I think I am developing a phobia

[whoisjohngalt]

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!!!

[Deleted]

Give them extra nyquil and take then wherever you want.

[busymom]

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...

[swamp]

phobia of sick kids? phobia of leaving the house with a coughing snotty kid? phobia of being stuck in the house with sick kids?

[whoisjohngalt]

Dec 31, 2013 10:15:49 GMT -5 swamp said:

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

[Deleted]

Dec 31, 2013 10:21:30 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

Dec 31, 2013 10:15:49 GMT -5 swamp said:

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.  

[swamp]

Dec 31, 2013 10:21:30 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

Dec 31, 2013 10:15:49 GMT -5 swamp said:

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.

[whoisjohngalt]

Don't people give you all kinds of evil eye if your kid is coughing in public

[Cookies Galore]

Dec 31, 2013 10:26:02 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

Dec 31, 2013 10:21:30 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

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!

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Are you   sure it's not allergies?

[Deleted]

Dec 31, 2013 10:29:33 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

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.

[swamp]

Dec 31, 2013 10:29:33 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

Don't people give you all kinds of evil eye if your kid is coughing in public

Yes.

[Knee Deep in Water Chloe]

Dec 31, 2013 10:29:33 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

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. 

[Timberwolf]

They'll give you a worse evil eye when you have Crazy Mommie Syndrome.

[Deleted]

Dec 31, 2013 10:35:58 GMT -5 Knee Deep in Water Chloe said:

Dec 31, 2013 10:29:33 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

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.

[raeoflyte]

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.  

[whoisjohngalt]

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

[Deleted]

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...

[Deleted]

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.

[Deleted]

Dec 31, 2013 10:31:14 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

Dec 31, 2013 10:26:02 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

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.

[Cookies Galore]

Dec 31, 2013 11:05:13 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

Dec 31, 2013 10:31:14 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

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.

[Deleted]

Dec 31, 2013 11:09:50 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

Dec 31, 2013 11:05:13 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

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.

[whoisjohngalt]

OK people, I didn't start this thread to get more freaked out!!!!

[sarcasticgirl]

I have a phobia of kids... so at least you aren't as bad as me. 

[Cookies Galore]

Dec 31, 2013 11:16:04 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

Dec 31, 2013 11:09:50 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

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.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Dec 31, 2013 10:31:14 GMT -5 Cookies Galore said:

Dec 31, 2013 10:26:02 GMT -5 minnesotapaintlady said:

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.

[greeniis10]

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! 

[whoisjohngalt]

Dec 31, 2013 12:01:05 GMT -5 greeniis10 said:

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!!!!!

[Tennesseer]

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.

She spent about an hour and 10 minutes trapped in the well before Lt. Clay Kierbow with Carroll County Fire and Rescue was lowered down to get her out.

Kierbow said she was in an awkward position.

"Her face was down, and one leg was up to the left and the other was up under her," Kierbow told WSB-TV. "I finally managed to find a place to put my foot without stepping on her, got down there and got some webbing under her arm."

Young girl rescued from Georgia well

She could not right herself.  She was basically stuck in that position.

[happyhoix]

Dec 31, 2013 11:26:11 GMT -5 whoisjohngalt said:

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.