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nolonger
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co-parenting when child is sick

10/06/08 10:33 PM

Today I went to school to get my 4 kids for the start of my 2 day visitation. When I got there, the school secretary informed me that my younger 2 were not in school that day.

The older 2 informed me that I was to get them from dad's b/c they were sick.

Good thing I didn't have an appointment or anything so I had time for the 20 minute out-of-ordinary drive to/from his house.

I called him for permish to go to his house. He hung up on me. I was not ranting/raving, just requesting permish to get the kids from him.

2 more calls resulted in him picking up and hanging up before I could even speak.

When I got there, he had me wait 10 minutes before the boys came out.

I had NO information re: the illnesses.

After an hour or so at home, it was evident to me that the youngest was not sick at all. The older boy had a fever of 103.7. I had no idea when/if he had any Motrin (our usual fever reducer) so I couldn't/wouldn't guess to give it to him unless I had the info soas not to overdose him w/ Motrin!

I called his cell, home, emailed and texted at 4pm. Poor kid had to suffer his high fever until he finally called me at 8PM with this to say: "Use common sense! He woke up at 7, I gave him Motrin. His fever came back at 1, so I gave him another dose."

I replied, "To know that would require me to be a mind reader. This is medication. I will NOT rely on your so-called 'common sense' to medicate my kid! We need to communicate sensibly when it comes to our kid's health!"

It didn't matter, tho. He had already hung up.

Does this not seem like a great injustice to my kid??? Is this not totally irresponsible on his part?

How should I deal with this if it happens again in the future?

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
co-parenting when child is sick	nolonger	10/06/08 10:33 PM
Re: co-parenting when child is sick	matilda	10/15/08 07:32 PM
Re: co-parenting when child is sick	mommyof9	10/16/08 08:22 AM
Re: co-parenting when child is sick	matilda	10/16/08 06:29 PM
Re: co-parenting when child is sick	christine1	10/18/08 02:53 PM
Re: co-parenting when child is sick	OffWithTheirHead	10/18/08 03:06 PM
Re: co-parenting when child is sick	NewNameHere	10/06/08 10:43 PM
Re: co-parenting when child is sick	Misslisa1017	10/07/08 07:56 AM
Re: co-parenting when child is sick	nolonger	10/07/08 08:47 AM
Re: co-parenting when child is sick	nolonger	10/09/08 02:38 PM

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