ARRGGHHH!

[Appa23]

PP went to a classmate's birthday party on Sunday. Apparantly, it was a party of around six 5 and 6 year-old girls having their nails painted and having their make-up done by the girl's mother.

Sarah had a good time, and she got an interesting party favor.


PINKEYE!


Luckily, Sarah will not miss school today because it is a weather day.


I was somewhat surprised that the mother did not advise everyone that they would be doing make-up, in case any of the girl's parents were opposed to their daughter wearing makeup. It was not a big deal for us, although PP only wears makeup for dance competitions and recitals, and even then it is pretty minimal, and that is the rule until she is much older. (Goes with the no ear-piercings until older rule.)

[geoffil]

Yuk! Why would a parent bring a child to a birthday party if the child has pink eye? How selfish.

I went to a local city park dept music class for my daughter when she was 4. A mother brought her 3 kids all of whom had chicken pox. I saw the kids as they walked in the room and asked the mother if they had chicken pox and she said, yes, but it isn't contagious. I told the music teacher and she made the mom leave.

What are these people thinking?

[minimetoo26]

Yuk! Why would a parent bring a child to a birthday party if the child has pink eye? How selfish.

I went to a local city park dept music class for my daughter when she was 4. A mother brought her 3 kids all of whom had chicken pox. I saw the kids as they walked in the room and asked the mother if they had chicken pox and she said, yes, but it isn't contagious. I told the music teacher and she made the mom leave.

What are these people thinking?

They aren't thinking. They are selfish.

My son is home from school today, but he isn't contagious. He is sad. I told the boys to feed their pets before school, and Mini-me's hamster will not eat another meal. I should have checked the cage before I reminded the kids, but of course that's not something you expect.

He had that hamster out of the cage more than he was in, and he had brought him to his cousin's house for a sleepover, and one of their guinea pigs died this weekend, so there may be some kind of Pet Disease going around. Who knows.

All I know is, I got a third grader who everytime I ask if he's ready to go to school yet, his eyes well up....

[MarleysGh0st]

My son is home from school today, but he isn't contagious. He is sad. I told the boys to feed their pets before school, and Mini-me's hamster will not eat another meal. I should have checked the cage before I reminded the kids, but of course that's not something you expect.

Oh. Poor Mini-me.

Tell him his hamster appreciated the protection Mini-me provided against those who would have squashed him, and enjoyed the opportunity for exciting field trips outside his cage. It was a good life for a hamster.

[MarleysGh0st]

And since I responded to mini, I better post a response to Appa, too.

I hope Princess Peanut gets over her pink eye quickly!

[minimetoo26]

My son is home from school today, but he isn't contagious. He is sad. I told the boys to feed their pets before school, and Mini-me's hamster will not eat another meal. I should have checked the cage before I reminded the kids, but of course that's not something you expect.

Oh. Poor Mini-me.

Tell him his hamster appreciated the protection Mini-me provided against those who would have squashed him, and enjoyed the opportunity for exciting field trips outside his cage. It was a good life for a hamster.

His mouse and hamster have both expired in the same period of time that Rain Man's well-tended but otherwise ignored mouse has flourished. I think maybe you really CAN love something to death!

I told him he could get another hamster, but maybe wash his hands after school and before picking up the hamster. And make sure the cage is closed every single time you put it back...

[Squashed Hamster]

My son is home from school today, but he isn't contagious. He is sad. I told the boys to feed their pets before school, and Mini-me's hamster will not eat another meal. I should have checked the cage before I reminded the kids, but of course that's not something you expect.

Oh. Poor Mini-me.

Tell him his hamster appreciated the protection Mini-me provided against those who would have squashed him, and enjoyed the opportunity for exciting field trips outside his cage. It was a good life for a hamster.

His mouse and hamster have both expired in the same period of time that Rain Man's well-tended but otherwise ignored mouse has flourished. I think maybe you really CAN love something to death!

