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WWYD: perpetual daycare sniffles and playdates with other non-daycare babies

musicalsilvermusicalsilver member
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My title is fairly self-explanatory.

I have a friend who doesn't have her baby in daycare.  Her LO is a week older than mine.  It's awesome that LO potentially has a friend so close in age, but ...

LO has been in daycare and been suffering from some kind of sniffles for goodness knows how long.  Every time I arrange a playdate it seems to flair up again, and I cancel, because I don't want to inflict the daycare sniffles onto a baby who hasn't been exposed to all this goodness.

WWYD?  

Moms that have babies that aren't in daycare: should I just keep this up?  

At what age does it become more okay to share germs?  Or should I just find daycare babies to make friends with?

I'm probably over-thinking this, but appreciate any insight.  

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Re: WWYD: perpetual daycare sniffles and playdates with other non-daycare babies

  • ilovemarfailovemarfa member
    I'd ask the mom what she thinks. If she doesn't mind her child potentially getting sick then that's her call. I'm a member of a moms group (there are like 100 moms) and they ask that if your child is sick with a runny nose that isn't from teething that you don't attend. I know that it upsets me when people bring sick kids out to play dates because when my kids are sick I keep
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  • BC&LMBC&LM member
    I would just tell your friend and let her make the decision.  We have a niece who is a couple of weeks younger than my LO.  If he had the sniffles (which he did much of December and January), I let her know first to make sure she didn't mind him being around her LO.

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  • PinkPuffyHeart2PinkPuffyHeart2 member
    I generally avoid other moms and babies if I or my LO is sick, regardless of daycare status. I guess if the babies went to the same daycare that might be different. I would still hold off, or just explain to the other mom that your LO has sniffles but feels ok enough to play if she still wants to get together... Dunno, I'm a germaphobe so I would rather not be around a sniffly baby. But that's me.

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  • Western DivaWestern Diva member
    NailQueen said:

    I would tell the friend. I am a non daycare mom and if the other baby only has the sniffles I would be okay with having them play together. B shouldn't live in a bubble. However if it was fever or worse I would say maybe another time.

    This. If the snot is clear I'm fine with play dates. Otherwise we'd never see friends!

     

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  • HeartLikeMine3HeartLikeMine3 member
    I would also be fine with a play date as long as the snot was clear and LO wasn't running any fever. But I would let her decided.
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