Heart vs. Head: The work status decision
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Heart vs. Head: The work status decision
| Tue, 01-17-2006 - 1:03pm |
Did you make your decision to SAH/WAH/WOH ft/pt based primarily on objective/tangible factors, or with your heart?

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<<I don't need to understand it. >>
Then why do you keep stating that you don't understand it and keep asking me questions as to why I asked her a question, on a debate board as you have stated?
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Right this is a debate board and I asked a question about someone's statement.
PumpkinAngel
Yes.
Worded very nicely. Thank you.
I think it varies by the age of the child, care setting etc. A quick search in Medline yielded this recent study:
"Child day care risks of common infectious diseases revisited."
Lu N, Samuels ME, Shi L, Baker SL, Glover SH, Sanders JM.
Department of Public Health, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA. ning.lu@wku.edu
BACKGROUND: The increased risk of common infectious diseases associated with child day care attendance may vary by age, health plan and parent educational level. This study determined quantitatively the risk of diarrhoeal illness and upper respiratory infection (URI) among day-care children in comparison with home-care children. It examined the extent of risks in day-care children under different conditions of three age groups, enrolled in two health plans, and from families of two levels of education. METHODS: The study subjects were recruited through two health plans: a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) and the Medicaid program in Columbia, South Carolina of the USA. The sample was collected using a household survey of children, aged 5 years or younger. The participants were contacted bimonthly for 18 months with 435 attending out-of-home day care facilities and 753 being cared for at home. The potential confounding factors of family characteristics were controlled in examining the odds ratios for day care effect on common infections in children under different conditions. RESULTS: In general, risks of diarrhoeal illness and URI in day-care children are greater than in home-care children. Children younger than 1.5 years of age attending day care and covered by the Medicaid program are at the greatest risk. The difference in risks between day-care and home-care children, however, is reduced to an insignificant level for children older than 1.5 years of age and for children covered by the HMO health plan. Among day-care children, those who are covered by the Medicaid program are at a significantly higher risk than those who are covered by the HMO health plan. CONCLUSIONS: Although day-care children in general suffer a greater risk of common infectious diseases, the extent of day care effect on risks of diarrhoeal illness and URI varies significantly by age and type of health insurance plan.
I wore them in a sling almost constantly for the first few weeks/months. Sure- they sometimes wore other things- but generally speaking a onesie was most comfortable for them and convenient for us. And it was very easy to feed/snuggle in the sling. We had our floor play time etc. but they were almost always in-arms. They rarely wanted down and usually if we tried to *put* them down they protested- loudly LOL ;)
Wytchy
Your welcome.
---we have to stop this, people will begin to talk.
PumpkinAngel
The problem with those studies is that there isn't a "within child" comparison and only "between child" comparison.
In other words, Johnny Daycare gets sick more often than Betty Sahkid. But the study doesn't account for whether Johnny would get just as sick if he had a SAHP. Johnny may just have a bad immune system. It doesn't account for whether Betty would still be as healthy if she went to daycare. She may just have a particularly strong immune system.
Just becaue Johnny Daycare gets sick more often than Betty Sahkid, does not mean it is due to the fact that Johnny is in daycare and Betty isn't. There are too many other contributing factors.
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Disagreement and questioning a poster are now against TOS for a debate board? Interesting. LOL! Nice try, though.
Wytchy
...and toilet paper.
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