To stil have people round tomorrow if kids puking tonight.

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People are coming at two, youngest has been sick three times between 9-10.30z I'm thinking I just message people in the morning and let them make their own mind up as long as not sick again? ive bought all the food etc and shame to waste it. It's ok to give people the information and then let them decide isn't it? Or should I just cancel

*root ffs

Slightly different, but a colleague came to work last week with a hacking cough. Thought nothing of it. 3 days later, I went for a nap, feeling rough. Today, 4 days later, is the first day I've been out of bed for any significant length of time, and I didn't even make getting dressed. I've had to warn work that I may have to call in sick for my 12 hour shift in 2 days time because while I can walk now, I'm still weak and I don't know that I will be fit for all duties.

What I'm saying is that you only know how this virus is affecting your child. For your child it may only be one vomit (or 3). For another person the same virus could mean 24 hours of keeping nothing down. Everyone reacts differently.

Cancel- don't put an onus on the guests to have to decide, maybe not wanting to let you down.

If I was ill with a bug I wouldn't want visitors. I would want to be able to snuggle on the sofa and get better. Definitely cancel.

Cancel

Please tell us you cancelled, OP

If you think they'll feel obliged to still come then cancel but if they're close family and would be OK telling you they don't want to come then let them decide.

How do these germs get around? I've never had it in my life. I'm not particularly a clean freak but it seems to be some sort of MNet right of passage.

Anyway, OP I'd be upfront and let them to the risk instead of just cancelling.

Let them decided the risk for themselves, I mean.

Cancel!

Unless you know why they were sick (running around after eating lots of chocolate, coughing so much it makes them sick, allergic reaction type things), you have to assume it's s bug. Which means 48 hours clear.

Especially since you've presumably been looking after/cleaning up after dc, you may be going to come down with it (I hope not!) and could infect everyone by cooking for them.

Cancel.

It's probably norovirus, it's very contagious.

We've just had it go through the household here & it's very unpleasant.

And you will probably be puking too in next day or two.

Oh and cancel now so they can sort out food etc for themselves for tomorrow

www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Norovirus/Pages/Introduction.aspx

And as for the food poisoning not being catching - DS caught norovirus from eating an oyster. He then passed it on to me the usual way 2 days later.

I think you should cancel as some people will feel obliged to come. I don't understand that logic as my fear of D & V is greater than my fear of upsetting anyone!

I hope your DC is feeling better and no one else catches it.

Nothing worse trying to cater and having a sick child to say nothing of spreading it - cancel now they have time to organise something else. My family would come and collect food, cook and serve and send round plates for me and hubby but we do tend to muck in etc