I told him he could get another hamster, but maybe wash his hands after school and before picking up the hamster. And make sure the cage is closed every single time you put it back...

Expired!?!?!? What do I look like, a coupon?

We pass away just like you evil 2 footed folks do. I hope my cousin will receive a proper burial....

Mr. Hamster

[Evil Blonde Meece]

You tell her, Mr. Hamster! We have kinfolk in Viginia Beach who may be paying someone a visit for their inept treatment of us very fragile rodents...

Better yet, where's our buddy the Gambian Rat at? This is more along his line of work...

[peacock2121]

PP went to a classmate's birthday party on Sunday. Apparantly, it was a party of around six 5 and 6 year-old girls having their nails painted and having their make-up down by the girl's mother.

Sarah had a good time, and she got an interesting party favor.


PINKEYE!


Luckily, Sarah will not miss school today because it is a weather day.


I was somewhat surprised that the mother did not advise everyone that they would be doing make-up, in case any of the girl's parents were opposed to their daughter wearing makeup. It was not a big deal for us, although PP only wears makeup for dance competitions and recitals, and even then it is pretty minimal, and that is the rule until she is much older. (Goes with the no ear-piercings until older rule.)

I would have been far more than surprised. I would have been darn angry.

Hope she feels better soon and that she did not infect the rest of the family already.

[peacock2121]

Yuk! Why would a parent bring a child to a birthday party if the child has pink eye? How selfish.

I went to a local city park dept music class for my daughter when she was 4. A mother brought her 3 kids all of whom had chicken pox. I saw the kids as they walked in the room and asked the mother if they had chicken pox and she said, yes, but it isn't contagious. I told the music teacher and she made the mom leave.

What are these people thinking?

They aren't thinking. They are selfish.

My son is home from school today, but he isn't contagious. He is sad. I told the boys to feed their pets before school, and Mini-me's hamster will not eat another meal. I should have checked the cage before I reminded the kids, but of course that's not something you expect.

He had that hamster out of the cage more than he was in, and he had brought him to his cousin's house for a sleepover, and one of their guinea pigs died this weekend, so there may be some kind of Pet Disease going around. Who knows.

All I know is, I got a third grader who everytime I ask if he's ready to go to school yet, his eyes well up....

Poor kid.

I wish you or someone else could make it better.

Hugs all around.

[Giant Gambian Rat]

Better yet, where's our buddy the Gambian Rat at? This is more along his line of work...


I'm here and as healthy as can be. cough! cough!, who wants a little kiss?

[minimetoo26]

His mouse and hamster have both expired in the same period of time that Rain Man's well-tended but otherwise ignored mouse has flourished. I think maybe you really CAN love something to death!


Expired!?!?!? What do I look like, a coupon?

We pass away just like you evil 2 footed folks do. I hope my cousin will receive a proper burial....

Mr. Hamster

No, you look like a gopher, actually...

We have a proper graveyard complete with gold cross that my oldest son appropriated. Birds that hit the window here get proper final dispositions, along with the hermit crabs and other small pets. Except the fish. They get flushed.

[MarleysGh0st]

We have a proper graveyard complete with gold cross that my oldest son appropriated. Birds that hit the window here get proper final dispositions, along with the hermit crabs and other small pets. Except the fish. They get flushed.

And why are the fish subject to such singular disrespect?

[littlebeast13]

His mouse and hamster have both expired in the same period of time that Rain Man's well-tended but otherwise ignored mouse has flourished. I think maybe you really CAN love something to death!


Expired!?!?!? What do I look like, a coupon?

We pass away just like you evil 2 footed folks do. I hope my cousin will receive a proper burial....

Mr. Hamster

No, you look like a gopher, actually...

We have a proper graveyard complete with gold cross that my oldest son appropriated. Birds that hit the window here get proper final dispositions, along with the hermit crabs and other small pets. Except the fish. They get flushed.

