Pink Eye - Rancho Cordova,CA

Your son smearing boogers on his face won't give him pink eye. It sounds like Dad hasn't properly disinfected something your son always comes into contact with at his house -like a pillow, stuffed animal, etc. He needs to thoroughly wash and sanitize EVERYTHING your son touches, sleeps on, wallows around on, etc. Of course he could have originally picked it up at daycare or gotten it more than once there. You should make sure they're properly sanitizing everything as well.

It is possible he's allergic to something on the pig farm or that he's touching something with fecal matter on it or something of that nature out on the farm and getting it in his eye -therefore setting up infection. Talk to him about watching the boy carefully. Also make sure that you have cleaned and disinfected all bedding, pillows, furniture, stuffed animals, etc. at your house.

The daycare is required to post a notice or send a written notice home to parents whenever they have a case of something like pink eye occur. Do you have any way of finding that information out from the daycare? That could help you to establish facts about where your son is picking it up.

pink eye CAN be caused by his own mucus (boogers). When we have a cold, our mucus carries the virus and bacteria to help rid the body of the cold, SO, if he rubs it into his eyes, he can get pink eye, or of course if someone else has it, he can get it from them too. Has you son had a cold w/ a runny nose each time? It does seem excessive, what does your doctor say?

If your child has had pink eye that much "from the daycare" almost every child at the daycare would have it. If you show up to the daycare, look at the other children's eyes. Its not something they can hide and they are responsible to send those children that have pink eye home.
I would look to something else for the cause, not that he couldn't get it from the daycare, but to be getting it THAT much from a daycare sounds ridiculous.

The causes of pink eye include:
Viruses
Bacteria
Allergies
A chemical splash in the eye
A foreign object in the eye
In newborns, a blocked tear duct
After reading this article from the Mayo Clinic, pink eye can be triggered by an irritant or an allergen. So it *could* be triggered by something on the farm....
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/pink-eye/DS00258
Probably best to talk to your pediatrician about it.
Good luck!

hahahaha! It's all your fault. He takes no responsibility? He is hilarious.

You aren't going to change his mind, so I would pay no mind to his ridiculous comments.