To think they should have declared this to me before visiting?

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A few of our relatives visited on Sunday. One of them took a phone call from another member of their family whilst they were here and I overheard them asking how they were feeling today. Once they had finished their phone call, they declared that they'd all had a D&V bug the previous day.
I was a bit but I didn't think anything else of it until DD (5 months) woke at 3am this morning vomiting and has continued to do so all day. She can't keep her milk down and GP has prescribed up rehydration powder to keep her dehydrated.

AIBU to think that they should have called me first to check I was still happy for them to visit?

So many people bang on about exposure to germs "building up the immune system" that it seems to have become acceptable to not take precautions at all.
I would be absolutely livid if this happened to me (it has) but I would casually mention it to them rather than confront them. Perhaps under the guise of asking them how long they were ill with it because baby has caught it from them.
They need to know or they will do it again.
I hope your little one is better soon.

Very selfish. Time and again the kids at school tell you they were sick or had diarrhoea 'last night' and there you are wiping it up and hoping you don't catch it.

Makes me bloody furious. No excuse. Hope your dd better soon.

I would be absolutely fuming, and would tell them so too.

What dickheads. I would be fizzing.

No YANBU.

Someone used to bring her DS in to work whenever he was ill 'just for a visit' - I ended up with the Norovirus because of him and couldn't visit my seriously ill DM in hospital for a week and missed my oldest friends 30th birthday celebrations. I have a compromised immune system - why would you think it's a good idea to risk a vulnerable person such as a 5 month old to an illness?

YANBU, get some more rehydration sachets for yourselves incase-noro is very very contagious.

Aside from the unreasonableness of visiting, why the hell did they even want to go out? When I've had D&V the last thing I want to do is visit people! (Though day 2 of being off work is usually bliss as feeling fine by then but can't go back!)

People seem to have forgotten what used to be common sense precautions.

When i was small, and all my aunts were having babies, i remember that standard behaviour beyond mom, dad, and a very few others, was to kiss the baby's foot to avoid your germs near their face or hands! Anyone with any sort of symptoms didnt touch the baby, or didnt visit at all. Running errands for the new mom was a thing too, as taking newbirns out to shops or on public transport was to be avoided if at all possible.

Of course, this was in the days of heavy steel prams and push chairs, cloth nappies, rubber britches that leaked, no plastic bags for bringing home wet items, glass bottles that were heavy and breakable, and had to be carried cold and warmed to feed and few innoculations yet available. Travelling around with a baby the first year was a right pain and an actual health hazard.