Sick Day
Little No Limit joined me on today’s dog walk. It was a happy go lucky walk but like all happy go lucky moments with children, this one came to a magnificent end in the form of a crash onto the sidewalk. Little No Limit was holding onto the leash when Her Name is Rio lunged towards a fence behind which her keen dog senses suspected a ne’er do well was up to something. Down went Little No Limit.
A moment of silence.
Then cries. Shrill, piercing cries. Wails. Tears. You would think someone had taken her dear Fuzzy and de-stuffed him.
Never speak of such horrors!
I hugged. I kissed. I sat and let her to cry it out. Then I said we needed to keep walking if she wanted to go home and put on a bandage. Of course, we just had to be at the halfway mark: 3/4 mile into the walk with 3/4 mile to go.
Off we went, with an added soundtrack of sniffling. Despite my suggestion she pick up the pink “flower power” petals that had fallen from a tree and hold them in her hands so their healing powers could soothe her (I’m big on lying to heal the pain), she continued to sniffle.
We got home and the Old Faithful geyser that is her tear ducts produced an astonishing amount of fresh tears accompanied by an even more astonishing performance of wails and cries – as if this had JUST happened and not three-quarters of a mile ago. This is a girl who knows how to get her father’s attention.
I took on the role of nurse and washed and bandaged her knees, after which Little No Limit wiped her eyes and said, “No school tomorrow.”
Oh, my darling, who do you think you’re fooling?
We all know there are reasons to stay home from school, but scraped knees are not among those reasons unless you scraped them because while rushing to the bathroom to vomit in your flu-and-fever-induced stupor you tripped and scraped your knees.
As it turns out, though, there are a lot of parents out there who aren’t sure when is and is not the appropriate time to keep the kids at home. And being one of the parents who truly believes that kids who receive Perfect Attendance awards probably went to school when they shouldn’t have (because nobody is Bruce Willis in Unbreakable), I’d like to let you know that there are a list of guidelines available to help you determine when to and not to keep your kids at home. Triaminic has a moms webpage and a downloadable PDF regarding Sick Day Guidelines per the National Association of School Nurses (AKA those women who NEVER bought your stomachache excuses). Please read them.
Also, check out Triaminic’s new Cold and Cough thin strips. My kids actually believe that I am the woman on the cover of the box:
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