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LO around other sick children? Advice...

deviduke412deviduke412 member
in August 2015 Moms
So my God-daughter's 1st bday party is tomorrow. Her parents, our friends, will also be announcing their pregnancy to their parents tomorrow also. I got a text today that my God-daughter has a 101 fever. They are still planning to have the party. The issue is, my ds is only 4.5 weeks old and I don't know that I want him exposed to that. I haven't had to deal with this dilemma before. The selfish side of me doesn't want to miss the party Bc it's her first bday and she's our God-daughter. The mother side of me doesn't want to risk my lo getting sick. What would you do? Even if we keep my God-daughter away from him, the germs will be in the house and her parents would be exposed too, right?. Also they should be fever free for 24 hrs before they are considered not contagious. Basically I need advice from other mommas. TIA!
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  • Starynightsky24Starynightsky24 member
    I would reluctantly not go. Just not worth LO getting sick. At that age that's a one way ticket to the hospital and probably the NICU.

    Another option could be leaving LO with someone to pop in for a while. Then be sure to shower and change clothes before seeing LO again.

    Good luck!

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  • kristendot2007kristendot2007 member
    That's really tough. Ftm but nurse here, and in my opinion I wouldn't risk it. Only because when I worked er, any infant under 6 weeks with a fever got a spinal tap and that would break my heart.
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  • Seh114Seh114 member
    I wouldn't go. It's not worth the risk.
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  • deviduke412deviduke412 member
    Am I correct in saying that even if her fever breaks before then that it isn't safe?
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  • SashaDenn25SashaDenn25 member
    Yep...has to be gone for 24hours
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  • deviduke412deviduke412 member
    shaunnar053 said:

    Idk why they'd even have a party for her while she's sick with a fever? Wouldn't she just be miserable the entire time? AND they're just expecting all the guests to come and expose themselves to getting sick? They should just postpone it IMO. Doesn't make sense to me at all....I definitely wouldn't go, no question. Nope nope nope.

    Yea, they don't think about things quite like I do. They are very lax. I also honestly think they are somewhat naive with baby knowledge. Neither one grew up with much exposure to babies. It's not a big party, just their parents, the baby's aunts and uncles, and us. There won't be any other kids there. I'm guessing that's why they aren't postponing? I personally would postpone if she was sick regardless.
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  • deviduke412deviduke412 member
    Thank you for all of your input! It's much appreciated. I shared this info with my dh and we discussed the topic in length and we don't feel it's worth it for me to go and take the baby. I'll be staying home and he will still go to take the gift and I'll have him take pictures so I can see everything still. Maybe he can even FaceTime for the gift opening and cake smashing.
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  • SashaDenn25SashaDenn25 member
    The face time thing is actually a great idea and it sounds like your friends will understand anyways or they wouldnt have mentioned the fever to you. Sounds like they wanted you to be aware for your LO.
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  • Lalala2326Lalala2326 member
    Yep definitely don't go. Its just part of being parents. There will be all sorts of stuff you miss out on in order to have a wonderful little person in your life.
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