Ok, so it started out with Shelby throwing up at 5:15 am Wednesday morning. She didn't throw up again til yesterday, but she threw up four times. Then she was fine all day today (she never has had a fever with any of this), so we decided to go to an early Valentine's Day dinner. Thankfully, I had the foresight to grab some Wal-Mart bags and put them in the diaper bag just in case. We get inside On The Border and are waiting to be seated when Shelby starts dry heaving. We grab a Wal-Mart bag, which caught most of it, but a lot of it still covered Shelby AND ME. We then got to drive 20 minutes home with the lovely smell of vomited up eggs and toast.
The reason I am mad is that Shelby had to have gotten sick from either someone in nursery or someone at Going Bonkers last Saturday. PARENTS - KEEP YOUR KIDS AT HOME IF THEY ARE SICK! So annoying! When we were at Going Bonkers, the place was PACKED. There were no tables or chairs left, it was pretty much standing room only. We had managed to find a single chair at a table so I could sit down while Jeremy took Shelby to play. This couple comes over, right next to the table, pulls out a changing pad, and changes their baby's diaper right there. Then the mom takes the baby and goes back to play, without washing or at least Purrell-ing her hands first. I am usually not a prude when it comes to nursing or changing diapers, but in this case, I thought it was totally uncalled for. There was a bathroom with two changing stations literally 10 feet away from us. And then to not wash her hands afterwards. And I can't even tell you how many sick kids I see at church all the time.
So I am a little mad because it is not fun to watch your child be sick.
*UPDATE - 2/17/10 - So another reason I get mad when Shelby gets sick from other people is that since I am usually the one to catch her vomit, I am the one that will inevitably get the illness as well. And sure enough, I did. I lost 3 pounds yesterday. Not necessarily the best thing for someone 31 weeks pregnant.
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ok when i was at going bonkers last time, there was a little girl in the baby area who was like 7 and she had fully peed her pants. we went out and told her mom and her mom called her out, said somethng to her(it was obviious she already knew) and she came back in and was tryng to play with boots. I DONT THINK SO!
sorry, hope she feels better. dont brng her to church tomorrow. haah seriously though, i dont want boots sick! ha
I went to church in Charlotte with my friend and her little kids. The lady sitting in front of us, who happens to be A TEACHER, was called out to get her child who had a double ear infection. She knowing brought her sick child to church and put her in Primary. Not only that, but her sick child had dropped pretzels all over the chapel floor and my friend's kids were "cleaning them up." I don't get it.
Oh no, trust me, we will not be bringing Shelby to church. Jeremy already called Sister Green to tell her he would not be able to help in Sr nursery cause he would be home with Shelby.
Yeah, Hannah, I don't get it either. Your poor mom probably gets it all the time, being a teacher. It's like, people, do you not understand why/how diseases are spread?! Come on!!
OMG, i am so with you on all of this. I hate when people bring their sick kids to church. I use to get so mad when i was in nursery with Gareth and there were kids in there with runny noses and hacking coughs. If Gareth even sniffles or remotely has a runny nose, i refuse to take him to church b/c i HATE when other people bring their sick kids and most of the time he's not even sick it's allergies but i wont take the chance of giving it to other kids if there is even a slight chance that he is sick. Why can't people just be considerate!!!!
Just to defend some parents out there...often times children are contagious BEFORE symptoms appear. So you don't even know they are sick when you have them around other kids. In fact, I think the time of HIGHEST contagion is often right before the fever.
Oh no, I know there are times when you obviously couldn't know your child was sick yet. I'm talking about the people that take their kids to the nursery or to playgrounds or school when they know they are sick and germy.
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