Do you send toddler to babysitter if diarrhea?

amother

OP ↓

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 9:54 am

Toddler has pretty bad diapers, not very loose but looser than regular. Also, they are happening very often. Like 7 a day. Otherwise he's totally fine. Would you send in this case?

ftm1234

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 9:57 am

I don't think I would.

It's pretty gross for anyone who's not his mother to deal with it.

amother

Starflower ↓

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 9:57 am

No!
Please don’t. My toddler caught diahrrea from someone still had it 5 days later it’s a nightmare.
Check for shigella it’s going around in Lakewood.

amother

Babypink ↓

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 9:58 am

No way.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 9:59 am

k thanks

amother

↑ OP ↓

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 10:00 am

If he's feeling fine and acting regular could it be shigella still? How do they check for it?

amother

Amber ↓

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 10:00 am

Please don't. Diarrhea is contagious as well as not pleasant for teachers to deal with.

amother

↑ Amber ↓

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 10:01 am

amother OP wrote:

If he's feeling fine and acting regular could it be shigella still? How do they check for it?

Has he been to the doctor? Is he eating & drinking fine?

amother

Tan

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 10:02 am

I do. My toddler has a very sensitive stomach though, so it would be like keeping him home every time he had a runny nose. I wouldn’t if had fever of course or other signs of illness

amother

↑ OP

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 10:03 am

eating and drinking fine BH.
Went to dr. about a week ago and he said it's a virus. But maybe I should go back again.

amother

↑ Starflower

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 10:33 am

amother OP wrote:

eating and drinking fine BH.
Went to dr. about a week ago and he said it's a virus. But maybe I should go back again.

If he still has diahrrea a week later I would take him back. Depending on his age it’s possible that could be his only symptom.

amother

Tomato

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 10:45 am

I am a morah. Do not send your child with diarrhea that you know about to playgroup.
It is time consuming to change a child with diarrhea, especially multiple times a day when there are other children to be changed.
Keep your child home.

amother

Hunter

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 10:50 am

No!! No matter how well he is acting, diarrhea is a sign he still has some virus or infection

Bnei Berak 10

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 11:02 am

Your doctor said it's a virus, right? Don't spend your kid who then could infect other kids.

teachkids ↓

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 11:45 am

Only if it's a side effect of other meds or a significant diet change. Not if it's anything contagious.

613mitzvahgirl

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 11:50 am

Absolutely don’t send your kid. It’s pretty gross
Refuah sheleima

amother

↑ Babypink

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 11:53 am

I posted no way earlier in the thread. But since you said it’s been going on so long, I’ll mention- firstly, has he been taken off dairy since he started? Because that will continue to irritate the stomach until it heals. And secondly, did you try a children’s probiotic? Also helps to regulate.

amother

↑ Amber

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 11:55 am

teachkids wrote:

Only if it's a side effect of other meds or a significant diet change. Not if it's anything contagious.

You should make sure morah is ok with it.

bnm

Tue, Jan 30 2024, 12:10 pm

7 is an abnormal number. 2 is ok. 3 MAYBE. We send home by 3.