Does The Carp know about this.....?

lb13

[Appa23]

Yuk! Why would a parent bring a child to a birthday party if the child has pink eye? How selfish.

I went to a local city park dept music class for my daughter when she was 4. A mother brought her 3 kids all of whom had chicken pox. I saw the kids as they walked in the room and asked the mother if they had chicken pox and she said, yes, but it isn't contagious. I told the music teacher and she made the mom leave.

What are these people thinking?

They aren't thinking. They are selfish.

My son is home from school today, but he isn't contagious. He is sad. I told the boys to feed their pets before school, and Mini-me's hamster will not eat another meal. I should have checked the cage before I reminded the kids, but of course that's not something you expect.

He had that hamster out of the cage more than he was in, and he had brought him to his cousin's house for a sleepover, and one of their guinea pigs died this weekend, so there may be some kind of Pet Disease going around. Who knows.

All I know is, I got a third grader who everytime I ask if he's ready to go to school yet, his eyes well up....

How long had he had the hamster? ( I never took them to be a long-living pet. I had a guinea pig that died after my mom placed him near a drafty back door.)

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

PP went to a classmate's birthday party on Sunday. Apparantly, it was a party of around six 5 and 6 year-old girls having their nails painted and having their make-up done by the girl's mother.

Sarah had a good time, and she got an interesting party favor.


PINKEYE!


Luckily, Sarah will not miss school today because it is a weather day.


I was somewhat surprised that the mother did not advise everyone that they would be doing make-up, in case any of the girl's parents were opposed to their daughter wearing makeup. It was not a big deal for us, although PP only wears makeup for dance competitions and recitals, and even then it is pretty minimal, and that is the rule until she is much older. (Goes with the no ear-piercings until older rule.)

The mother should know better than to share eye-makeup between kids. Did she use the same brushes on each kid? How many of the kids got pinkeye?

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

Yuk! Why would a parent bring a child to a birthday party if the child has pink eye? How selfish.

I went to a local city park dept music class for my daughter when she was 4. A mother brought her 3 kids all of whom had chicken pox. I saw the kids as they walked in the room and asked the mother if they had chicken pox and she said, yes, but it isn't contagious. I told the music teacher and she made the mom leave.

What are these people thinking?

They aren't thinking. They are selfish.

My son is home from school today, but he isn't contagious. He is sad. I told the boys to feed their pets before school, and Mini-me's hamster will not eat another meal. I should have checked the cage before I reminded the kids, but of course that's not something you expect.

He had that hamster out of the cage more than he was in, and he had brought him to his cousin's house for a sleepover, and one of their guinea pigs died this weekend, so there may be some kind of Pet Disease going around. Who knows.

All I know is, I got a third grader who everytime I ask if he's ready to go to school yet, his eyes well up....

I am very sorry about the hamster.

[Appa23]

PP went to a classmate's birthday party on Sunday. Apparantly, it was a party of around six 5 and 6 year-old girls having their nails painted and having their make-up done by the girl's mother.

Sarah had a good time, and she got an interesting party favor.


PINKEYE!


Luckily, Sarah will not miss school today because it is a weather day.


I was somewhat surprised that the mother did not advise everyone that they would be doing make-up, in case any of the girl's parents were opposed to their daughter wearing makeup. It was not a big deal for us, although PP only wears makeup for dance competitions and recitals, and even then it is pretty minimal, and that is the rule until she is much older. (Goes with the no ear-piercings until older rule.)

The mother should know better than to share eye-makeup between kids. Did she use the same brushes on each kid? How many of the kids got pinkeye?

Don't know, don't know.

My wife did not notice the pinkeye until PP got home from school. With the impending ice/snow storm, she did not want to wait, so she took PP to an "emergi-care" "minor medical" place. It did not open until 6:00, and there were many other people there, with other ailments, that they may not be able to see their regular doctor today. They were not home until 8:30.

