DH and I have plans to go for dinner together tomorrow, first time out together, alone, in more than a year. We've been working at home together through lockdown and had the DC with us virtually 24/7 until this week when a bit of normality has resumed with nursery/school starting.
Two DC, 4 and 18 months. Younger DC is a patchy sleeper, and we've had some rough nights recently due to sleep regression or who knows what. He's now decided to have a cold today. No cough, no temp, but plenty of sneezing and clear snot. He's unsettled now at bedtime.
DM was due to have younger DC at her house overnight tomorrow (older DC is very easy and so we are going to put him to bed then have a friend just mind him while we're out). She and DF are early 60's in good health. They never do overnights, they had DC for one night last December as a very rare occasion (close friend's wedding) but none before since pre DC2's birth when DC1 was much younger (older DC never any trouble at night, dream 12 hour sleeper).
For guidance context we are in Wales where you are allowed to have extended households for up to four.
WIBU to go ahead with the overnight babysitting/date night even though he is ill (happy enough all day, just clearly feels lousy now he's gone to bed, although he's not always easy to settle anyway so could be overtired, he's been in nursery all week)?
If he is horrific tonight I don't feel like I can go ahead even though we are desperate for this, marriage is definitely suffering due to being together with the kids 24/7, trying to work for large portions of it! Argh. So typical.