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Post by whoisjohngalt on Dec 31, 2013 9:55:45 GMT -5
Last winter was the first winter that my kids were sick. Not that they weren't sick before that, but last year it seemed to start in Nov and didn't end until March. It seemed that one of them was constantly having a cold or something. And it's not like they are in day care or school, so I have no idea how it happened. Last week my DS2 got a cold or croup (we don't really know) and now DS3 is sick. I am having flash backs to last winter and I think I am going to loose it. I am not even talking about sleepless nights and cranky toddlers. But there are SOOO many places I wanted to go with them, now that my youngest is easier to handle. On one hand, I feel kind of bad for complaining bc it was nothing serious, but on another - I can't spend 5 months out of the year stuck at home!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 9:57:33 GMT -5
Give them extra nyquil and take then wherever you want.
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Post by busymom on Dec 31, 2013 10:14:12 GMT -5
My kids were sick a lot during the preschool & early elementary school years, too. In fact, they were constantly "taking turns" being sick. About the only time they were sick at exactly the same time, we missed a family wedding.
Are you a book reader, or a crafter? If you're going to be home with sick kids, at least you'll have something to do...
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Post by swamp on Dec 31, 2013 10:15:49 GMT -5
phobia of sick kids? phobia of leaving the house with a coughing snotty kid? phobia of being stuck in the house with sick kids?
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Dec 31, 2013 10:21:30 GMT -5
phobia of sick kids? phobia of leaving the house with a coughing snotty kid? phobia of being stuck in the house with sick kids? phobia that they will get non-stop sick every.freaking.winter!!! I feel bad leaving the house with snotty kids bc I don't want them to infect others, otherwise I wouldn't care
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 10:26:02 GMT -5
phobia of sick kids? phobia of leaving the house with a coughing snotty kid? phobia of being stuck in the house with sick kids? phobia that they will get non-stop sick every.freaking.winter!!! I feel bad leaving the house with snotty kids bc I don't want them to infect others, otherwise I wouldn't care eh. Don't worry about that. Everyone takes their sick kids out. My oldest always has some kind of upper respiratory thing. He got whooping cough a couple years ago that lasted over 8 months and now I always cringe when he starts hacking (like this morning). Younger son is a freak and never gets sick.
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Post by swamp on Dec 31, 2013 10:26:09 GMT -5
phobia of sick kids? phobia of leaving the house with a coughing snotty kid? phobia of being stuck in the house with sick kids? phobia that they will get non-stop sick every.freaking.winter!!! I feel bad leaving the house with snotty kids bc I don't want them to infect others, otherwise I wouldn't care Gotcha.
Mine were snotty all the time until they were about 5.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Dec 31, 2013 10:29:33 GMT -5
Don't people give you all kinds of evil eye if your kid is coughing in public
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Post by Cookies Galore on Dec 31, 2013 10:31:14 GMT -5
phobia that they will get non-stop sick every.freaking.winter!!! I feel bad leaving the house with snotty kids bc I don't want them to infect others, otherwise I wouldn't care eh. Don't worry about that. Everyone takes their sick kids out. My oldest always has some kind of upper respiratory thing. He got whooping cough a couple years ago that lasted over 8 months and now I always cringe when he starts hacking (like this morning). Younger son is a freak and never gets sick. Eight months?! Christ I'm on week three!
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Dec 31, 2013 10:31:41 GMT -5
Are you sure it's not allergies?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 10:32:08 GMT -5
Don't people give you all kinds of evil eye if your kid is coughing in public Wear a Corno. It will protect you from evil eyes.
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Post by swamp on Dec 31, 2013 10:35:53 GMT -5
Don't people give you all kinds of evil eye if your kid is coughing in public Yes.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Dec 31, 2013 10:35:58 GMT -5
Don't people give you all kinds of evil eye if your kid is coughing in public It's more of a manners thing for me--be it child or adult. People need to cover their mouths if their coughing or sneezing.
