b-day boy is sick, party should be cancelled right?

EMT

DS's party is today and he has a cold...a pretty bad one. He had a fever last night and was up several times. He is obviously better today (no fever; just a cough). My mother in law flew down for the party and both DH and her think we should have the party. They think I should just email all the guests that he does have a cold so we would understand if they do not want to come but the party is on.

I think that he is obviously still contagious and he felt like a$s last night so it's a BAD cold. I think people may feel obligated to come and instead of an email we should just reschedule. Then MIL would miss it and I'm not sure what that means for the "performer" we have paid to come but I still think it is the right thing to do.

Your thoughts? I may have to do what they want regardless of what you say but I am just wondering.

FWIW, if I got an email like they want me to send, I'd probably still go to the party. I don't really care if my kids get colds now that they are older but I know some people are different.

 

 

veloelle

I agree w/ you. At the least I'd have the family. My parents watch the kids 1x a week, and thy have been around them when sick.

Zenya

Not when he had a fever last night.  (unless it's a 'nest' fever for 99F )  But I think it puts people in an awkward position to email.  Then they'll feel self conscious if they don't come.

EastCoastBride

The party is for and about your son. Not MIL. I think him being able to enjoy it should be more important.

Zenya

you could just do a cake today with your mil.  It's a little weird to me that she flew in for it?  I guess it's a big party? I can see how it's disappointing!

EMT

EastCoastBride:

The party is for and about your son. Not MIL. I think him being able to enjoy it should be more important.

FWIW, he's riding around on his scooter now. I'm not worried about him not having fun...just the germs and the guests.

Also, his fever was 100. He was NOT happy last night though...I think the coughing hurt his throat.

justEK

Zenya:

Not when he had a fever last night.  (unless it's a 'nest' fever for 99F )

Love this! A fever is anything over 100.4. Everyone's temp changes throughout the day and it's normal for it to be 99-100 in the evening. Actually, my DS's normal evening temp is 100.9.

I would make phone calls to let everyone know to reschedule. You guys good still do something special with the family today or still have a family party.

 

Mrs Manners

We canceled ds's party yesterday because he was sick. Actually, the play center let us move it to next weekend so we just emailed everyone and told them we were changing the date because he was sick. My parents still came to our house and gave him gifts and we gave him a cupcake. But we didn't expose any other kids or any of the pregnant people (like 5) who were coming to the party.