H1N1 Flu - My Child's Sick - We Can't Play
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Mamma M
Mamma M is an expert take-your-kids-to-work mom with her baby girl and toddler boy. She graduated with a degree in professional writing and in addition to her blog, http://mommymiracles.com, she has been published in GI Jobs, North Hills Monthly Mag, Shades of Grey, and more. By Mamma M
Published on 02/13/2010
With the possibility of contracting the H1N1 virus looking this flu season, it's a good idea to get sickness etiquette under wraps It's only when you get pregnant with your first child that you learn this very important lesson in etiquette: you do not hang around pregnant women, babies or children when you are sick
With the possibility of contracting the H1N1 virus looking this flu season, it's a good idea to get sickness etiquette under wraps. It's only when you get pregnant with your first child that you learn this very important lesson in etiquette: you do not hang around pregnant women, babies or children when you are sick. But is this etiquette practice some times used as a very god excuse to skip out on play dates or responsibilities?
As hard-working as you may be, it is 100 percent an okay excuse to stay away from any activity that may include pregnant women or children when you are sick. This is a hard concept to grasp for someone who has grown up with the experience of facing any work or activity through sickness and in health, but your boss, friend, or coworker would much rather you stay away when they are pregnant or have children.
For example, if you are a photographer but maybe one of your subjects is a pregnant woman or child, it is the correct etiquette to cancel the shoot even on the same day, rather than showing up as planned with the chance of getting your subject sick.
Or, say that you hair stylist is pregnant. She would much rather you cancel last minute because you think you've caught a bug, that her than show up and get her sick.
This is because pregnant women, kids and babies have less options ate flu and cold remedies than others due to their weaker immune system. Also parents hate getting sick because they don’t get to lounge around in bed trying to get better. Parents know that if they’re sick, they’re in for very long days trying to trudge through taking care of their kids even if the parent is feeling under the weather.
Experienced moms know that it is a big no no to keep a scheduled play date if their child is sick. The correct etiquette practice to follow is to cancel the play date so not to infect the other children that would attend the play date. It is then up to the mother of the nonstick child to make the call. Sometimes, though, the mother of the nonsick child will forego the play date even if they do not have a problem with their child getting sick. That’s because of this drilled in etiquette of not wanting to get children sick. The mother of the nonstick child will avoid the play date simply because she does not want to get looked down upon for letting their child get sick when they knew they could avoid the source.
Of course, it is also possible that people have started using this etiquette practice as a completely legitimate excuse in order to skip out on some activities. Moms everywhere would much rather feign their own or their child's sickness, rather than admit that they are just too tired to face a play date.
“Some times my friends will want to have a double date play date, which my husband hates,” a Texan mother of three said. “Rather than breaking the news that he just doesn’t feel like socializing, I just say my kid’s sick, and they then proceed to avoid us like the plague.”
As hard-working as you may be, it is 100 percent an okay excuse to stay away from any activity that may include pregnant women or children when you are sick. This is a hard concept to grasp for someone who has grown up with the experience of facing any work or activity through sickness and in health, but your boss, friend, or coworker would much rather you stay away when they are pregnant or have children.
For example, if you are a photographer but maybe one of your subjects is a pregnant woman or child, it is the correct etiquette to cancel the shoot even on the same day, rather than showing up as planned with the chance of getting your subject sick.
Or, say that you hair stylist is pregnant. She would much rather you cancel last minute because you think you've caught a bug, that her than show up and get her sick.
This is because pregnant women, kids and babies have less options ate flu and cold remedies than others due to their weaker immune system. Also parents hate getting sick because they don’t get to lounge around in bed trying to get better. Parents know that if they’re sick, they’re in for very long days trying to trudge through taking care of their kids even if the parent is feeling under the weather.
Experienced moms know that it is a big no no to keep a scheduled play date if their child is sick. The correct etiquette practice to follow is to cancel the play date so not to infect the other children that would attend the play date. It is then up to the mother of the nonstick child to make the call. Sometimes, though, the mother of the nonsick child will forego the play date even if they do not have a problem with their child getting sick. That’s because of this drilled in etiquette of not wanting to get children sick. The mother of the nonstick child will avoid the play date simply because she does not want to get looked down upon for letting their child get sick when they knew they could avoid the source.
Of course, it is also possible that people have started using this etiquette practice as a completely legitimate excuse in order to skip out on some activities. Moms everywhere would much rather feign their own or their child's sickness, rather than admit that they are just too tired to face a play date.
“Some times my friends will want to have a double date play date, which my husband hates,” a Texan mother of three said. “Rather than breaking the news that he just doesn’t feel like socializing, I just say my kid’s sick, and they then proceed to avoid us like the plague.”