We have a healthy full-term ebf 5 month old DC. Hosting my family for Xmas this year and one of them has turned up with a cough and a fever. They didn’t tell us about it beforehand but they’ve travelled several hundred miles so I don’t think we could have told them not to attend anyway. PILs live locally and are planning to join for Xmas dinner tomorrow but one of them has a cold too.
We’re out and about all the time but until now we have deliberately avoided any friends or relatives with coughs/colds etc. I know baby is going to start getting infections eventually but he still seems so young to me, I feel bad exposing him to things that will cause him pain and discomfort! And we have a week off together after Xmas which is our one chance to relax as a family before DH starts demanding new job in January, and I’m now worried we’ll spend it caring for a poorly baby. Am I being precious? At five months I just need to suck it up and accept it as part of life, right? When did everyone else chill out about these things?
yabu - with a healthy five month old you just need to crack on with it
yanbu - I would still be taking precautions at this age too