https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 04 Jun 2026 18:12:03 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-threshold-for-optional-activities#post-2055195 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 08:06:37 +0000 ALV91711 2055195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If we never left the house for a runny nose we'd never leave the house!</p> <p>Cough we will do things too if it is a dry cough. </p> <p>Like @Chaosmaven: I use his mood as a judge of what we will go and do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-threshold-for-optional-activities#post-2055193 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 08:02:43 +0000 Chaosmaven 2055193@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I use DDs mood as a barometer - so for a runny nose or basic cold symptoms, if she's happy and active, we go. If she's lethargic or cranky, we skip. And I stay home for fevers/vomit/diarrhea - no need to make anyone else sick! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-threshold-for-optional-activities#post-2055192 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 08:02:31 +0000 hilsy85 2055192@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: yeah exactly, I don't feel so bad about the runny nose. It also depends what the activity is...if it's a gym class, I might be more inclined to skip it than his cooking class, where they all have their own food and utensils, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-threshold-for-optional-activities#post-2055189 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 08:00:17 +0000 Foodnerd81 2055189@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: sounds about like what I do. I feel bad because I brought her to a party on Sunday when she just had a runny nose but it turned into a wet cough that night. I feel like the cough just spreads germs really really well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-threshold-for-optional-activities#post-2055187 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 07:58:34 +0000 hilsy85 2055187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Runny nose: I go.<br /> Sneezing a ton: I stay home.<br /> Cough: depends on the cough and the frequency. If it's a dry cough that I think is just from nasal drip, then I will bring him. If it's a junky wet cough and he's coughing a lot, I won't take him to class. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/whats-your-threshold-for-optional-activities#post-2055183 Thu, 05 Feb 2015 07:56:22 +0000 Foodnerd81 2055183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If your LO has a cold, cough, run of the mill winter sicknesses, at what point do you continue to go to classes and activities, like music class, story time, children's museum? </p> <p>I consider this stuff separate from daycare which is necessary, where this is just for fun really. </p> <p>C has a cold with a cough still. I decide not to go to our class this morning but I'm getting stir crazy! Hopefully by tomorrow she will seem well enough to go out! </p>