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None of our grandparents have gotten any colds or illnesses from DD yet (9 months old). I don't see any of them being phased by that though. Illnesses happen.

My mom is awesome because she watches our daughter twice a week and has no problem watching her if she's sick. However, I would not have her watch her if she were throwing up - would just stay home myself. This did happen this winter and I was relieved that they never got the bug.

My sister on the other hand does not seem to be very cautious with stomach bugs, we've gotten them from her kids a few times (when she already knew they were sick) and my mom was watching my nieces yesterday when one of them had been throwing up the night before! Hopefully my daughter doesn't get it (she's with my mom today). My husband had it yesterday too (saw my sisters kids this weekend!) so more of a chance to get it from him this time so not much we can do.

My husband's parents have both been having major health issues so we cancel trips to see them even if it's just a cold type illness. They live far away though so it just doesn't make sense to see them if we are not well, even if they weren't in poor health.

My mom comes to watch H when she is sick since she can't go to school with a fever/throwing up. So my parents are fine with it, they wash hands a lot and change clothes before going home.

If anyone is sick, we cancel trips to my inlaws. My FIL has an extremely compromised immune system due to having Black Lung. If he gets a cold, he usually ends up in the hospital because it quickly turns into bronchitis/pneumonia and could kill him.

My parents get sick pretty often after they see our kids. Partly because we live in different climates so just general allergies hit but they also aren't exposed to kid germs.