Toddler and newborn worries

I’d like some advice please as I’m an anxious person and don’t know whether this would be overkill. My toddler usually goes to three different playgroups a week for example those library play groups which last a couple of hours. He does get sick often as lots of the other kids have runny noses. I’m due another baby anytime now and I’m anxious about him getting colds from his brother (we unfortunately caught one right now). My husband would be taking the toddler while I watch the baby at home but obviously it’s still a risk. Would it be overkill to stop the groups completely for a few weeks until the babies immune system improves or should we just carry on taking our toddler as it’s good for his development and isn’t good for him to stay at home too much?

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Honestly I say just go and make sure he’s washing his hands and stuff when he gets back home, you could even go a step further and change clothes, I think of it like this, if he was in school you wouldn’t be able to stop him going to school for a couple weeks if you had a new baby, when my son was born my partner banned us from playgroups because of this reason but honestly we still all caught colds as we were still going other places like shops and church, like you say it’s good for his development imo it’s not fair on him to stop going as even though it’s not nice for the baby they’ll still have to get ill eventually and it does build their immune system

I agree, you should just continue with the playgroups! Colds are inevitable unfortunately, but just encourage plenty of hand washing and definitely change clothes as soon as toddler comes home. There are different products now you can get to spray down clothes with disinfectants in them too as an option!

Keep your toddler's schedule as normal as possible. Going to the playgroups is also an energy burnout for the toddler.
My daughter from a week old was going to all my son's activities. School dropoff, dance, skating, soccer, swimming, library, etc

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