Is it ok to my baby to the group if she's got a cough?

[MeadowHay]

I'm due to take DD, 5 months, to a baby group thing we normally go to. She's got a cough, and I can tell she's a bit poorly as she's not quite her normal self, feeding a little bit differently etc but she is still feeding pretty well and still generally pretty happy and interactive, sleeping normally etc, not snotty at all. I'm happy to take her but I don't want to pass it on to any of the other babies. Is it ok to her? And if I do, shall I make sure she doesn't put any toys in her mouth so other babies don't then put them in their mouth? I will make sure that she isn't close enough to cough on any of the other babies ofc, if I take her.

I wouldn't take her because her immunity will be lower due to cough and she could pick up other viruses. Hope that helps .

I would. You'll find yourself confined to home a heck off a lot if you stay home for every cough or sniffle

I wouldn’t. The other mums won’t thank you for it and LO is probably better having a quiet day at home. Hope she feels better soon.

I would take a baby with a sniffle but not cough / green snots / temp

Hm, mostly a no then. As I say my concern is the other babies, I'm sure she'd be happy there but I don't want to inadvertently pass it to any of the others.

Another question, if she still has it on Saturday/is similar to today i.e. not any worse, should I still take her to her Water Babies class or give that a miss too? This time my concern is about her rather than the other babies as she won't really come into much contact with the others.

If she's happy in herself, I'd take her. If you keep her away from baby groups whenever she has a cough, you'll drive yourself mad in the house forever! All babies are little pots of germs. Save being housebound for temperatures and infections.

I take mine when she has a cough! I only keep her away of she feels ill, or temperature. Coughs can linger sometimes, you'd end up cooped up for ages! X

Everyone is coughing at all the baby groups I go to.

I took her in the end - and two other babies of a similar age both had a cough, and us 3 were sitting next to each other last week! So one of them was probably carrying it then and passed it to the others. I'll see how she is on Saturday for swimming but assuming shes not worse I'll take her.