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Post by Timberwolf on Dec 31, 2013 10:36:33 GMT -5
They'll give you a worse evil eye when you have Crazy Mommie Syndrome.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 10:55:23 GMT -5
Don't people give you all kinds of evil eye if your kid is coughing in public It's more of a manners thing for me--be it child or adult. People need to cover their mouths if their coughing or sneezing. We can't expect sick people to hole up for the entire winter! I can deal with them in public as long as they're covering their mouths and not trying to touch me or my stuff with their germy hands.
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Post by raeoflyte on Dec 31, 2013 10:58:10 GMT -5
We're on month 2 of the kids, dh and I passing around flu, stomach flu, and various colds. It sucks donkey balls and I'm about ready to throw in the towel. 3 more months of this and I'd lose it.
I wouldn't worry too much about the stink eye though. I go off of--if we're well enough to visit 96 year old great grandma in the assisted living, we're well enough to do whatever else we feel like. Those requirements are 24 hours no fever or vomiting. If I didn't take the kids to see great grandma when someone had a cold I swear she wouldn't even remember that she had great-grand babies.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Dec 31, 2013 10:58:46 GMT -5
My DS2 is very good at covering his mouth. He even does it in the middle of the night when he wakes up coughing. Still working on DS3.
Urggghhh, hopefully by next week they are all done with sickies. It's also easier to go places when kids are back in school
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 11:00:41 GMT -5
There is something seriously nasty going around right now. We are on day 6-8 depending on who you are talking about. Both the kids got secondary bacterial infections and we are hacking away.
If it turns out to be another winter long thing, I would look at your house for answers, allergies? Mold? Anything that once you VoIP yourself up becomes worse...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 11:04:10 GMT -5
I keep waiting for Scarlett to get a sniffle they way she has been passed around. I swear I look for that little snotty nose and I am amazed not yet. We must have the healthiest families around. Now I just jinxed myself.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 11:05:13 GMT -5
eh. Don't worry about that. Everyone takes their sick kids out. My oldest always has some kind of upper respiratory thing. He got whooping cough a couple years ago that lasted over 8 months and now I always cringe when he starts hacking (like this morning). Younger son is a freak and never gets sick. Eight months?! Christ I'm on week three! Of whooping cough? Ugh. I feel for you. With DH this was a couple years ago and they thought he had everything but, including asthma. They started him on inhalers and asthma meds then all of a sudden the local little league baseball teams were losing kids left and right and it was discovered there was a whopping cough outbreak. THIS is when they finally tested DS and discovered he had it. They gave him the appropriate antibiotics then, but by that time it had pretty much run its course.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Dec 31, 2013 11:09:50 GMT -5
Eight months?! Christ I'm on week three! Of whooping cough? Ugh. I feel for you. With DH this was a couple years ago and they thought he had everything but, including asthma. They started him on inhalers and asthma meds then all of a sudden the local little league baseball teams were losing kids left and right and it was discovered there was a whopping cough outbreak. THIS is when they finally tested DS and discovered he had it. They gave him the appropriate antibiotics then, but by that time it had pretty much run its course. Ugh, that sucks! I went to the doctor after a week and got antibiotics. I'm much better than I was even last week. My doctor did say he's been seeing more cases of pertussis lately.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 31, 2013 11:16:04 GMT -5
Of whooping cough? Ugh. I feel for you. With DH this was a couple years ago and they thought he had everything but, including asthma. They started him on inhalers and asthma meds then all of a sudden the local little league baseball teams were losing kids left and right and it was discovered there was a whopping cough outbreak. THIS is when they finally tested DS and discovered he had it. They gave him the appropriate antibiotics then, but by that time it had pretty much run its course. Ugh, that sucks! I went to the doctor after a week and got antibiotics. I'm much better than I was even last week. My doctor did say he's been seeing more cases of pertussis lately. It was pretty unheard of when he got it. May have even been 3 years now. They traced it back to a family in his school that refused to vaccinate and then there are all the problems with the pertussis vaccines not working so it spread. Thankfully, he never had it like some get it that are coughing so hard they can't breathe. It was just this persistent cough that wouldn't go away and it was worse at night, so he had a lot of trouble sleeping.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Dec 31, 2013 11:26:11 GMT -5
OK people, I didn't start this thread to get more freaked out!!!!
