Bugs
I have begun to notice a pattern.
When my children have a bit of time off from their usual routine - which involves their childminder, playgroup and now also school - they get sick when they first go back.
Theo has been sick. It seems that he came down with it in the time it took me to walk from his playgroup back to our house. I ignored it at first and even sent him to his childminder the next day. But on Tuesday night it was obvious that he really was ill. So I had to make The Call. The one where I feel guilty and explain in way too much detail that I won't be coming to work because one of my children is sick. I'm lucky in that I have a very flexible and understanding employer about these things, but I still hate doing it. And Theo missed his second day of playgroup.
I'm just really hoping that Freyja doesn't come down with it because her school is uber strict about attendance and although it would be genuine I would still feel terrible and be all apologetic and unnecessarily guilty about it.
So I told her to wash her hands a lot and asked her and Theo to try not to kiss for a bit. He tried to lean in for one yesterday afternoon and I heard her saying 'No, Theo, don't give me a kiss'.
Except I thought she said 'No, Theo, I don't give a shit'.
Anyway she didn't say that, and Theo is now on the mend so I am keeping my fingers crossed that Freyja (and the rest of us) have escaped it.
When my children have a bit of time off from their usual routine - which involves their childminder, playgroup and now also school - they get sick when they first go back.
Theo has been sick. It seems that he came down with it in the time it took me to walk from his playgroup back to our house. I ignored it at first and even sent him to his childminder the next day. But on Tuesday night it was obvious that he really was ill. So I had to make The Call. The one where I feel guilty and explain in way too much detail that I won't be coming to work because one of my children is sick. I'm lucky in that I have a very flexible and understanding employer about these things, but I still hate doing it. And Theo missed his second day of playgroup.
I'm just really hoping that Freyja doesn't come down with it because her school is uber strict about attendance and although it would be genuine I would still feel terrible and be all apologetic and unnecessarily guilty about it.
So I told her to wash her hands a lot and asked her and Theo to try not to kiss for a bit. He tried to lean in for one yesterday afternoon and I heard her saying 'No, Theo, don't give me a kiss'.
Except I thought she said 'No, Theo, I don't give a shit'.
Anyway she didn't say that, and Theo is now on the mend so I am keeping my fingers crossed that Freyja (and the rest of us) have escaped it.
posted by solveig at
9:22 am
4 Comments:
I think that is fairly common - it happens to my two when they go back to school. Jacob was off for a few days within a week of starting school - he got a chesty cough. Usually, mine just catch a cold or something and they still go to school.
I wouldn't worry too much about the school no matter how strict they are about attendance - you'll find that if its a stomach bug, the school would much rather the kids stay away and not come back too soon as that sort of thing can go through a group of kids like a dose of salts.
How's Freyja getting on at school now? Is she still doing half days?
She's still loving it. But the week feels so long to me!! She's been full time since Monday, so will have done her first full week when I get her today.
How is Sam doing?
S x
I hope its all going ok
We noticed a pattern around swimming lessons and her always getting a bug after them so with proper nursery starting I've ahem decided we'll take a miss - keep the amount of potential bugs to a minimum
Thanks for yoir comment, Muddling Along Mummy. All recovered now - turned out there were some back teeth on their way out too, which didn't help with poor Theo's mood. But seems fine now. And Freyja escaped whatever bug he had!
S x
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