tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post2059292135377436314..comments2014-10-20T12:46:40.793+10:30Comments on Me and My Munchkin: Sick Little MunchkinsChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-35403824075990790672012-10-05T06:37:13.645+09:302012-10-05T06:37:13.645+09:30I think it's just the right thing to do!
Chris...I think it's just the right thing to do!<br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-8341268079085840012012-10-03T21:36:43.583+09:302012-10-03T21:36:43.583+09:30I'm exactly the same as you. I'll let frie...I'm exactly the same as you. I'll let friends know if my kids are sick so the decision is theirs. Most of the time they do the same.Tubbah @ Organising: My Crazy Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554447717968747888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-8715632380552932172012-10-03T12:07:21.456+09:302012-10-03T12:07:21.456+09:30Aww you poor thing! My old boss was a man with a s...Aww you poor thing! My old boss was a man with a stay at home mum for a wife, so didn't understand the whole need to take time off to look after the kids either. It makes all the difference when you don't have understanding employers.<br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-13992740857817268952012-10-03T12:05:33.013+09:302012-10-03T12:05:33.013+09:30Older children are good in that they can understan...Older children are good in that they can understand a little better about hygiene and taking steps to prevent getting sick. Master A could have a lingering cough after an asthma attack or cold for weeks or even sometimes a month or so, and I will tell my friends that this is the case, and give them the option.Chrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-31925316973000501392012-10-03T12:03:52.413+09:302012-10-03T12:03:52.413+09:30I agree. I'm finding it's happening to me ...I agree. I'm finding it's happening to me more and more now. Not so much with close friends, but certainly when I'm just organising a random play date.<br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-25528560621452371772012-10-03T12:02:43.986+09:302012-10-03T12:02:43.986+09:30I agree, if they pass it on, 5 or so other mums ma...I agree, if they pass it on, 5 or so other mums may need to take time off work. We recently had an outbreak of a virus in our under 2s section of daycare. A little boy got dropped off with the rash all over him! I was shocked that the parents didn't think and sent him anyway. <br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-15847412719179294602012-10-03T12:01:06.190+09:302012-10-03T12:01:06.190+09:30Some parents don't really understand. Master A...Some parents don't really understand. Master A has asthma, so a lot of the time my friends aren't too fussed about catching up if that's all it is, and it's only mild. I can imagine you wouldn't have been impressed, I would be fuming too!<br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-48671952981907075012012-10-03T10:14:50.225+09:302012-10-03T10:14:50.225+09:30Oops, 'complicated' that is meant to say ;...Oops, 'complicated' that is meant to say ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-84996414035788692592012-10-03T09:46:26.419+09:302012-10-03T09:46:26.419+09:30My boy was sick the other day, and I mean he liter...My boy was sick the other day, and I mean he literally vomited all over me just as we were walking out the door to take him to daycare so I could go to work. I called my childless boss, who wasn't working that day, and her response was that she would get such n such to start earlier and if I could get there in an hours time...1 hour! You know, after i clean up the mess and brush it of like it never happened...yeah right! Unfortunately she didn't understand the savrity of, 1 - sending a sick child to daycare to be amongst other 'healthy' kids and, 2 - the fact that my sick child needed his mother. I was just lucky that my mother was home on holidays from work. Being a working mum is so damn implicated sometimes! What do you do!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-38585278996823400592012-10-03T09:18:38.182+09:302012-10-03T09:18:38.182+09:30Im with pretty much everyone else. A bit of a cold...Im with pretty much everyone else. A bit of a cold, and I'll let it go, but anything else, and we stay home. I wouldn't dream of asking someone else who had kids to watch my sick kids for me. That wouldn't be fair on anyone, including the child!<br /><br />I think it gets harder when they are in school, to make the judgement call. Some coughs and colds can go on for weeks, and it's not feasible to keep them home all that time, but then you don't want them passing it on. I just try and teach my older children about personal hygiene, and asses on any given day, just how unwell they are. EssentiallyJesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02372695554793237026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-13539037558688848162012-10-02T21:34:14.127+09:302012-10-02T21:34:14.127+09:30I didn't think I'd care until we spent mos...I didn't think I'd care until we spent most of winter wiping my daughters nose and nursing her through temperatures. When we found out that a friends child was sick and they brought her over anyway we were livid! At least give us the opportunity to decide if we want to roll the dice on another cold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-29873082628045285222012-10-02T20:19:51.355+09:302012-10-02T20:19:51.355+09:30I was surprised when watching Sunrise recently whe...I was surprised when watching Sunrise recently where they were interviewing a lady who had written a book about taking your children to childcare when sick. Ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, a runny nose is nothing to worry about, but anything else should be kept home. I'm a working mum and it is so selfish for others to send their sick kids to playmates and childcare.Workingwomenaushttp://www.workingwomenaustralia.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-12497976916505563802012-10-02T20:18:39.561+09:302012-10-02T20:18:39.561+09:30I understand that kids WILL get sick and that we c...I understand that kids WILL get sick and that we can't really help that, but unless it's just a sniffle then I cancel, and I expect the same courtesy. Either hubby or I stays with the kids if they're unwell. Most people we socialise with are the same, but there is one little girl that my boys go to childcare with and she is ALWAYS turning up sick, it drives me CRAZY. Just last week she had a shocking chesty cough and was coughing all over my 2.5yr old, very annoying. Very rude. Of the parents of course, the poor girl didn't know any better. xxKelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09451382657183203521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-79834703769389444932012-10-02T18:10:56.307+09:302012-10-02T18:10:56.307+09:30Have to say I dont worry about it unless itS Chick...Have to say I dont worry about it unless itS Chickwn pox or swine flu or the ilk but I do ring and let other people know if it's my kid who's the sick one...as it isn't my call to make for them.Lydia C. