https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:10:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hanging-out-with-other-kids-when-youlo-are-sick#post-27286 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:04:57 +0000 Red 27286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also ask my friends before we come over and let them know that I really don't mind if they prefer that we stay away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hanging-out-with-other-kids-when-youlo-are-sick#post-25476 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:44:36 +0000 L2sweetpea 25476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually ask my friends their preference and if they'd rather me stay away I do...if they don't mind then I'll go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hanging-out-with-other-kids-when-youlo-are-sick#post-25431 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:45:07 +0000 Andrea 25431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would stay away and appreciate when others do the same when they don't feel 100%. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hanging-out-with-other-kids-when-youlo-are-sick#post-25424 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:38:32 +0000 mrbee 25424@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would stay away... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hanging-out-with-other-kids-when-youlo-are-sick#post-25413 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:31:32 +0000 heffalump 25413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm usually fine with it as long as you keep your distance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hanging-out-with-other-kids-when-youlo-are-sick#post-25373 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:04:36 +0000 Rosie Girl 25373@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If any of us aren't feeling good, we stay away. I sure would hate to spread anything to anyone. And their immune systems may be working great, but they can carry it and give it to someone else. Colds spread fast enough, I don't want to help it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/hanging-out-with-other-kids-when-youlo-are-sick#post-25368 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 13:02:28 +0000 Lozza 25368@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So it's fall, we're all tired, DS is in daycare all day with other germ-infested kids... put this all together, and it's pretty common for me and/or DH and/or LO to be "a little bit sick" a lot of the time. Not stay-home-from-work or even running-a-fever sick, but slightly on the snotty-nosed, scratchy-throat, feeling-tired side.<br /> I wouldn't hesitate to hang out with anyone whose immune system is functioning at full strength, but several of our friends are pregnant or have small kids (age range 2.5 months - 3 years), and I'm never sure when we should bow out of group activities to make sure we don't spread whatever germs we have.<br /> Clearly, if we're SICK sick, we stay home, but it's this kind of in-between phase that I'm never sure how to handle. We have plans with friends tonight, and while DS and LO are fine, I'm a little stuffed up and have scratchy-throaty-sex-phone-operator-voice, and am thinking that maybe I should send them without me.<br /> I know I can ask our friends, but I'm interested in other opinions too (and also I worry that they'd say "oh it's fine" even if they didn't mean it!). What's your threshold for quarantining yourself or your family? </p>