"Unusually sleepy, lethargic, or grumpy"

Being unusually sleepy, lethargic, and grumpy has never kept me from going to work, so why should it keep kids from going to school?

What, and be stuck at home with a sleepy, lazy, grumpy child? No thanks.

That's when I'm glad there is a school in the first place.

Unless he's falling asleep facedown in his breakfast, I don't think those are reasons to keep a kid home from school.

In his books on life in Royal Navy in the early 19th century, Patrick O'Brian has his main character, Jack Aubrey, frequently describe his midshipmen in exactly those terms. He says that they love their bed and they love their dinner, and that's about it.

Where would the Royal Navy have been if they had excused their midshipmen duty for being sleepy, lethargic or grumpy?

Yes, but neither of my kids are habitually sleepy, lethargic and/or grumpy and they both would rather be up and about and in school with their friends than home and in bed, so if they said they were tired, I let them stay home and sleep.

Yeah, that was my first response, too... I get the "in my day, I went to school when I was sleepy and walked five miles, uphill both ways" thing, but when sozlet is "unusually sleepy, lethargic or grumpy" she's usually coming down with something and I keep her home.

Just happened this morning actually. She was stuffy this weekend but it was inconclusive -- allergies? Cold? She didn't have a fever and was bright-eyed and otherwise fine. Planned to send her to school as usual this morning. Put her to bed early last night. This morning she would NOT wake up. That's unusual for her -- she's frequently sleepy but she'll eventually yawn and stretch and start waking up, this morning she was, like, alive, but wouldn't respond to anything. When she's that out of it, I let her sleep, 'cause she needs it. If I force the issue, that's when I have to go pick her up at noon or so because she's in bad shape. (It's happened 2-3 times.)

Told the school, let her sleep, she was up about an hour later, looking good. Gave her a big breakfast, observed her for a while, she seemed fine, (still no fever, and much less stuffy), took her in.

You'd not, then, have been UNUSUALLY sleepy, lethargic or grumpy.

You'd have been your usual self and thusly packed off to school.

Next question?

We're still under threat of a global flu pandemic, and I think this recommendation is reasonable.

H1N1 is particularly dangerous for pregnant women.

http://www.unmultimedia.org/tv/unifeed/d/13467.html



It's still a minor concern compared to other threats during pregnancy, but the threat may grow as more people become infected.