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I'm right now missing a holiday party after keeping myself, my husband and 3 kids home. My aunt who is hosting called today to tell me that her granddaughter had been throwing up all day yesterday but seemed ok today. I'm sure my whole extended family thinks I'm nuts but I just couldn't do it. This thread is making me feel less crazy!
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@MrsF: good for you! MIL casually announced over dinner when we were visiting this weekend that she was just getting over a stomach bug. I was incredibly anxious the whole time we were at their house and still anxious once we got home that we might have caught it. Thankfully we didn’t, but I won’t mess with vomit germs. If she had told us before we wouldn’t have gone. Christmas or not!
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I’m going through a tough decision right now. My DS is supposed to be baptized on Sunday. His godfather has had a stomach virus going around his 3 kids this week. Not sure what we do? We do not want to cancel as it’s important to us to do the baptism soon.
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@babybunnylove: I think it’s important to know how long it’s been since someone in his family was actively sick. Is everyone better today? Or is someone still throwing up etc? That being said if it was the day before and someone in the household had been actively sick in the last 24 hours I would want to reschedule.
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@babybunnylove: Are all of the godfather’s kids planning on attending? Will your church require the godfather to hold your baby or could he just stand next to the godmother (who can hold the baby)? Are there any people flying into town for the baptism?
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I would cancel the baptism. One can be shedding stomach bug virus for up to two weeks and that would be a hard pass for me with a newborn. A newborn could get dehydrated very easily and I would do just about anything to avoid having my baby hospitalized.
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@jhd: ewww! Your MIL is crazy selfish IMO. I would have left with the kids, Christmas or not. What a witch.
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@DesertDreams88: Since you lived through the norovirus, question for you. My sister wants to visit Tuesday to see the baby. Last sickness in their house was 12/26. So a week ago. Is it safe for them to visit at this point?
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@Tanjowen: my 3yo threw up on the 23. My 1yo threw up today so I think it can last a week
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@Tanjowen: well, everyone we came into close contact with for 5 days got sick, but then we had to go back to work. With a newborn I would be really nervous, but germ anxiety is a thing of mine. According to Google is says it's majorly contagious for 3-5 days, but up to 2 weeks in the stool, so if your neice didn't wash her hands well after the restroom, even a small amount of germs are potent enough to spread. I'd call the nurse line at your ped to see what they say.
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