[when is someone with the stomach flu the most contagious?]

so what do you do when you absolutely can't sick, but you are the main care giver of the sick kids???? I know there isn't anything that is 100%...but what do you rely on???

 

Surgical masks, rubber gloves, and BLEACH. A fresh unopened bottle of bleach. Lysol is somewhat effective but it has to be the right kind. Lysol and Clorox wipes DO NOT kill the virus. http://www.stopthest...ach-flu-viruses

 

Best advice? Keep sick person in a bathroom alone, only go in and care for him/her when you must. If it is Norovirus, it will be contagious for up to 2 weeks after in their feces. The virus is transmitted fecal-oral but that's not as simple as it sounds. You can inhale the vomits or fecal particles too (hence my surgical mask suggestion). After they stop showing symptoms, I recommend keeping the 'sick room' closed off for 3 or so days and then disinfecting every surface with bleach. You can wash the clothes and things but understand that Noro is difficult to kill, even at high temps, so your standard wash isn't going to cut it necessarily.

 

Noro is a nasty nasty bug. Quarantine the ill person, wear a mask and gloves, wash your hands A LOT, and whatever you do... don't touch your face.

[Federal Poverty Guideline ~ Where do you fall? Anonymous poll :)]

Where are you getting your median income and average home cost?

[Compare your elementary school to schools in other countries]

for some reason the page is no longer loading :(

 

 

I can't get it to load either.

[Anyone else have school outside today.]

We did! We took a blanket, a backpack, a packed lunch and went to the park. :)

[Your school year.....year round or traditional?]

Generally we have taken off June and July and start back in August. We then do six weeks on, one week off, a few more weeks for Christmas.

 

 

I am considering doing this for the upcoming year.

[I Hate Diabetes-a vent]

I am so sorry. :grouphug: I can only imagine.

[Would you eat this?]

Yes, it's safe to eat. And I'm a germaphobe who almost always answers 'no' to these threads. :lol:

[New around here]

Welcome Michelle.

[Hello.]

Welcome! I have a 10 year old girl as well. :)

[New Here]

Welcome! :)

[New curriculum]

Hmmmm, this is really interesting. I'll be following this closely.

["Focus."...."Please focus."..."Focus!!!"..."FOCUS!!!!"]

btw - he doesn't hear you when you repeat yourself. It only irritates you.

 

 

 

 

I recently figured this out myself. So now I will repeat myself exactly once. After that I start taking time off bedtime. Funny, they hear that immediately. :lol:

[Prayers needed...]

Thanks for the update Lisa. Prayers that she continues to feel better!

[We got the house!]

:hurray: yay! Congrats!

[Please Pray - Mother very sick]

Just lifted up a prayer for you and your mom, Suzanne! :grouphug:

[Why Name Your Homeschool?]

Our state (North Carolina) requires it. It's just our street name followed by Academy. Our street happens to have a very uppity sounding British name, which makes it sound all official and stuff.

[Thinking of adding in some Latin for next year. Need some guidance.]

Thanks so much everyone. I ordered GSWL about an hour ago.

[Thinking of adding in some Latin for next year. Need some guidance.]

This is exactly the sort of feedback that I was looking for. Thanks ladies!

[What math did/will you be using for 2nd grade?]

We are finishing Horizons 2. We loved it!

[math when parent isnt good at it?]

I am terrible with Math. We are using Horizons this year and my 4th grader's Math is already over my head most days. There is a reason for this, but I won't go into all of the details here. Suffice to say that in 3rd grade, I was put into the foster care system and the rest of my life I was in 'survival mode'. Math was the least of my worries. Anyway, thankfully, my husband is a Math wiz so he currently picks up my slack. However, I feel most days that I am shorting DD10 because she herself is also very mathy. So because of this we have decided to go with Teaching Textbooks and Khan Academy for next year. DD10 will be going from Horizons 4 to TT7 next year. We will use Khan Academy to fill in any holes or gaps as we go along.

[Thinking of adding in some Latin for next year. Need some guidance.]

We are ending our planning for next year and I keep getting this nagging feeling that we should be doing some Latin. DH would like to teach them Latin and Spanish. We are unsure which to do first, or if they can both be done simultaneously?

 

Which Latin curriculum do you all recommend and why?

 

They will be 5th and 3rd grades next year.

[Would you/do you you homeschool your grandkids?]

DD10 asked me yesterday if I would homeschool her kids when she grows up and has them. I laughed it off at first because I hadn't really thought about it. But then I thought, I'm working so hard so that they can be well-educated and have a promising career as an adult. If I homeschooled their kids then they could continue to focus on their careers and still know that their children are still being well taken care of and are getting a good education.

 

Now, obviously, we have a long way to go before this becomes an issue. But it honestly made me curious.

[Walking Dead Season Finale!! Spoilers included]

I, too, was let down by the finale. My last thought was, "What are they going to do with all of those babies and kids that are left in Woodbury?"

[How late do you let your children sleep?]

Ours get in the bed at 9 and are allowed to read quietly until 10. My oldest usually gets up around 8 and the younger one will sleep longer, usually 9 or so.

[DD had so many seizures yesterday we had to go to the ER]

Prayers for you and your daughter!