Originally Posted By DyGDisney MomOfPrincess, I wish I could remember what the ointment my kids doctor gave them was for the molluscum. But it was a prescription thing I put on them, and it cleared it up. My older daughter had it "down there" too. But it was all gone in a month. Hope you can have better luck soon.
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess Thank you, DyGDisney I'll definitely ask about it next time I talk to the pediatrician...
Originally Posted By Kimrue This is sort of off the subject, but not really...about sending kids to school sick...I get REALLY ticked off about this because I took my daughter to a playgroup once where one of the kids was pretty sick, crying the whole time, diarhea (sp)and we pretty much did everything but BEG the mom to take her kids and leave. She swore he was ok, but later on that week EVERY LAST KID got the rotavirus..long story short, my daughter ended up in the hospital (the week before christmas) for three days then had to endure cardiograms/ekg's, ultrasounds because they feared the virus was attacking her heart. The cardiologist basically told us that if her body didn't fight this, she was going to die..so YEAH, I get pi$$ed at parents that send sick kids out in public because my daughter almost died from a stomach virus!!! KEEP SICK KIDS HOME DARN IT!!!
Originally Posted By DyGDisney When my youngest was a baby, we were in a MOM's group that I'd been in for a year or two. She was sick for 4 months because everytime we went to playgroup, this one mom would bring her kids sick. So the next week we'd miss, then we'd go back and she'd get sick again. I quit the group and she was well for quite awhile.
Originally Posted By dlkozy I am angry with the schools that give AWARDS to kids at the end of the year who have not missed any school. They come sick-my kids get sick and they miss school. At our school they even give plaques out at 6th grade graduation to those who have NEVER missed a day their entire elementary school life!
Originally Posted By MomofPrincess ^Totally agree, dlkozy! I don't think they should even give out those things. It irritates me to no end, really. Kimrue, that's just horrible!!! That rotavirus can be VERY dangerous!
Originally Posted By Kimrue I tell as many people as I can that story, maybe it will open some eyes. Some kids that got it only vomited once or twice and ate dinner that night, some were a little worse. My kids were vomiting every ten minutes for the first 8 hours than every 45 minutes after that. I can't tell you how many people send their kids to school after throwing up that morning, or knowing they have diarhea! "oh, it's just a little stomach bug" that makes me crazy. Look where a "little stomach bug" landed my daughter. I took my daughter to school a few weeks ago and a little boy was walking behind his mother and she was like "ok hurry up.." and he puked ALL OVER THE PLACE...and she goes.."oh, I guess your belly really DID hurt, huh? I nearly had a nervous breakdown!!!!
Originally Posted By momof4boys After much petitioning from angry parents and teachers, our school finally did away with perfect attendance awards. My kids would usually miss about 1 day a year and never got the award ( not that I cared, the award just made me mad- escpecially the kids who had multiple years perfect attendance. I would call it the " kids who came to school sick" award). At the end of this year, my 5th grader said, " Figures, the first year I don't miss a day is the year they do away with perfect attendance!"
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Our schools do "perfect" attendence awards. They use a percentage - I'm not exactly sure what they use, but my kids usually miss 3 or 4 days and they normally get it.
