I’m not well but looking after grandchildren all weekend

Thanks everybody for reassuring advice. Parents are due back before childrens’ bedtime but it is a long long afternoon - the little ones are being so good, I wonder if they sense poor old granny is under par. We are playing ‘pairs’ game and the 5 year old is letting me win!! I think I will mention I have a sniffle and say I hope the children don’t catch it - and leave it at that. Good advice from you all. I feel better just having shared how I am feeling - sympathy has helped no end!

Well done for struggling through the weekend I ve just had a chill and either food poisoning or a bug and couldn’t drag myself out of bed yesterday, very unlike me, so you ve done fantastically
I wouldn’t make much of it at all just say you ve gone down with a cold and you ve done you best to make sure the kids don’t catch it but as onlyruth says it’s not uncommon is it you haven’t had the plague and what was the alternative ?
Don’t overthink this

Parents get colds too! I can't see how anyone can blame you if the children get one. You were doing them a favour! It's not like you could abandon the children and go home!

You've done well to look after them all weekend! Hope you're feeling better soon.

I'd also go along the path of saying 'I've got a bit of a cold at the moment' and leave it at that. Children of 2 & 5 are genereally germ-ridden anyway, at least, my 2yo & 5yo GC are!

Good advice from Sillygrandma5GK I think. Hope you soon feel better and good on you for soldiering on.

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I would say you have a bit of a cold and leave it like that. Then they are prepared if the children are poorly bearing in mind that sometimes children don't have the aches etc that adults get. Some viruses can be age related and the children may escape it hopefully. Sorry it impacted your weekend x