Day Care "Gets the Wrap"!

[kidlove]

WHY? Do so many people "blame" the Day Care for the cause if illness in "their" home? I had a Mom tell me this morning, the reason her Husband just took his first "sick day" in seven years is because their daughter got him sick, and she got her first "day care illness". Isn't it possible they got sick from somewhere else? change of weather? grocery store? place of employment? etc. Why is it blamed on the day care and.....how do you know that? forensics?

[Inspired by Reggio]

LOL ~ yup its never the grocery store cart or the ball pit at McDonalds

[sunnydays]

Yeah...and who's kids are the ones bringing it INTO the daycare??? It just materialized in the cracks of the floor at daycare I suppose...the root of all illness.

[kidlove]

ha ha ain't that the truth...

[Sandbox Sally]

LOL ~ yup its never the grocery store cart or the ball pit at McDonalds

Ewww. Ball pit. They always smell like pee.

kidlove, just as an FYI, a change in weather doesn't make people sick - viruses do. Sorry, just a pet peeve of mine.

[kidlove]

You know....maybe I should start giving stupid responses to stupid comments..."oh yah, oops...dropped a peetrie (sp) dish of my newest germ I was studying on your kids face yesterday! SORRY.

[kidlove]

but alpha, change in weather can lower immune system, in turn making a body more susceptible to contract a virus, as does teething, and allergies. Anytime the immune system is compromised, the person is more likely to become ill.

[mimi]

One of my d/c kids parents were sick on the weekend with a throw up bug. On Monday they told me about their hellish weekend and then looked me dead in the eye and asked if I or any of the kids had had it. The nerve of the attitude! I answered truthfully no and then asked if they had been to the grocery store, mall, kids indoor play parks or pool recently in a very sweet, concerned voice. The look on their faces (yes, they do drop off together!) was priceless and it answered my question. I then let them know that dispite all the foot traffic in my home, it is cleaner than those places I mentioned because I am constantly wiping down surfaces and little hands. They then triend to figure out where else they could have caught it. I told them, unless it is a pox or eboli, I don't stress so much about where it came from, I just deal and continue.

[Sandbox Sally]

but alpha, change in weather can lower immune system, in turn making a body more susceptible to contract a virus, as does teething, and allergies. Anytime the immune system is compromised, the person is more likely to become ill.

Where did you learn this? In Pathophysiology and Microbiology,we were taught that this is a myth, and that no studies have been done that support this.

[Lou]

I actually called a Mom out on it once! She passive agressively, mentioned how her "daughter was sick again from daycare bugs, hahahaha <----insert fake laugh here" To which I replied, "actually there are no bugs floating around here and haven't for a few weeks, I'll be sure to keep a close eye on the kids in case they catch what she has"

HA!!!