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Post by sarcasticgirl on Dec 31, 2013 11:54:33 GMT -5
I have a phobia of kids... so at least you aren't as bad as me.
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Post by Cookies Galore on Dec 31, 2013 11:55:20 GMT -5
Ugh, that sucks! I went to the doctor after a week and got antibiotics. I'm much better than I was even last week. My doctor did say he's been seeing more cases of pertussis lately. It was pretty unheard of when he got it. May have even been 3 years now. They traced it back to a family in his school that refused to vaccinate and then there are all the problems with the pertussis vaccines not working so it spread. Thankfully, he never had it like some get it that are coughing so hard they can't breathe. It was just this persistent cough that wouldn't go away and it was worse at night, so he had a lot of trouble sleeping. Lol, I got the tdap booster in June. Sure did help! I did have the coughing until vomiting/can't breathe but I'm lucky I didn't have that for more than two weeks. Now it's just a persistent cough.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Dec 31, 2013 11:58:59 GMT -5
eh. Don't worry about that. Everyone takes their sick kids out. My oldest always has some kind of upper respiratory thing. He got whooping cough a couple years ago that lasted over 8 months and now I always cringe when he starts hacking (like this morning). Younger son is a freak and never gets sick. Eight months?! Christ I'm on week three! You've got another 9-11 weeks left before the worst is over.....sorry. I fractured a rib around week 8.
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Post by greeniis10 on Dec 31, 2013 12:01:05 GMT -5
I'm sorry that your kids have been sick, but maybe getting them out and about would actually help. Sometimes staying at home just spreads around the same old germs. NOT saying your house is dirty, of course! But, even when it's cold outside it's a good idea to open a window or two and get some fresh air circulating. The hot, stagnant, heated air seems to make things worse sometimes.
Anyway, I'd just make sure they were comfortable, their symptoms were managed as best you can and get out and about!
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Dec 31, 2013 12:29:37 GMT -5
I'm sorry that your kids have been sick, but maybe getting them out and about would actually help. Sometimes staying at home just spreads around the same old germs. NOT saying your house is dirty, of course! But, even when it's cold outside it's a good idea to open a window or two and get some fresh air circulating. The hot, stagnant, heated air seems to make things worse sometimes. Anyway, I'd just make sure they were comfortable, their symptoms were managed as best you can and get out and about! You are sooo right. Last year was very crappy bc youngest was just a baby and I just couldn't handle taking him, a 2.5 yr old and a 4 yr old if one of them was sick. This winter HAS TO be better!!!!!
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Post by Tennesseer on Dec 31, 2013 13:52:24 GMT -5
I developed a phobia (not about kids with colds) a long time ago: claustrophobia. Hearing the news this morning about the Georgia girl rescued after falling fifty feet into a well made me squirm like hell. Young girl rescued from Georgia well She could not right herself. She was basically stuck in that position.
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Post by happyhoix on Dec 31, 2013 14:07:50 GMT -5
OK people, I didn't start this thread to get more freaked out!!!! I think they just haven't developed an immunity yet. DS was in day care starting when he was 3 months old and for the next few years, he shared all the germs that all the other kids in day care had. Almost always seemed to be snot nosed, which ended up in ear infections. Strep throat, chicken pox, some weird intestinal parasite. However by the time he got to kindergarten, he had an iron constitution. I can count on one hand the number of times he got sick for the next twelve years (not counting bodily injury from skateboarding accidents, bike riding, and sleds). I think they'll improve. Although it might take another few years.
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