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911667428856165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-64480113930105000622012-10-02T17:59:35.152+09:302012-10-02T17:59:35.152+09:30IILydia C. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13911667428856165902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-77785495508129002112012-10-02T16:33:54.869+09:302012-10-02T16:33:54.869+09:30It really is a personal judgement call isn't i...It really is a personal judgement call isn't it? I don't mind a bit of a snotty nose, but much more than that and I get a bit hesitant.<br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-5330648115929540852012-10-02T16:33:03.551+09:302012-10-02T16:33:03.551+09:30I think it sounds like most people do the same thi...I think it sounds like most people do the same thing. Unfortunately I don't always get offered that courtesy!<br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-37628069878382923582012-10-02T16:32:13.745+09:302012-10-02T16:32:13.745+09:30I feel the same way with daycare. I hate when I dr...I feel the same way with daycare. I hate when I drop Master A off and I can see children there that are clearly sick. Really pushes my buttons!<br />Master A was premmie too, so know exactly what you mean.<br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-141583213650321072012-10-02T16:24:39.277+09:302012-10-02T16:24:39.277+09:30I think it's important to keep your child home...I think it's important to keep your child home if they are sick. For them, and for others. There seems to be so many illnesses these days, they are often hard to avoid, but if you can it's worth it.<br />Friends of mine are pretty good, and have the courtesy to ring and let you know if their child is a bit snotty and you have arranged a play date. Initially I was always relaxed with it, and said to bring them along. But Elka was sick so many times in a row, and developed bronchitis several times, I realised that my need to be social was being put before her health. She really suffered. So I am much more cautious now. Zanni, Heart Mamahttp://heartmama.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-75279355808051789662012-10-02T15:22:01.284+09:302012-10-02T15:22:01.284+09:30we've been sick on and off in this household f...we've been sick on and off in this household for about 3 months now.. and everytime I arrange a playdate.. I cancel it if they are sick... common courtesy... I will even msg them to say they are all better now.. how about we rearrange for another day...<br /><br />#teamIBOTYvette Bowyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04799266452174664290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-33295127555156157092012-10-02T14:33:19.261+09:302012-10-02T14:33:19.261+09:30I think it's really, REALLY important to discl...I think it's really, REALLY important to disclose if your child has been sick. It's a tough one though, because if I see a parent who has let their obviously sick, coughy spluttery child come to playgroup or the playground, I get mad but I don't want to get judgmental.<br />Thing is, we are also super, super vigilant because our boys were premmie babies and it's always in our mind to be courteous to others when they're sick and whether they should go on playdates or not.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03191888392393911765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-65667201983928711552012-10-02T12:11:02.848+09:302012-10-02T12:11:02.848+09:30Master A is in daycare, and has been since he was ...Master A is in daycare, and has been since he was 3 months old. He has caught things from there but unfortunately when I was working, there wasn't much choice! I have him on pro-biotics now, which I was a little wary of at first, but they have made a tremendous difference to his health in the last 6 months so they must be doing good!<br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-57727783599218205062012-10-02T12:09:04.856+09:302012-10-02T12:09:04.856+09:30I wish that others would too! Even if they are jus...I wish that others would too! Even if they are just coming to the end and getting over a cold. Chances are I will still say lets catch up, but I'd like to know!<br /><br />I do however think that sometimes it's more about the mother feeling lonely and isolated, and wanting to get out there with other adults. <br />Chrissie xxChrissie Me and My Munchkinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01187005769102456988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-18212318959075189962012-10-02T09:49:31.676+09:302012-10-02T09:49:31.676+09:30I am the same as you. My daughter is sick atm. Off...I am the same as you. My daughter is sick atm. Off to the drs this morning and the plans I had for today and tomorrow cancelled. Thursday and possibly friday cancelled too. I normally stick close to home with my daughter when she's ill. If its just a slight runny nose from teething we more often then not don't cancel but if its obvious she is sick we do! It's funny because sometimes after we catch up with someone once my daughter is better and I say to the other mum how she's been sick and i've kept her at home and she's better now, the other child has a runny nose atm. I think to myself, this mum obviously does not care that there child is sick and to cancel playdates etc. I met up with one mum about a month or 2 ago and luckily it was for a walk so our toddlers were in prams but her kid was very ill. A runny nose (both sides) that just sat there the entire time! I made that catch up rather short as it annoys me so much everyone bringing there sick kids out everywhere. This winter my daughter seems to have been sick more times then healthy. I know everyone says its builds up there immune systems but I too try to protect my daughter from sickness as best i can. If it happens it happens but she doesnt need to always be around it. For the same reason I don't put her in child care or creches. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357804796612079302.post-41525347148169424332012-10-02T09:36:40.406+09:302012-10-02T09:36:40.406+09:30I'm with you - if it is just a sniffle, the pl...I'm with you - if it is just a sniffle, the play date continues, but anything worse, the playdate is cancelled. I do wish people would extend the same courtesy, this is our childrens health!<br />xMrs BChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08281463357359416086noreply@blogger.com