WWYD? Dd's camp requests that the kids bring flip flops or other rubber soled sandals to wear by the pool, but dd says none of the kids ever wear them. I'm not generally OCD, but... (more)
that skeeves me out and I don't want her getting athlete's foot or something. Would it be weird of me to call the camp director and say, "could you please tell her counselors to make them wear sandals"?
posted July 17th, 2012 at 10:54am in Toddler
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- truly weird. thwap thwap thwap weird. 7-17-2012 10:55am
- just tell your dd to wear them. 7-17-2012 10:55am +1 like
- this & explain why. athlethes's foot 7-17-2012 10:56am
- op: i did, but she says there's no where to leave the flip flops before she gets in the pool. 7-17-2012 10:56am
- callthe counselor & ask her where dd should put them. 7-17-2012 10:56am
- weird. can't she just leave them by the side of the pool with her towel? where does she leave her towel? 7-17-2012 10:58am
- i know, it's silly, but they leave their towels on a bench, and they've been told "only towels" there. i think they probably don't want a bunch of shoes underfoot, but clearl...(more) 7-17-2012 11:00am they need to have a spot for the kids to leave them--the counselors probably just find it easier for the kids to walk barefoot, but that's gross and not particularly safe.
- tell her to put the shoes under the bench. 7-17-2012 11:01am
- it's a solid bench, there's no under. i KNOW, it's stupid, but it's bothering me. 7-17-2012 11:02am
- just call. you'll feel better. we all have our issues. i'm worried about bug bites that my dd has that won't go away and altho i feel silly, i'm brining her back to the ped...(more) 7-17-2012 11:03am
- did you try benadryl? my ds has terrible reactions to bug bites and they take a long time to go away on him. 7-17-2012 11:04am
- ped recommended claritin as it's not drowsy. it does NOTHING for her. it's supposed to be 24 hours. i give it around 6pm and she wakes up in the middle of the night complaining...(more) 7-17-2012 11:06am
- i'd do benadryl at bedtime--actually, you can give it every 6 hours (is that right?), so i'd go ahead and give it now and then again at bedtime. claritin doesnt' wrok as well for...(more) 7-17-2012 11:09am my kids on stuff like that. also, does the bite look open or infected at all? my ds has really sensitive skin, and stuff like that can sometimes lead to infection--if you have antibacterial ointment and a bandaid, that might help.
- thanks. we'll see what the dr says this afternoon but maybe i will try benadryl at night. does not look at all infected but is hard and reddish and itchy. it is a bit hard to...(more) 7-17-2012 11:10am
- i'd do benadryl at bedtime--actually, you can give it every 6 hours (is that right?), so i'd go ahead and give it now and then again at bedtime. claritin doesnt' wrok as well for...(more) 7-17-2012 11:09am
- ped recommended claritin as it's not drowsy. it does NOTHING for her. it's supposed to be 24 hours. i give it around 6pm and she wakes up in the middle of the night complaining...(more) 7-17-2012 11:06am
- did you try benadryl? my ds has terrible reactions to bug bites and they take a long time to go away on him. 7-17-2012 11:04am
- just call. you'll feel better. we all have our issues. i'm worried about bug bites that my dd has that won't go away and altho i feel silly, i'm brining her back to the ped...(more) 7-17-2012 11:03am
- it's a solid bench, there's no under. i KNOW, it's stupid, but it's bothering me. 7-17-2012 11:02am
- agree 7-17-2012 11:01am
- Having just dealt with a nasty bout of molluscum, I urge you to worry more about the towels than the flip flops! 7-17-2012 11:02am
- op: OMG, my ds had molloscum for ELEVEN MONTHS before it cleared up. i fucking hate that. 7-17-2012 11:02am
- tell her to put the shoes under the bench. 7-17-2012 11:01am
- i know, it's silly, but they leave their towels on a bench, and they've been told "only towels" there. i think they probably don't want a bunch of shoes underfoot, but clearl...(more) 7-17-2012 11:00am
- weird. can't she just leave them by the side of the pool with her towel? where does she leave her towel? 7-17-2012 10:58am
- ^^she's 5, and while she's pretty assertive, i'm not sure she's up to explaining to the counselor why she wants to wear them, that she needs a place to put them. 7-17-2012 10:57am
- callthe counselor & ask her where dd should put them. 7-17-2012 10:56am
- op: i did, but she says there's no where to leave the flip flops before she gets in the pool. 7-17-2012 10:56am
- this & explain why. athlethes's foot 7-17-2012 10:56am
- Honestly, relax. 7-17-2012 10:55am
- Very weird 7-17-2012 10:57am
- No rule like this at any of the camps my kids have gone to and never had athletes foot. Also, if she gets athletes foot it is not that big a deal 7-17-2012 11:00am