I do not know if my wife called the birthday girl's mother today, to let her know.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

It will be interesting to see how many other kids get the same ailment.

[ghostjmf]

You should no more share makeup brushes than toothbrushes. Parents should know that.

(I think makeup for tiny tots is sicko, but that's an entirely different issue than basic health measures.)


I am very sorry to hear of hamster, deceased.

[mrkelley23]

Sometimes I think it goes with kids the way it seems to go with parents: the ones who love the most seem to get "blessed" with more problems than the more cavalier types. As my old pastor used to say, "The Lord gives you exactly as much as you can handle."

(The above relates to hamsterstuff, not PPPinkeye stuff.)

I, too, am aghast at the parents of the pinkeye girl. Pinkeye is almost as bad a scourge in elementary schools as head lice, and it's far more contagious. I can only hope that the affected girl's parents did not know yet when the party was given, and only discovered it later.

That's the problem with childhood diseases: many of them are most contagious right BEFORE the symptoms appear. Which is why the chicken pox kid wouldn't have bothered me, unless I was one of those grownups subject to shingles. Once you can see the blisters, the kid is no longer contagious. At least as far as chickenpox go. At least that's what we've always been told.

[earendel]

That's the problem with childhood diseases: many of them are most contagious right BEFORE the symptoms appear. Which is why the chicken pox kid wouldn't have bothered me, unless I was one of those grownups subject to shingles. Once you can see the blisters, the kid is no longer contagious. At least as far as chickenpox go. At least that's what we've always been told.

I don't know whether it's still in vogue or not, but a few years ago there was a movement among mothers to deliberately expose their children to various childhood diseases so they would contract them and get them over with rather than cropping up at an unexpected time. That always seemed bizarre to me, so maybe it was just a passing craze.

[mrkelley23]

Chickenpox is definitely one of those, Ear, especially because of the threat of shingles later in life. Supposedly if you never got chickenpox as a kid, you were much more disposed to get shingles as a grown-up. Having had a light (very light, considering what I've seen in others) taste of it recently, I"m very glad for every day I get up and DON"T have shingles. So I can see moms trying their best to get kids exposed to that one. After all, it's basically the same idea as a lot of vaccines.

Now that there IS a vaccine for chickenpox, though, I"m not sure it's as good of an idea.

[a1mamacat]

Oh. Poor Mini-me.

Tell him his hamster appreciated the protection Mini-me provided against those who would have squashed him, and enjoyed the opportunity for exciting field trips outside his cage. It was a good life for a hamster.

His mouse and hamster have both expired in the same period of time that Rain Man's well-tended but otherwise ignored mouse has flourished. I think maybe you really CAN love something to death!

I told him he could get another hamster, but maybe wash his hands after school and before picking up the hamster. And make sure the cage is closed every single time you put it back...

Expired!?!?!? What do I look like, a coupon?

We pass away just like you evil 2 footed folks do. I hope my cousin will receive a proper burial....

Mr. Hamster

Depends if she has any empty granola bar boxes. Otherwise, it's the dumpster for you buddy.

[VAdame]

When Leah was a toddler, she stayed with Keith's niece if we both had to be at work at the same time. She had a little girl of her own who's a year older than Leah -- Leah's BFF-Cousin Roey (the one who just went into the Army!)

Anyhow, I hadn't seen them in a while since Keith was the one who dropped her off & picked her up. So, on Thanksgiving we went over to their house for dinner -- and here was Roey just covered for head to toes with chicken pox! Leah had been over at their house every evening for the past week -- of course, she was exposed even before the rash appeared!

I asked him did he realize Roey had chicken pox and he said yes. Did it occur to him to tell me about it????? Nah. So, Leah spent her 2nd birthday with chicken pox.

Oh well..... we were at a July 4th picnic when Megan was little, and I noticed the spots while we were there! We took her home immediately, but of course she probably exposed a lot of cousins too.