Would you go to playgroup if your LO was sick

[feeb]

Depends!!

If fever, misrable, bad runny nose, cough or gastro nope no way.

But if just a slight runny nose and otherwise happy and playful yes I do. I know myself I have had a runny nose for about 8 weeks that comes and goes during the day and I am otherwise well just annoying runny nose.

My group no one turns up with sick kid any more than what i allready discussed above about runny nose.

Its respectful to not infect others!

[Early Kids]

Depends on the "cold" if it's a bit of a runny nose then we still go out. If it's green snot we stay home. If it's a slight cough (as in only a cough every now and then not constant) we go out. If it's constant coughing we stay home. If they are running a fever I always stay home and Gastro is a def stay at home... vomiting and diarrhoea is NOT fun when out and about! I've already had a few accidents in the car from Brendan (3) as he gets gastro quite a bit and very suddenly too.

[Ginger]

i get sooo angry if people turn up to playgroup with sick kids. it is so inconsiderate!

someone turned up to my MG with a kid with hand, foot and mouth disease once and of course, ds1 ended up getting it- just a couple of days before a holiday that we'd had planned for months.
i honestly think it is so rude and inconsiderate.

[*TripleJ*]

DS gets a cold pretty much everytime we go but ive never seen a sick baby or toddler so i dont know it happened twice in a row he got better then we went to PG then he got sick again this has been the only time he hasnt gotten sick

[feeb]

i get sooo angry if people turn up to playgroup with sick kids. it is so inconsiderate!

someone turned up to my MG with a kid with hand, foot and mouth disease once and of course, ds1 ended up getting it- just a couple of days before a holiday that we'd had planned for months.
i honestly think it is so rude and inconsiderate.

OMG are you serious that is pathetic!!! That is sooooooooooooooooo contagious!

[Ginger]

i know! dh was livid

i know the OP wasn't posting about anything that serious though, so my post was a little OTT

[Miss.September]

Nope. For two reasons. One - I don't want to get sick myself, let alone DD. I'm tired and run down as it is and have just gotten over a cold. I need all the energy I can muster!! Two - DD isn't herself when she has even the tiniest of colds and I'd hate it if she picked one up from another child. IMO, if I need to get out of the house and she has a cold, she's into the pram and we go for a walk. Too many people don't know where to draw the line and stay at home when really sick. How did swine flu get out of hand again??

Corelly x

[OceanPrincess]

I'm on the yellow/green = no, otherwise play it by ear bandwagon.

DD has had a runny nose for two weeks due to teething - but she hasn't gotten sick, just had a really runny nose. I feel a bit self conscious about it at PG but I know she isn't sick so I still go, I just make sure to say "Oh she's still got her runny nose, darn teething!! She hasn't been sick at all!" just so the other mums can be put at ease.

My sister brought my niece to PG on Friday when she had been out of sorts all Thursday, wanting to sleep all day and running a temp... I was like "Are you sure you want to bring her?" and sure enough at PG she just sat with my sister for the whole thing and even went to sleep at one point - turns out she was incubating roseola! And the incubation period is the contagious period!!

My sister wasn't to know - but if my DD were so out of character tired and sleepy all the time, I'd let her stay home and rest as much as possible - now its looking likely that my DD will have caught roseola off her as we saw them Thurs and Fri

[bubbles81]

my dd is 14 months old -is it safe to use the dettol antibacterial gel on the hands? cos i use it, but not sure if its too strong for them cos of the alcohol?