AIBU shouldn't people just be more considerate?

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AIBU or do some people just need to be more considerate. Took DD to soft play yesterday (10 months) another child in the baby section (too big to be in there but that's a different thread ) he was about 3, red faced and wouldn't stop coughing everywhere! I'm not a germaphobe but would never dream of taking an unwell child to an enclosed public space- he would have been too unwell for nursery too.

I gave the mum a suggestive look and tried to move DD out of his line of fire but now she has a temp and a cough- thanks!

YABU- it's a free for all, sick kids should play indoors with other kids too...

YANBU- that's just inconsiderate

Would any of you have said or done anything different?

yanbu

Why don't people give a sh*t anymore? Covid has made this even worse I feel, and society seems so selfish

I think I would have been tempted to leave and ask for my money back as I felt unsafe with a 10 month old contracting whatever that kid had. Then it would be up to the business to police their customers a bit more carefully.

Hope your little one is ok. It's awful when they're unwell

Look at the stats. Kids that age can get 6-12 colds a year. The cough can last 2-3 weeks.
For some kids that just doesn't leave much of a window at all when they aren't coughing!!

Kids need to build immunity, and I think it's unrealistic to expect to be protected from every little sniffle. It means less time off school when it matters more than when they're pre-schoolers. Covid has totally warped people's sense of proportion in my opinion. Mine caught everything under the sun as little ones but as a result have missed barely a day off school as older ones.

Some small children/babies get much sicker than others with colds. Mine have asthma and could be hospitalized with colds when young. I think those whose children don't get so unwell tend not to realise how badly colds can affect others. Maybe they'd be more considerate if aware.

@BeachTree

yanbu

Why don't people give a sh*t anymore? Covid has made this even worse I feel, and society seems so selfish

This.

I had hoped the massive reduction in colds and flu would make people realise that needlessly spreading it is completely unnecessary, but for some reason it seems to have gone the opposite way.

The amount of people - adults and children - with raging colds coughing away everywhere is worse now than before. There was a woman in a restaurant last week clearly really suffering with a cold coughing and spluttering everywhere. Was very glad we were on pudding when she arrived. Everyone has missed going to nice things, but there's just no need to be that selfish.

Absolute nightmare when you have a child for whom a bad cold is a hospitalisation case.

YABU.

Not everyone with a cough is unwell.

Thanks for the replies

This kid was definitely ill- red cheeks, seemed restless etc.

Unfortunately i’m still awake with LO, i’m also that asthmatic who could end up in hospital with it + I have now started coughing

Thanks mum of coughing child

Totally unheard of that a kid at a soft play centre might be restless and red-cheeked!!

Yanbu about the coughing, but yabu for going to soft play. Germ infested pits of despair.

I've really enjoyed never having to go to one the last 2 years. Especially as the DC brought home a d&v bug last time.

Yes kids will have to go out and about with a cold as they have them a lot, but you don't have to take them to soft play to cough over everyone else, if they don't get the idea of covering their mouth.

Young children are always sick. I remember feeling your way in soft play when mine were babies (pre covid) there was always a child coughing or with a runny nose etc. Then mine went to a childminder and every second week one of them was sick. If we were to stay at home every time someone had a runny nose then we would have pretty much never left the house! It's just the way it is.