To enforce pre Xmas lockdown with my family next year

[Frostysnowlady]

I have a 1 and 2 Yr old. We are hosting Xmas this year first proper family Xmas since the pandemic.

We had a playdate in the week I was a bit hesitant but mum said kids were fine.

We are all now so ill. Toddler spiking a huge temp sleeping and crying on and off all day. 1 Yr old isnt sleeping I have chills cough snot the works.

We have spent an absolute fortune on food, booze, snacks, Christmas centre pieces, tableware etc to make it extra special to compensate for previous years. Not to mention all the presents for the kids that I have spent so much time choosing and wrapping to ensure it magical as first year toddler knows what santa is and has been counting down the days, now they will now be too poorly to even open them.

I'm so fed up. I know these things happen but what do we do? We can't cancel as our family have no food in for Xmas themselves but how can we host when we can't get out of bed and feel like absolute death.

Advice please.

Anyone so done pre Xmas lockdowns and do they work?

This is just life with young kids. We are always ill the first couple of weeks of December. You have two whole days to go. Kids bounce back quickly.

Stop being overdramatic. There's days to go yet, and you're not so ill that it prevents you from posting crap on Mumsnet.

@Notanotherone6
Exactly!!!
I’m afraid we have to function in December and that does mean leaving the house and maybe encountering some germs.

But the more we lock down the more susceptible to bugs we become!!!

We need to get Exposed to build immunity

Don't lock you or your kids down this is just normal life!

It could have been worse, you could have been going on holiday.

Everyone is sick with this bloody cold/flu/covid. You just have to muddle through. No drama.

There's still 3 days to go. You might bounce back. Probably won't feel up to standing around the kitchen though can your guests chip in with cooking?

Bring ill with young kids is no fun, but Mumsneters really have no sense of proportion when it comes to minor winter illnesses.

Are the people telling the OP that we all just crack on with it not mumsnetters then?

We had it OP and it was shit. However I reckon I could have powered through if it had been Christmas Day and still enjoyed it!

I wore a mask for a week before I went to New York for 9 days so I would def be able to get on the flight ie no ban, but precautions taken.

When we arrived in NY my friend was a bit sniffly. I said we'd book a hotel, she was insistent we stayed - she spends a lot of time on her own, so I felt obliged to stay. On our 1st full day she took a turn for the worst but Vicks on feet really helped. She was diagnosed with SRV after testing. Thankfully I didn't catch it but honestly, I would not have stayed if I'd known it was anything other than a cold, so call your relatives and let them know you're all ill.

Yes, because pre 2019, no one got ill ever.
You're being hysterical.
Enjoy life in your bubble, but accept that people might laugh at you and tell you and your rules to f off

This reminds me of a Christmas quite a few years ago, when I sat down at my in-laws for Christmas dinner and my young DD suddenly threw up with no warning. There had been no signs of illness before. It was the start of mumps.