https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:14:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867406 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 07:31:35 +0000 hellobeeboston 1867406@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup. I'd go - bring sanitizing wipes, have fun! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867398 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 07:17:23 +0000 Foodnerd81 1867398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@blackbird: yeah the cough is definitely drainage at night. Yuck. </p> <p>@honeybear: I've been feeling along the same lines of what you are saying. Good point about her immunity already being worn down, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867352 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:13:54 +0000 blackbird 1867352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The cough is probably from the drainage at night, is my guess. I would try to keep things out of her mouth and wipe her down often so she's not dripping all over stuff, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867351 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:13:11 +0000 honeybear 1867351@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: Trust me, I totally understand, and I'm sorry you're in this position. But I still wouldn't go to a children's museum with definite cold symptoms because of the likelihood of catching something else or spreading it to another baby/child. Maybe there's something outdoors you could do today instead? (Weather-permitting, of course!) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867341 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:04:21 +0000 Foodnerd81 1867341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@honeybear: the cough is actually only really at night. But the runny nose is constant and will also spread germs. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867339 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:03:10 +0000 Foodnerd81 1867339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh I love when you guys tell me what I want to hear. :) If she naps well and isn't too crabby we will prob go and I'll just be really careful about things in her mouth and putting them aside (they have special bins for "mouthed toys"). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867337 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:02:13 +0000 hilsy85 1867337@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. Otherwise you'd never go anywhere in the winter! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867336 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 06:02:01 +0000 honeybear 1867336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would not, for two reasons: 1) her resistance to catching other things is lowered if she's already got a cold, so you could be setting yourself up for something worse, and 2) knowingly spreading germs to other little kids (sorry, but that's what a cough is doing...) is not particularly sociable. I know my opinion on this isn't popular, but I practice what I preach. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867327 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 05:31:11 +0000 blackbird 1867327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Meh, such is life. I would go. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867309 Thu, 18 Sep 2014 04:05:40 +0000 lamariniere 1867309@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would still go. I feel like kids have colds all the time during the fall/winter months, so if you keep them home for mild symptoms, you will never get out of the house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867163 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:19:11 +0000 mrsjyw 1867163@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would still go as long as LO wasn't feeling crabby, etc. Usually if he doesn't have a fever, he needs and wants the activity! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-your-kid-had-a-cold#post-1867162 Wed, 17 Sep 2014 21:16:19 +0000 Foodnerd81 1867162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your kid has a little cold- runny nose, a little coughing, no fever-- would you take them to a children's museum? I was planning to go tomorrow but c has a little cold- which I'm sure she picked up there last week. If she was in daycare I'm sure I would still send her but I feel like I shouldn't do the museum, right? She is still in the 'everything in her mouth' phase too. </p>