We had to cancel plans to have friends over for dinner tonight and it started me thinking about the change that kids bring about relative to your health and the health of your friends. As I told my pregnant friend today, there are two scenarios on the horizon for the next few years of her life; you’ll have friends call and cancel due to their kids being ill (desired) or you have friends arrive a bit late and attribute it to their child having had violent vomiting and explosive diarrhea fits on the drive over…. which they explain just in time for you to see your kids sharing sippy cups… lovely.When you have sick kids, you tend to get sick as well, as do your friends and their kids when they play together. It’s a given. Hugs are exchanged, food is prepared and passed, kids cuddle or worse, sneeze without forewarning….so when you have friends with kids, or even far more important, friends that are pregnant, you’re doing them a great favor by being considerate of their health.