Do you take your sick kids to the grocery store?

Question

Am I the only one left that makes arrangements for my kids- either have a sitter come over, or go at night when my husband's home?

I hear and see more and more sick kids being hauled out shopping with mom these days and it bothers me.. part of healing is rest- and getting drug out into the world is anything BUT rest to anybody- and especially a child! Can't you remember how tired you'd be as a kid when you'd have been out with Mom?

No husband? I understand- who watches the kids while they work then? Or don't they work either?

No sitter? What to they do when they, themselves, have a doctor appointment or somewhere to be? NOBODY has their kids with them 24/7 365..

It's your child's health. There has to be SOMEBODY you can call- or you can wait a few days til the child feels better.

Answer 1

Some people don't have the luxury of a husband or a sitter.

I agree that rest does a sick body good...and no sick children shouldn't hauled around...but I think it's pretty judgemental of you to just assume that people do it out of convenience and selfishness rather than need.

It must be good to be you up there.


***And Sarina...not all of us are independantly wealthy...I suppose I should quit my job and me and my child could reside at a homeless shelter...so that I wouldn't have to "waste" my time at work?

People do what they need to do to survive, and what they need to do to provide for their families...who are you two to be such judgemental people?
Just because they don't do it like you...doesn't mean they're wrong.

JC

I have childcare for my son and she is open from 7AM to 5 PM...she is not "on call" I can't dump my child there to suit my schedule...that's why I shop on my lunch hour, and I make my doctors appointments during the work day...but that's me.

I have a single mother friend that doesn't have any family, the father of the child lives out of state and she barely has a pot to piss in...so no, she can't afford a sitter and she doesn't have a husband....so she was with her child all day everyday except for the 8 hours a day she was at work....working. Not everyone has the freedom to run errands during their working hours.

Answer 2

Sick Kids Store

Answer 3

If the kid just has a cold, I don't see anything wrong with taking them on a short trip to the store. If they have a fever, the flu, or something more serious, they should be home. However, some mothers can't afford a sitter for their kids and might not have a husband to watch them. Maybe the child goes to a daycare and needs to be picked up at five. The mother then has to go grocery shopping for food for the child but doesn't have anyone to watch her child, so she taked the kid to the store. But whenever a sick child is out of the home, it should be for as brief a period as possible. Kids are going to get sick, but I don't think it is fair to say that moms don't bother taking care of their kids. Obviously some of the other people who answered your question must not be parents.

Answer 4

If my boys are really sick they'll be lethargic and I can't get them to do anything. When they're that sick we stay home and snuggle all day. If they just have a cold or something they're usually bouncing off the walls, even more so than normal. When they're like that I still take them shopping with me. They enjoy it, the oldest begs to go and sometimes it's the only way to get the little one to stop fussing. He likes to be in a new environment where he has more to look at than me and his big brother. Each child is different as is each family. I do get annoyed when sick children are brought to a public play area. At a store my kids are in their own space, not climbing all over other kids or things other kids are touching. At the playground they're in close contact and are more likely to get my kids sick. That I can't stand!

Answer 5

Many Hospitals in larger areas, have a sick baby, kid service usually at the hospital where kids can be cared for for a few hours while errands are run. It is only for ill children generally to be kept away from the public, for short periods of time. In my case, the closest hospital is 45 minutes away.This could be something to look into for some of you. . In my case when my kids were young, if I didn't work a day I didn't get paid for that day. So if I took a day or 2 off for my sick kids then payday was very short. I did what I could to have someone with them but, if I needed to get OTC's for them and had no one to watch them I took them to the store with me....and if someone got close to my cart I let them know my kid was ill..........Know what....they moved away quickly.......I did go the distance to keep my kids bundled up (they were miserable I'd figure) but, they did have fewer colds, and flu's. I harped on them always and I kept a structured regime, which helps their health, by getting the proper amount of sleeping time and proper nutrition, daily vitamins,meals about the same time everynight, and limited snacking. Yes they got sugar, fruits, veggies meat etc. Remember........not everyone can conveniently schedule a babysitter for sick kids.....

Answer 6

the only time I took my child to the store when they were sick was to get a prescription filled on the way home from the doctor. they went to day care or school when I was at work and couldn't go either place when they were sick. I am a single mom and didn't have anyone to watch them when they were sick. I agree some parents take their children places when they should be home in bed.

Answer 7

Yes, I take my kids with me when I have to. My husband travels a lot, I don't have a daytime sitter, and I only can get nighttime sitting occasionally (and babysitting for my four kids costs $16/hr where I live), and the kids do need to eat whether a sitter's available or not! If the kids were throwing up or something of course I'd keep them home and take emergency measures like asking a friend to pick a couple things up for me if I didn't have another option. But if my kids have a cold, I think they can certainly handle sitting in a car and then sit in a grocery cart while I stock up on emergency supplies (or, if the kid is too big for a cart, walk a couple aisles). With four kids, one with asthma who's sick a lot, I'd pretty much have to have babysitting for grocery shopping through the entire winter if every sniffle disqualified a kid from coming along to the store! Our pediatrician has said it's fine for a kid with a cold, ear infection, or whatever to play around the house as long as they feel up to it. Most illnesses don't require lying around in bed.

EDIT -- do you seriously think taking a kid with a cold to the grocery store is jeopardizing their health?? Do you go to the grocery store when you have a cold??? Do you suffer greatly from it??? If the point of your question is just serious illnesses, you should specify that, but I think it's ridiculous to criticize people for putting their child's health in jeopardy for taking them out for 15 minutes when they have a sniffle. Good grief. And, btw, when *I* have a doctor's appointment and my husband is traveling, I reschedule it. Or the kids come with me. If you've got babysitting more readily available, that's great. I don't. I don't bring kids to the grocery store with me at all, healthy or sick, if I've got an option. This Yahoo Answers crowd is a pretty judgmental lot.

Answer 8

People are too germaphobic nowadays. Yes, kids need rest, but when you have a 5 yo who is sick and needs cold medicine I will take the child with me, and if there is something else there that I need to pick up, I will.

But to assume that each and every person with a child always has someone at their beck and call to come over on a whim and watch the child is very unrealistic. And to assume that all single parents put themselves in that position is wrong. I guess when one parent passes away or when someone is in a relationship they think is secure and then the other person just gets up and leaves without notice, the person left handling the responsibility of the child is responsible for the other person actions.

Answer 9

confident, there are some in my community and that i attempt to drop in and purchase as quickly as I can inspite of the reality that their mark-united statesare in many situations 2-three times that of the interior reach food market. The 5 & 10 is slowly depleting of inventory because of the fact the owner seems to be on the component to end the corporate so isn't changing a great style of stuff (and that i've got constantly LOVE 5 & 10s). each and every of the corner shops are "m&p" shops and that i think of they stay in company especially because of the fact they're open genuine early in the morning and stay open previous due at evening. We actually have a small jap present save/nutrition save it is excellent yet I project no be counted if or no longer they are going to be waiting to fulfill the lease each and each month because of the fact save rents in my section are so bloody intense and the landlords do no longer look to care in the event that they advance the rents as many times because it truly is legal (and that they do no longer look to care if their save area keeps to be vacant while one tenant has to furnish it up--we've a great style of vacant areas attainable for years and years). we haven't any chain shops in the community--we as quickly as had a BurgerKing however the locals could'nt purchase there so it went away.

Answer 10

NO.Don't let him/her spread the germs.(no offense)go to the grocery store really quick buy medicine (by yourself) or chicken noodle soup give her/him the soup and in half a week he'll/she'll be okay.Still with a little cough but that is nothing.