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Grrrrrr........pink eye!


coasterqueen wrote: Sorry I need to vent for a second! mad.gif My babysitter just called 5 minutes ago saying she has pink eye so Kylie can't go to her house today. Today is the first day of session and I can't miss work and Ryan has soooooo much going on at work he can't either. sad.gif If I don't show up today it will not be good so DH is going to stay home. sad.gif

My sitter gets pink eye more than anyone I know in this state! I'm serious!!!!! mad.gif She gets pink eye like 10x a year, no joke. mad.gif

Okay, thanks for letting me vent. wink.gif

MomToMany replied: sad.gif So sorry. Today of all days. How frustrating!!! GRRRR, I'd be upset if it happens that frequently too!

ediep replied: oh man, that stinks!!
I wonder why she gets it so often, thats wierd!

Allyson&Patrick'sMom replied: Pink Eye sucks! I had it a few times, but it was due to allergies. It was not catchy. It hurts and itches like hell though!

mckayleesmom replied: I have never had it at all.....Knock On Wood

Kaitlin'smom replied: that seems weird she gets it so much....what causes it? I have never had it either (knock on wood)

A&A'smommy replied: My goodness why does she get it so much? that would be REALLY annoying especially when your work is so important! So far i have never had pink eye either yuck!

coasterqueen replied:
Well my guess is that she's being misdiagnosed. In college I was diagnosed with pink eye at least a dozen times, no joke. After I got out of college and sought an allergist's opinion I found out that it's just allergies causing pinkness/swelling/irritating to the eyes and not such a thing as pink eye.

I've tried telling my sitter this but apparently she just won't get it. dry.gif I plan to say something to her again. I have urged her about this possible misdiagnosis before not only because it's an inconvenience on all of us BUT that every time she gets it she takes an antibiotic...something we all know you shouldn't take unless you need it. Her body is going to build up immunities to it if she keeps taking them unnecessarily. dry.gif

Anyways I had to bring Kylie into work with me for a bit..thank goodness DH came and picked her up just about the time she was getting extremely rowdy with an office full of lawyers/lobbyists. blush.gif

But I feel so sad having to be here and away from her. sad.gif She kept saying "mommy wait" when DH was taking her to the car. Which is her way of saying please don't go. bawling.gif

kimberley replied: aww poor mommy sad.gif that would have tore me up hearing that little voice "mommy wait". i hope you get some good snuggle time in tonight to make up for it. hope your sitter smartens up soon dry.gif

loveydad replied: my son's had it a few times but he got it from his stupid contacts. hasn't had a single one since he changed to overnight contacts. But yeah, it's yucky. If it IS pink eye its so contagious, better to not have Kylie there! I'm sorry sad.gif

maestra replied: If it is Pink eye, she isn't washing her hands enough. If you get a cold, wipe your nose and don't wash your hands, you can infect yourself with it. Then it's contagious to everyone else. ohmy.gif I know.....

Josie83 replied: Okay at the risk of sounding stupid, what is pink eye? I'm sorry that you had a nightmare finding care for her, but I hope Ryan enjoyed the extra day with Kylie anyway! xx

Mommy2BAK replied: EWE that is gross!!! Maybe she is unsanitary or something?!?!

Sorry you had to take Kylie to work with you, I hope the sitter gets better for your sake!

coasterqueen replied:
I'm not quite sure, some kind of highly contagious eye thingy, lol. Your eyes get really red, can swell shut, have conjunctavitis, etc. It was very similar to what I had when I had really bad allergies before I got shots.

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Josie83 replied: Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh . . . thanks Karen xx

aspenblue1 replied: that is weird that she gets it so much. I have had it once and DH got once when Isabella was a baby.

mammag replied: I have a bit of a different point of view but here is my take...

I'm not sure why she gets it so much but if she does indeed have it than you really wouldn't want your child there.

Here is the thing to me.... I know it's frustrating for the parents I watch when I or one of my kids gets sick and I can't watch them (happens very rarely) but nevertheless, just like you would take off of work if you were sick, so must she. Unfortunately, when I as a provider get sick I do have to think of the other parents and will try my hardest to take the kids even if I'm not feeling great. I also don't charge if I don't have them so that is an added worry for me.

This is a drawback of a home provider, you really need to have backup for these kind of scenarios. I would recommend that you look around and find someone who is willing to be backup care. It would make it a lot easier for you and would probably be greatly appreciated by your sitter.

I realize she may not be as accomidating as I am for the kids I watch and that is where your frustration is. You may want to check with centers in your area to see if they do occasional care. Hopefully she'll be able to watch her tomorrow. Did she get the antibiotics right away? Does she have discharge from her eyes or just the redness?

coasterqueen replied:
Actually I really have no real complaints about my sitter. I just think her issues are allergy related not actually pink-eye and that she's being misdiagnosed. She has a ton of allergies, alot of the same I did before I started seeing an allergist. Our DH's work at the same place and have the same insurance so I know it doesn't cost her anything to go.

Anyways, the only frustrating thing is when we signed up with her she said she had never had a sick day in 3+ years that she had been doing home daycare. Before that she had worked in daycare centers so I don't know her record then.
Then all of a sudden not too long at all after we started going there she got sick. She's gotten sick NUMEROUS times in the 2 years we've been going to her. I just find that a bit ODD since she hadn't been sick in the 3+ years before that. Or so that's what she told us. I would have rather her told us she had gotten sick before, kwim?

The only back-up option DH and I have is to take Kylie to a daycare center in events like this. That is unacceptable for us so we'll do what we have to to be home with her.

SHe is back there today. HEr sitter did get antibiotics and she just has redness.

mammag replied: I hope I didn't sound uppity in my last reply. I didn't intend to be. I think I'm feeling really frustrated today with the people I watch for.

I can understand why you wouldn't take her to a center as backup....I wouldn't either to be honest.

The lady I watch for just called right before I read that post to tell me she scheduled training in DC for a week and "forgot" to check with me first and "could I watch Kyle".... mad.gif She knows I wouldn't say no when it's already been scheduled.

Upon reading it again I see that you were just frustrated with the situation not with her so much. I just wanted to let you know. smile.gif

coasterqueen replied:
Oh no problem. I actually like hearing opinions from the other prespective, ya know? Sometimes I know I don't think fully of her needs and I should. Although I think we are pretty awesome to our sitter. tongue.gif Like if there is a holiday coming up and the other kids aren't going to be there but I have to work and Kylie would be the only one there, what Dh and I will do is one of us will take off with her and spend it with her so our sitter can have an extra holiday (three day weekend). We do that a few times a year...I think that's nice, hee hee.

Anyways, so do you not watch this child on a daily basis or is it that you will have to watch him overnight?

mammag replied: I will have to watch him overnight for the entire week. dry.gif He's a good boy so it's not a problem really it's just that she didn't ask first and it kind of makes me feel like she thinks I have no life beyond the kids and wouldn't possibly have anything going on, ya know? Anyway.....

That is really nice that you do that for your sitter. I'm sure she appreciates it!


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