Best Friend coming to stay tomorrow night, but she and children are just getting over flu bug which has kept them off school for a week...

[Squirdle]

...so should I tell her not to come? What are the chances of my children getting this, bearing in mind that as from tomorrow morning I am alone with the children for a week while DH is in the US.

I want to see her, but I don't want my children to be ill all week.

people are still infectious for a couple of days after they have recovered from the bug, so i would deffo steer clear

Hmm yes sadly thats what I have been thinking. I have told her to call in the morning and we can see how they are.

I'm a teeny bit annoyed really as we arranged it on Tuesday when her children would already have had the bug.

that would annoy me too actually, i hate it when people bring sick kids over or arrive and then let you know they are getting over something etc. It always seems to happen, but when our kids are sick or even starting to appear sick i let people know and give them the option of visiting and i never take them anywhere.

To be fair though, she did call this morning to tell me they had been ill. I don't normally care about colds and coughs but they have had temps with it. DS3 is particularly vunerable when it comes to his chest and I don't want any hospital trips next week (which unless I catch his infections quickly enough it ends up with us there) especially with DH away, and so far away!

Oh, I really wanted to see her, but maybe it's best I don't

Well I suppose you could wriggle out of it by telling white lie that you think your lot are now coming down with the same bug, so best not to visit.

Ooh I'm rubbish at lying, especially to her! I've known her for nearly 25 years! I'd tell her the truth (as I have already really) I said this morning that I wouldn't normally worry but didn't really want my boys to be ill next week, and that was also why she was calling as she knows DH is away amd I will be on my own. I have told her to call in the morning and we will go from there. She won't bring them if they are obviously ill anyway.

We were going to have a good girly chat and a few glasses of wine so we can catch up. Been trying to for ages, something always mucks it up!!