care of their sick kids instead of sending them out to infect others.

There is a difference b/w putting a child in a bubble and avoiding all germs and wanting to avoid already sick people - IMO avoiding sick people is common sense NOT being overly protective.

I think you need to turn on your sarcasm meter.

how old is your DS?

He is 2. The last time he was sick at all - even with a cold was November. And, I am FAR from keeping him in a bubble. Not sure what your sarcasm comment means at all.

meaning... I WAS BEING SARCASTIC.

wait until your kid starts kindergarten... the germs are ALL AROUND.

My son wasn't sick much at 2 either... but once he hit 5, started all day kindergarten... WOAH NELLY...

Oh I am sure he will get sick more when he is older and in school full time - prob b/c of all those sick kids their parents send to school But, in all serious I still disagree that kids need to be sick all the time to develop a good immune system - in fact, sometimes I think the opposite is true. I guess I am just more senstive to this issue these days being pregnant during this swine flu "pandemic"

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It took me a while to read through this thread. I agree that it depends on the situation. Around here we refer to it as Daycare nose (runny nose) because all of the kids get it. I could not keep my son home every time he had a cold. U don't know if it is a cold or teething or allergies. My son has gotten colds that last year turned into pneumonia on three different occasions. I do not blame the parent's of the kids who have colds. I remember always going to school as a kid with a cold. No fever, no vomitting...I was at school

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All I can say is WOW!!!
I can't believe it turned it what it has....

I am a SAHM, that was asking at what point would you keep your child home from school....I can't even imagine how I am being looked at then...

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sometimes i think this board is just NOT for me I truly think that when some of your children turn the age my oldest is, you are going to see things WAYYYY different..
my son is an honor student, who is in a gifted talented program, who has an IQ of 130-something..he is almost 11...and in 6th grade..
the rules in my house are..
no fever for 24 hours? Youre going.
No hacking, bleeding, vomiting, anything green anywhere i should know about? Youre going to school.

I worked full time up until last year..taking off of work was NOT an issue because i managed my company and was able to be very flexible..i still sent him with a sniffle..or a clear runny nose/cold..and im SURE some of you who are so paranoid about it now, EVENTUALLY will sing a different song..
it has NOTHING to do with convenience for me, it has to do with the fact that i dont need my son who has the sniffles home playing WII when he should be studying and at school...
I think anyone who thinks i should take my kid home, and prevent him from learning because "their" kid is alil sensitive to germs, (which are everywhere) id tell that parent to get a grip..
sorryyy.

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Posted by neenie

Posted by smdl
This is really assuming a lot to think people have the LUXURY to stay home. You don't know people's life, sacrifice they may make to stay home. Whether they work PT or not work at all.

It's almost as bad as assuming that people have the 'luxury' to take off every time their kid has a booger

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Posted by neenie

Posted by smdl
This is really assuming a lot to think people have the LUXURY to stay home. You don't know people's life, sacrifice they may make to stay home. Whether they work PT or not work at all.

It's almost as bad as assuming that people have the 'luxury' to take off every time their kid has a booger

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Well I just dont have the time to read all of these posts but I will add that my DD who is 9 months started daycare and from day 2 was sick as a dog. Stayed home with no fever or vomiting but just didnt want her to feel sick and in a strange place...plus didnt want the cold to be passed to others who would just pass it back.
Went back a week later, got another cold...worse then the first.
I pulled her out because I dont want her there anymore..I cant see spending good $$ for her to be sick.
And for those who say "its good for her"..no its not. She dosent need to get sick to be healthy.
I think if daycares (at least mine) were stricter with their sickness policies, or just sanatized better, then I would be more comfortable sending her.
I think this thread was created with gradeschool in mind, and I think at that point I will feel better because DD can TELL me what hurts her and we can diagnose better. Shes just too young now to get this sick.

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Posted by twicethefun

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i actually have been fortunate to have had the luxury of staying home and being broke..and going to work while i had cancer, and having no other choice at that time BUT to work..and ya know what? I personally sent my kid to school with sniffles that were harmless or a run of the mill cold, so that all you teachers have to take care of him!! bwahahahahahah

on a serious note,
this is dumb.

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I am a SAHM who now has a son who is going to nursery school two times a week.

I whipped out the schools handbook this morning to see what their sick policy is because Jack has a runny nose.

Kids cannot stay home every single time they have the sniffles. What the heck would I be paying for if this was the case?

Yes, it sucks when our kids are sick - but, it's also life. Parents have to go to work. Children have to go to school. They can't stay home every time a child sneezes.

Playdates and other social gatherings are different stories. If I was having friends over and their kid showed up with snot down their face I would not be happy. That is optional. Many of the women on this board do not have jobs that are optional, and to assume that they are lazy parents, or bad parents because of this is just insane. Many of these women do not have other people to help take care of their child when they are sick. I know that if I were to work full time I would have no one to stay home with Jack when he was sick.

There are different degrees to sickness. If the child is really rundown and out of sorts then I get keeping him home so he can rest and focus on getting better. If he was like my son today, who had a runny nose but still ran around like a lunatic all day then why keep him sheltered?

We can't keep them inside these little bubbles forever IMO

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