Would you let your child go to a party after vomiting in the night?

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DD (nearly 3) threw-up in her sleep last night. Loads of it but only once. Since then she has had no symptoms. No fever, fine appetite, normal poos. She is invited to a party at 3pm. I was inclined to keep her home in case age is contagious but DH says it can't be a bug as she never felt ill and was only sick once.

No.

I follow a 24 hours after last bathroom emergency rule.

No. I think you're right.

No, I follow a 48 hour rule on bathroom emergencies/sickness.

If she had eaten and acted normally all day then yes I would.

Nope, unless you could be certain the vomiting was due to a surfeit of something. Tummy bugs are ghastly and unnecessary and imo should not be shared. My children's tummy bugs often started like this, followed by a more concerted bout of chucking.

Really Duchesse? There could be more? How long was the gap between this beginning and the real bug?

That us not good news. I have emetophobia and am coping through denial...

We've pretty often had the vomiting at 11 pm or midnight, followed by relatively normal day, and then more vomiting. It's as though the first bout is the vanguard. Or it could be that we are really careful about what they eat after vomiting, and as soon as they go back to real food they start up again.

No, I wouldn't. I would be tempted to, but you don't want to pass anything on and at a party they will be in fairly close contact and if all the guests get a sick bug, you would be a very unpopular person.

Absolutely do not go to the party if your child has vomited in the night. As Duchesse says sometimes there can be a gap between the initial sickness and a bug!

It would be really selfish to pass a vomiting bug on to other children unneccesarily.

Really hope that she does not have a bug and that it was a one off but please do not chance passing it on!

No, I wouldn't. The parents of the other children at the party won't be too chuffed if they have to spend the night mopping up vommitty children.

No, especially as there is a vomiting bug going around at the moment.
My child was sick at 6pm on Friday...was fine all night, fine all morning on Saturday, but vomiting by Sat night, and vomiting all day Sunday.
As well as considering the other guests, its worth noting that bug might absolutely drain your child, so perhaps best to avoid the mad energy of a party today.

You don't know the other circumstances of the other families. What for some people is just a grim couple of days with a sick child could be a disaster for others. DD1 picked up a vomitting bug from A&E when I was pregnant (first trimester, so no-one knew). I had awful morning sickness and couldn't look after my own sick child. I was lucky that my Mum was able to come to help after a few days, but it was a nightmare before that. I could barely get my own head out of the toilet bowl to clean up DD1, and I still feel really guilty about it and wonder how DD1 felt when she was really ill and her own mother wouldn't help her.

Anyway, the point is that you're right to keep her at home. Fingers crossed for you that it turns out to be a false alarm.

It's just not worth the risk. An almost 3 year old doesn't really get a lot out of a party. They can't even play pass-the-parcel properly.

The upside potential is minimal compared to the downside risk.

Ok, this thread convinced DH. We are not going. DE is sobbing "but I am not ill" so I am going out to buy some play dough to cheer her up.

Funnily enough I just called host mother and explained. She us a paediatrician and was v unborheted saying she and her family are exposed to all sorts of bugs through her work. However, we agreed the other mums may feel differently.

Sorry, really can't type well on this phone!