to take my kids to playgroup if they have colds?

[ilovespinach]

I can't get in touch with the other mothers to ask...

Personally, if it's a cold, it wou;dn't bother me - they don't have a fever or anything like that.

Woud you take them along?

yes I'd take them. It's a cold. I wouldn't take them if they were actually ill and the only reason they're up and about is because you've dosed them up on calpol. But a bit of a sniffly nose and cough is neither here nor there.

Oh colds are fine - the playgroup would be empty in the winter if everyone with colds stayed away.

Yes, always send with a cold here too - playgroup and school. I have to go to work with a cold so figure they should learn young about toughing it out

agree with wishing chair

ok thanks

no colds are bad. keep ill children at home. PLEASE. some kids are more vulnerable than others. some families cannot deal with illness as well as others - twins, special needs etc.

Take them. Colds are fine.

Accord - The world can't stop because of a cold, poster who said they went to work with a cold and kids need to get used to it is right.

Take them if you keep close to them and wipe snot whenever it appears.

But depends on severity of cold - if gross snot fest then the other mothers may not be ecstatic to see them.

Colds are fine. I had a child who was immunosuppressed and I got v. annoyed at mums who bought kids with chickenpox, rubella etc but never at colds.

Some kids have a snotty nose throughout their first 2 years. You cant keep them away from eveybody.

Colds are inevitable.

But FFS make sure you wipe their noses if you live in East London. Its the law and if you dont you will be given evils for the rest of your LIFE.

Yes colds fine, but I agree with chegirl, it pisses me off when parents still drag their kids to school with these tropical diseases.

Argh this one's been bugging me all day! That's the trouble with the AIBU posts, there's always one that randomly gets under your skin!
There are colds and there are colds. Some colds are more like flu. And one child's cold can be another child's chest infection. Or sleepless nights for another family, who might have important stuff they need to do that week...
Last winter, my DTs were ill for six whole months, a cold could derail them for two weeks. They would end up puking, not sleeping, coughing - dreadful. One time they caught a horrible cold when they were visiting the nursery for the day to see if they wanted to join it (they didn't...)
My friend who has twins (two sets!!!) was told that if her twins caught colds this winter (they were very very prem) it could have really serious consequences. Colds can be really bad for elderly people (grannies!) too, it can start with that and lead to pneumonia.
So I admit it, I've got a problem with this one, probably not something that would bother anyone in the normal run of things, but just that some families can't cope with this stuff as well as others...
Also, it's good to teach your kids to take care of themselves when they feel unwell, isn't it? I hate it when people tough it out, and all they're doing is spreading it around. All these viruses that are going round this winter wouldn't spread so fast if people just stayed at home with them and didn't think it was nice to share!

I sort of assumed we were talking about non ill colds IYSWIM?

The sort of vague sniffly, grungy ones that kids get all the time.

Ill children should be at home on the sofa watching ceebeebees IMO.

As a mum who had one of 'those' sorts of families - yes I can see your point.

Maybe I am being soft but I imagined that there wouldnt be much debate about taking a SICK kid to a playgroup. You just wouldnt would you

But then one mum's 'sick' is different to anothers I suppose.
Forever vague - thats me

I'm with Accordiongirl - colds, as with all illnesses, affect different people in different ways.
I've lost count of the times I've told people why DS2 has been is off school for over a week, only to hear 'yes, my DS had a sniffle last week'. Thanks very much.
It's not even as if there's a benefit to catching it, as with, say, chicken pox - there's so many viruses you couldn't possibly be immune to them all.