I have a large family, 6 brothers and sisters and my mom is also a foster parent. My son is now 6 and has had lung problems for about 3 years, including a week long PICU stay a year ago. When he gets sick, it goes straight to his lungs and then he has a nasty cough for weeks after. We have a pulmonologist who has him on a great maintenance plan and we try to avoid places where he is likely to get sick. The issue is, my family does not seem to realize that every single time we see them, someone is sick. For example, my mom is visiting from out of town and staying at my house with 5 of my siblings this week and 3 of them are sick! So I can already see that the next week will be full of coughing and breathing treatments. It's so frustrating! I do feel a little guilty for complaining because they did come to help me out while my husband is on a business trip, but the sick kids should have stayed home with my dad! My mother ate up the sympathy when my son was hospitalized, but seems oblivious to the fact that she's bringing illnesses in! Every summer we let our son go to our hometown and stay with my parents and my husband's parents for 2 weeks, but after last year, I don't know if I'll let him go again. Last year he was with my parents for about a week and they never said anything about him being sick. Then my mother in law went to pick him up to spend time with him and called my husband and asked what she should give him because he had a really nasty cough that was going untreated! When I asked my mom about it, she said he was fine while he was at their house, which can't be true. I'm just so tired of them having no regard for my son's health. The issue is, I can already see her taking it super personally and being deeply offended. How do I even try to bring this up? After this visit, I'm thinking about just not allowing any more visits here and not letting him stay there, but I know they'll figure out something is up. via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/2uXIR2W
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