Would you?

Send your 5 yr old to school if he had been sick all week and seemed to be getting worse?

My son has had this nagging deep cough for about 5 days now, well yesterday it seemed much worse than it had been before. The only reason I ask is because there really isn't much I can do for him at home for his congestion and cough and I'm certain it's going around the school anyways so I won't be protecting anyone by keeping him home. How sick would your child need to be before you decided to keep them home? He doesn't have a fever.

If they're sick, you keep them home.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Your friendly n00berhood :</b>" Send your 5 yr old to school if he had been sick all week and seemed to be getting worse? My son has ... [snip!] ... anyone by keeping him home. How sick would your child need to be before you decided to keep them home? He doesn't have a fever."</blockquote>




Not very. I mean he is little one sick day here and there isn't going to crush his whole education. You should keep him home.

Quoting Red Bottom:" If they're sick, you keep them home."

If I had kept him home from the very start he would have missed an entire week of school not to mention part of this week also, depending on how long this persists.

Keep him home.

Quoting Jenna+1:" <blockquote><b>Quoting Your friendly n00berhood :</b>" Send your 5 yr old to school ... [snip!] ... Not very. I mean he is little one sick day here and there isn't going to crush his whole education. You should keep him home."

I was leaning strongly towards keeping him home too. I just wanted a little perspective. Thanks!

<blockquote><b>Quoting Your friendly n00berhood :</b>" If I had kept him home from the very start he would have missed an entire week of school not to mention part of this week also, depending on how long this persists."</blockquote>




Then your son is very very sick and needs to go back to the doctor, and should most certainly not be in school.

I wouldn't keep them home just for a cough. But if it's bad, like keeping him awake at night so he's very tired, and hurting and tired from coughing all day, then i'd keep him home and load him up with sodium ascorbate.

Throwing up or have a fever is when I keep my dd home.

For me it would depend on how she is acting

If she had a cough, but is happy, playing, eating and wants to go to school, I'd let her

but if she were miserable, then I would keep her home

Also, fever and vomiting is an automatic sick day

Quoting Mama*AtoZ:" I wouldn't keep them home just for a cough. But if it's bad, like keeping him awake at night so he's ... [snip!] ... so he's very tired, and hurting and tired from coughing all day, then i'd keep him home and load him up with sodium ascorbate. "

It doesn't seem to be bothering him as much as it's bothering me, honestly. But it has become more frequent. There aren't any accompanying symptoms like sniffling and sneezing. I will definitely be loading him up with vitamin C today though.

Quoting Kelly&Coralie:" For me it would depend on how she is acting If she had a cough, but is happy, playing, eating and ... [snip!] ... I'd let her but if she were miserable, then I would keep her home Also, fever and vomiting is an automatic sick day"

He asked me yesterday if he had school in the morning after a (sort of) coughing fit, and I said yes, and he asked to stay home. Outside of that he is playing and interacting normally. I think I'm going to go with my gut and just keep him home today though.

I'm such a stickler about education, it makes me very uneasy when I have to keep him home. Hopefully this is just the worst of it and he starts getting better after today.

Quoting Your friendly n00berhood :" He asked me yesterday if he had school in the morning after a (sort of) coughing fit, and I said yes, ... [snip!] ... me very uneasy when I have to keep him home. Hopefully this is just the worst of it and he starts getting better after today."

If it really has been 5+ days of a bad cough, I would take him to the docs. Gotta rule out an infection like bronchitis

Have u done the humidifier, vics, steamy shower to try to loosen the mucus? Or even some medicine to try to loosen it? I would def schdxule a dr appointment if uve tried those and he still has the cough and its gettinf worse.

Quoting Kelly&Coralie:" If it really has been 5+ days of a bad cough, I would take him to the docs. Gotta rule out an infection like bronchitis"

It has been 5 days, today will be the fifth. It started out very mild which is why he attended school all week. I've been paying attention to it, this isn;t the first time that he has had cold that had no fever or indication of a cold, really. Colds can last up to ten days, if it gets any worse over the next few days then I'll definitely be taking him in but for now I'm just going to watch him and see how he acts and how the cough progresses and load him up with Vitamin C.