Can you 'suggest' a mother take her son to a dr?

[black_rose]

Agree with Liz if its clear there is no infection it's just a winter time thing in some kids but if its green/yellow/orange then it's a sign of infection and the centre should be asking them to stay away.

FWIW my kids get a cough from now until spring that is Asthma related, it sounds awful but not contagious and doesn't bother them but I am forever explaining about it and it drives me nuts.

[sangie]

FWIW my kids get a cough from now until spring that is Asthma related, it sounds awful but not contagious and doesn't bother them but I am forever explaining about it and it drives me nuts.

OMG same!!!! I'm not offended at all if people ask me about DD's cough. Unless like one kindy mum last year who made a comment that I shouldn't send to my DD to kindy with bronchitis. It's asthma NOT bronchitis.

Anyway if your friends with her then I think its fine to casually bring it up in conversation? Of course your a nice person and your not going to demand that she keep him home or go to the doc but I don't see the harm in saying something like 'oh poor X with a snotty nose is he ok' or 'does he have a bit of a cold' kind of thing?

[misty]

The green snot thing is a bit of a myth.
A couple of my kids always have snotty noses - due to asthma, hay fever and sinus infections. (I usually do too, but I'm grown up enough to use tissues properly).
Sometimes the snot is green, especially if it is a sinus infection. They are not contagious at all, it is just a sign of infection.

[luna moth]

I would say something. Only because I know of a little girl who had prolonged snottiness and it turned out to be a cancer in her nose. And you just never know.