We are scheduled to have my 6 yr old daughter's birthday party with the girls from her class on Sat. at our house. However, last night my husband has come down with the stomach flu! He traveled this week to Minneapolis and so I am guessing he got it on the plane. He banned himself to the basement and I immediately Lysoled the place down but I have no idea if my kids or myself will get it. As you know, the incubation period for the next person can be a couple of days.
My thought is that if no one else gets it by Sat. that I go ahead and hold the party. However, what if one of my other kids get sick? Should I still hold the party or cancel. (I was always going to have the rest of my kids gone during the party so the siblings sick or not wouldn't be at the party regardless.)
I don't want to have kids over and later they get sick. However, I also hate to cancel based on just a the possibility. Whether the girls would come to our house on Sat. or not they would still be exposed to my 6 yr. old at school.
What are your thoughts??? How would you feel if sending your child to a birthday party at a house where there had been sickness in the home??
J.
Well...I am taking your advice and postponing the party. I know that the kids will be disappointed but I would feel terrible if anyone got sick.
Thanks for your thoughts!
J.
That is always a hard thing. I think the considerate thing would be to contact each parent and allow them to make the decision as to whether or not they want to take a chance. Good luck!! Hope everyone gets well soon
J., I would postpone the party. I am sure all of the kids parents would thank you for that and understand. Or maybe have the party elsewhere. Maybe Pizza Hut party or skating party. Something like that. Hope this helps.......Good Luck
I think since you lysoled everything, as long as say your husband takes the other out to do, you should be okay. But if you sense that someone else is getting it, you may want to postpone it a few days. Good luck and hopefully the party goes okay.
Everyone has had that flu lately so those kids probably have already been exposed. I would have it as long as you didn't expose them directly to the sick person. Lysol everything like you said and scrub bathrooms with bleach/water combination (1 part-10 parts) and enjoy the party.
Good luck,
D.
Why not pose it to your daughter? I mean it is her party. I think it is only fair and responsible to call each of the parents and let them know that one member of the family is down with the flu (and hopefully on antibiotics...you know you can get Tamaflu that will help prevent the others from getting it or at least as bad - BTW). But I think you should sit down and have a mature conversation with your daughter about this. Realistically, very few could come to her party or no one and that would be just as disappointing...if you put the ball in her court then you are empowering her with the decision to hold it or not with the understanding that if the party goes forward, there may be very few guests and there should be no complaining about it.
I would venture to say your daughter may surprise you and just say, let's cancel and hold it next month or something like that...at any rate, you are including her in the decision making process and not making her feel like "it's Dad's fault she can't have her party b/c he got sick and now everyone else may get sick". Take the opportunity to turn a negative into a positive and give the girl the opportunity to make a real life choice. It's the greatest gift you could give her.
That is really good that you are postponing it!!!! My family has gone though FOUR ROUNDS of the stomach flu this season!! I wish parents had given ME a heads up before getting our kids together!!
i agree with rebecca...it's only right to let parents know. as a mom myself, as long as no one at the party was right in the middle of the full-blown sickness, i'd be okay with it. it seems lately that there's always someone "just getting over" something. and you never know where sickness might be, at the store, at school, etc. i don't really see any point in quarantining your family when it's just as likely these kids might get sick tomorrow from someone else. that's just my opinion...
I just wanted to let you know that tamiflu won't protect you against the "stomach flu" it and influenza (true flu) are two different things. I think a phone call to each child's parent would be the polite thing to do. Give them the choice your whole house is infected lysol or not..
I say have the party somewhere else or postpone it until next weekend.
I would cancel, just to be safe. But, I'm a complete germ-o-phobe. Realistically, I would think that as long as no one else comes down with it by Saturday afternoon, you should be fine and able to throw the party. If anyone else gets sick, even if they won't be home, I'd cancel the party, because more than likely it has spread and others will get sick too. Make sure you disinfect everything before the party. It wouldn't hurt to let the parents know and they could decide for themselves whether or not they want to still bring their kids over.
have the party but move it to a new loacation she's only 6 once and who dosen't love a good party!!!!!!!!!!!
hold the party somewhere else
Hi J....
I would probably postpone the party, or move it somewhere else. The flu has been so bad in the area where I live. I wouldn't want to send my child to the party, knowing dad is sick, even if he's in the basement! Good Luck.
I would call a few of the moms to the Children and pick their brain and feelings on how they felt about sending their child to your house.
I think most Moms will be very understanding and I would greatly appreciate the fact that you were concerned about exposing my child to a virus. I personally think if he has a stomach flu bug that I would not want my child there. Perhaps you can postpone it to next weekend. Definetaly I would let each Mom know what is going on in your house so they can make an educated decision. I think you will find most Moms very understanding and no hard feelings will be harbored if you need to postpone or cancel the party. (If they do have an issue with it, I think I would find a new group of 'friends-if that is what they call themselves.')
If you decide to have the party I would let each parent decide wheter or not their child should go. With a newborn at home, I would not want to risk flu in my house.
Good Luck
