to go to toddler group today?

[BuskersCat]

sore throat and half a voice left over from stinking cold I've had over the last few days. Do I take dd today? she's really looking forward to it :(

It's a cold!!! Think some people really need to get a grip

The thing is though Wishful, she will. It's horrible to have a poorly child, but snotty noses are just part of having a baby/toddler.

Buskers I'm assuming you didn't go round licking the toys? If not, I'm sure everyone will be fine.

Haha no I didn't. I didn't even touch toy at all, held a friends baby but she already knew about me being ill after all my moaning yesterday Just sat at the side sipping tea.

I do agree that snotty noses are an inevitable part of having a small child.

The flu can hospitalise the very young and old but it isn't usual for the common cold to

The common cold can land me in hospital but I still understand you have to come out house etc.

If they don't get any bugs now they will be floored when start school/nurseery

Still unusual though

It could have been the flu we don't know they don't routinely test for the influenza virus

I wouldn't thank you for it but I'd be more annoyed if it was your baby with the cold.

wishful my DD was premature and got a cold 3 weeks after leaving Intensive care, and was fine if a little grumpy so that sounds like something more than a cold, or a very unusual reaction.
Colds are a normal part of life, you can't expect people to isolate themselves whenever one is about.
If your DD gets so affected by them maybe you could ask someone to check if anyone has a cold before going into crowded rooms at groups.

Why are people worried about the OP spreading germs? There probably aren't any to spread after this amount of time.

When I have a cold it lasts two days max - gunk and catarrh left behind can linger for a month.

Most toddler groups at this time of year will have several with colds I'm sure. Unless you're at the blocked up -green snot- temperature feeling really ill stage (only lasts a day with me) then its fine.

I remember our first health visitor telling us (babies must have all been about three months) that if you didn't go out with a cold you'd never go anywhere half the year. Apparently on average small children get ten colds a year. ( don't think mine did, but I remember the sign in the health clinic, trying to convince parents not to get anxious with each one.)

I have a 2 year old and a 3 year old and last winter not a week went by without a snotty nose. We would have been housebound if we decided not to go out with a cold!

Having said that 3 year old DS has a runny green nose and cough, no temperature and happy in himself - do I send him to preschool today where he undoubtedly caught it!?

There's some good advice on avoiding colds here www.saga.co.uk/health/body/howtoavoidacold.aspx. But notice they say 'After the age of 50, the average person has 1-2 colds each year, whereas 20-year-olds have 2-3 colds and small children have many more.....children, who are the main reservoir of cold viruses'. There are over 200 varieties of cold virus, so I personally think you've got to just get out and get on with it

It only a cold - you should carry on as you were.

Another thing to remember is that without germs to build up immunity to small children are at an increased risk of allergies later in life. That is why allergy incidence has increased as hygiene improved and first born children are more likely to be affected.