to not take the kids to the pantomime at 4.30

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I have bought the tickets and everything but.......

I feel unwell - nausea, tired pathetic,

18 month old son is teething and REALLY grizzly and miserable.

3 year old daughter had diarrhea 3 times at play group this morning.

14 week old.......is just a 14 week old

I am on my own cos Husband away at Christmas party overnight

Forget to remind my Mum and can't get hold of her to give me a hand.

There is a stomach bug going round that is so bad that my mate's daughter's class sent 11 kids home, it is a small town too.

I'm fucked

Its cold.

But i feel guilty AIBU to want to batton down the hatches and just get them fed, bathed and bedded instead ?

I will take them to another one in January.

Stay at home.
Tell them it has been cancelled and you have new and better tickets for after Christmas.
Then all have a bubble bath and goto bed

Stay at home.
Tell them it has been cancelled and you have new and better tickets for after Christmas.
Then all have a bubble bath and goto bed

YANBU and I personally would not be going in those circumstances. I'm assuming your 3-year-old is the only one who cares? In which case surely she can be pacified with a DVD and some chocolate or something for the afternoon?

And we could be infectious right ?

Ooh, maybe best not to give DD chocolate if she's been pooing for her country today!

Agree with Serenity - but phone theatre and see if anyone else wants the tickets. They may buy them back.
I wouldn't go today - madness with all you have on!

well 3 year old doesn't really know what one is and she has forgotten all about it, so quite happy.

Am I being soft and lazy or am I being sensible and knowing my limitations.

I have a tendency to just get up and go for it, but I really am fucked, I feel that I could do it but life would be a lot easier to just survive this evening. I reckon that al those kids packed in that theatre ( school hall ) will be passing all sorts of nasties between them.

Sensible and considering other people too! If she was at nursery / school she would have to be off for a day after diarrhoea 3 times, so not fair to take her to a theatre full of children. Get them to bed early and have a nice cup of tea instead

stay in, snuggle up, it's not the end of the world if they miss a panto, you're not being a wuss just sensible!

No, it would be antisocial of you to go.
The younger two will cry and you'll spend most of the time in the loo with your DD anyway.

3 is quite young for a panto anyway, IMO - if its a proper one. My DD saw her first (Jack and the Beanstalk) at 4 and was scared of the giant.

Stay in... you will be putting other children at risk and it would be very irresponsible to go under these circumstances.

YEP ! Many thanks MNers.

Stay in and watch Coronation Street

Why on earth would you take a 14 week old and 18 month old to the panto anyway. Ill or not, it's a crazy idea. I doubt even a 3 year old is old enough to appreciate/understand/enjoy it. They tend to have a baddie character that some young children find frightening. I cant believe that anyone would seriously consider taking children this age to the panto.