Just reply with ... "hmmm... maybe... we'll see..."

That's all I do now. "Yeah, well, we'll see ... but right now I'm still not coming over if your kids are sick."

Maybe it's me being an 'overprotective first time mum' ... or, maybe it's just me thinking I don't want to stay up all night watching my daughter cough her lungs out if I don't have to?

When Jazz was a few weeks old, I was at a friends son's first birthday party (at night!), and she was teasing me about being nervous about letting Jazz sleep in the cot with her 1yo son until we were ready to go. "Oh you're so nervous, it's cute! I remember when I used to follow all those 'baby rules'... blah blah blah" and one of her friends turned to me and said "I have four kids, I'm overprotective, and all i can say is they're all here right now, and it's never hurt them!" I felt so much better, stood my ground, and said no my 5 week old baby isn't sharing a cot with a 1yo!