So my lovely sister in law brought her sick 2 year child to thanksgiving. No one knew he was sick till his medication started wearing off (kind of figured he was sniffling from being cold etc) and he proceeded to cough all over the house, food and my baby! "Oh he is on antibiotics" and "oh he is sick so i wont have him hold the baby" are the closest sentiments to concern she expressed about exposing an entire house of people including my 2 month old baby to a cold.
SO freaking rude and inconsiderate.
Oh and to make matters worse her husband (before we knew about the sick kid or no one in their household would have been allowed to hold the baby) threw and ABSOLUTE fit because we told him to wash his hands before holding the baby he cursed at my husband and stormed outside to "cool down" ...Total insanity.
Just really don't know how to deal with these people this holiday / cold and flu season other than keeping my baby home entirely but my husband is extremely close to his family and has never missed a holiday .... hoping to find another idea to avoid that.
Re: In Laws and Germs!
Also, Clorox wipes.
Wipe baby's hands at every diaper change & before meals.
That's about all you can do. You might need to just be matter-of-fact about it. "Wash your hands please!"
Also, some toddlers are always sick. It's part of being a toddler. I think you need to relax about that.
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I wouldn't be annoyed by a 2 yo coughing and not covering their mouth and being around my baby. And 99.4 is not a fever so you're good there.