Maureen seemed like she was recovering from her cold, but today she seems to be worse. She has this horrible, phlegmy cough and her nose runs constantly. She hasn't been sleeping well because of the congestion, and as a result, I haven't been sleeping well either.
I'm fairly certain that she picked up this cold at last week's story hour, because any time I've taken the kids to the program in the winter, one or both of them is sniffly two days later, and my friend Christine said her son always got sick after they attended as well. There's almost always a kid with snot all over his face, and sometimes there's a mom there chatting with her friends while her lethargic, sweaty-cheeked child lays on the floor.
I get that germs are a part of life and I know how the immune system works. I have a biology degree and I don't need a lecture. But unless you are willing to come over and stay up all night with a stuffed up baby, or clean mucous off the couch after the preschooler has a sneezing fit that sends boogers flying everywhere, keep your sickly child away from mine.
Plain and simple, I don't want my kids to get sick. Especially since the chances are high that I will catch their germs. When I'm sick and tired, I am not nice. To anyone.
Christine's son has virus-induced asthma. I cancelled a playdate with her and her kids last week because Maureen wasn't feeling well. Matt had already been on breathing medications for a week and the last thing he needed was to be hospitalized for respiratory distress from exposure to my sick kids. It's common courtesy.
I get that kids get sick. 8 to 10 colds per year, on average. And I get that parents can't keep kids with runny noses home from daycare or school or use all their vacation days. They'd lose their jobs. It's not reasonable. Life doesn't come to a screeching halt because of cold and flu season. But you know what? Story hour is not a requirement and you and your kid won't die if you miss a week. You won't go to hell if you miss church one Sunday instead of hauling feverish, vomiting kids to expose an entire congregation.
Your kid will most likely recover from a cold just fine. But will the tiny baby or the elderly person your kid just sneezed in be able to do the same?
Do us all a favor, buy some Vicks and Kleenex, rent a couple of kid movies, and stay home.
I'm fairly certain that she picked up this cold at last week's story hour, because any time I've taken the kids to the program in the winter, one or both of them is sniffly two days later, and my friend Christine said her son always got sick after they attended as well. There's almost always a kid with snot all over his face, and sometimes there's a mom there chatting with her friends while her lethargic, sweaty-cheeked child lays on the floor.
I get that germs are a part of life and I know how the immune system works. I have a biology degree and I don't need a lecture. But unless you are willing to come over and stay up all night with a stuffed up baby, or clean mucous off the couch after the preschooler has a sneezing fit that sends boogers flying everywhere, keep your sickly child away from mine.
Plain and simple, I don't want my kids to get sick. Especially since the chances are high that I will catch their germs. When I'm sick and tired, I am not nice. To anyone.
Christine's son has virus-induced asthma. I cancelled a playdate with her and her kids last week because Maureen wasn't feeling well. Matt had already been on breathing medications for a week and the last thing he needed was to be hospitalized for respiratory distress from exposure to my sick kids. It's common courtesy.
I get that kids get sick. 8 to 10 colds per year, on average. And I get that parents can't keep kids with runny noses home from daycare or school or use all their vacation days. They'd lose their jobs. It's not reasonable. Life doesn't come to a screeching halt because of cold and flu season. But you know what? Story hour is not a requirement and you and your kid won't die if you miss a week. You won't go to hell if you miss church one Sunday instead of hauling feverish, vomiting kids to expose an entire congregation.
Your kid will most likely recover from a cold just fine. But will the tiny baby or the elderly person your kid just sneezed in be able to do the same?
Do us all a favor, buy some Vicks and Kleenex, rent a couple of kid movies, and stay home.
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My kids are both getting a small cold. My thought was crap, I'm going to have to take a day off work that I don't have to take. My husbands thought was crap, now I'm going to get sick too. He gets sick every single time one of the kids even sneezes.
I worked at a wonderful daycare, these were people who did not HAVE to work but did, the facilities were state of the art and the staff was amazing, but if I had anickel for everytime a parent brought a kid to school with green in the nose...or the time the mom said bye to her child in the hallway and let him in the room. When I bent down to greet him his eye was pink and "googie"=pink eye. I ran out to grab the mom, she had already left the building and we had to call her to get her to come back and get her son. She did not even work, yet she brought him in. Frustrating doesn't even cover it.
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