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Hand Foot Mouth

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Erika, on October 18, 2017 at 11:12 AM

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I'm thinking of keeping my 4 year old daughter home from school for the remainder of the week. Her Preschool sent a paper home yesterday from school warning that a child at the school is showing symptoms of hand foot mouth. Then I noticed today that it's her BFF has it. She has sores all around her...

I'm thinking of keeping my 4 year old daughter home from school for the remainder of the week.

Her Preschool sent a paper home yesterday from school warning that a child at the school is showing symptoms of hand foot mouth. Then I noticed today that it's her BFF has it. She has sores all around her mouth.

My FH somehow caught hand foot mouth a few years ago and was miserable for 10 days with blisters everywhere.

Our wedding is 15 days away and I don't want to risk my daughter catching it.

Am I being crazy for wanting to keep her home?? Fyi-its a private preschool that we pay for and they don't take attendance.

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Expert November 2017
Erika · on October 18, 2017 at 12:25 PM
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I called her pediatrician, waiting for the Dr to call me back.

Meanwhile, I'm disinfecting every surface in home just in case.
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Super June 2018
Future Mrs M · on October 18, 2017 at 1:28 PM
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Not at all!
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Savvy July 2018
Andrew · on October 18, 2017 at 2:00 PM
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Keep her home. For sure
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Devoted August 2018
JMF · on October 18, 2017 at 2:13 PM
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Call your pediatrician
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VIP May 2018
Ashley · on October 18, 2017 at 2:15 PM
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Uh yes girl keep her home!! This close to your wedding, I definitely would. I was a pre-k teacher and Hand foot mouth is no joke.
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Savvy January 2018
Mrs. M · on October 18, 2017 at 2:29 PM
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Yes keep her home!! My daughter came home with that miserable monster of an infection and of all of us I GOT IT THE WORST!! I was so miserable. I couldn't wear shoes or touch anything cuz I was so itchy and OH! It was horrible.
{Excuse the caps and emotion}
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June 2018
CJ325 · on October 18, 2017 at 2:30 PM
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Call her doctor. She may already have been exposed?
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Savvy October 2017
Emily · on October 18, 2017 at 2:48 PM
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Definitely keep her home. I work in a daycare, and it ran rampant through our room.
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Beginner June 2018
Alexandra · on October 18, 2017 at 2:50 PM
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If the kid has already shown symptoms, everyone in contact with that child has already been exposed. I would keep her home to be safe but she more than likely already been exposed.
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VIP October 2018
Kaye · on October 18, 2017 at 3:10 PM
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You. She would be home until after the wedding
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Super May 2018
Rachel · on October 18, 2017 at 3:15 PM
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Keep her home. Attendance at preschool doesn't mean anything. You can color and read with her and do numbers while she's home.
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Dedicated December 2018
FutureMrs. · on October 18, 2017 at 3:18 PM
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Not to be Debby downer, but she could very easily have gotten it already. Plus that stuff is SO contagious and it will likely (unfortunately) be going around her preschool for awhile. I used to work with kids in classrooms and it would sometimes take us weeks to get out of the stupid cycle of that going around (we deep cleaned EVERYTHING multiple times and it still was being passed around). It's easy to say you'll pull her out for a day or two, but what if it keeps going around for the next few weeks? If you're able to do that with your schedule I think that's a great option.
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Expert October 2018
Melissa · on October 18, 2017 at 3:19 PM
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I wouldn't chance it by sending her.
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Super July 2018
FutureMrsM · on October 18, 2017 at 3:22 PM
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I'd keep her home wedding or not. But this is really a question for your pediatrician. Not strangers
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Devoted September 2018
september2018 · on October 18, 2017 at 3:31 PM
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I would keep her home. It's very contagious. I got it like 4 or 5 years ago from my 6 year old sister and it sucked.
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Cassie · on October 18, 2017 at 8:18 PM
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Absolutely keep her home. any kid that even shows a risk of having that should NOT be attending a place where other kids are. it is so contagious!
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