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Terminal_Boy said:
Has it started nursery/playgroup/school yet?

Enjoy it/them bringing home new germs the first week after every school holiday until they start uni.
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Yep she started in April and I'd say we've had maybe 6 weeks scattered throughout that time where at least one of us hasn't been ill :o

Never realised how little I got ill until this started.
 
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Our second is starting nursery in a couple of weeks, I'm kinda hoping/wishing/praying that because her older brother has already been bringing illness home from nursery she doesn't get as ill and pass it on to me and my wife.

Side note, can't believe she's 1! We always planned to just have two kids but I can kinda see how people end up having more especially as the second time around the 8-12 month stage so far has been much more enjoyable as we've been much more relaxed about (unsurprisingly) basically everything. No more kids though, off to the docs next week to discuss the chop :eek:
 
tom_e said:
Yep she started in April and I'd say we've had maybe 6 weeks scattered throughout that time where at least one of us hasn't been ill :o

Never realised how little I got ill until this started.
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Someone will probably say it's all placebo rubbish but my missus has always given our daughter these vitamin/biotic things, and even though she's been at nursery and after school clubs etc for years she's actually very rarely ill.


It might just be luck but she's had them every day with her breakfast for years.
 
tom_e said:
Yep she started in April and I'd say we've had maybe 6 weeks scattered throughout that time where at least one of us hasn't been ill :o

Never realised how little I got ill until this started.
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My wife and I regularly say the same thing. We would be sick maybe once a year max before having a kid - but we also never had someone walk up to us, sneeze/cough in our face and then ask for a cuddle.

This morning our daughter came into our bedroom, opened my wife's book that was on her bedside table, sneezed directly into it and then closed the book and walked off.
 
OG said:
Our second is starting nursery in a couple of weeks, I'm kinda hoping/wishing/praying that because her older brother has already been bringing illness home from nursery she doesn't get as ill and pass it on to me and my wife.

Side note, can't believe she's 1! We always planned to just have two kids but I can kinda see how people end up having more especially as the second time around the 8-12 month stage so far has been much more enjoyable as we've been much more relaxed about (unsurprisingly) basically everything. No more kids though, off to the docs next week to discuss the chop :eek:
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Yeah, we're considering a third vaguely at the moment. Our twins are 20 months today. The main thing holding me back is that I don't want to make my entire existence about children. Its already stressful enough with 2 and I basically never get a break because we both work pretty much full time. That and the deep dread that we could have another set of twins...
 
t2na said:
My wife and I regularly say the same thing. We would be sick maybe once a year max before having a kid - but we also never had someone walk up to us, sneeze/cough in our face and then ask for a cuddle.

This morning our daughter came into our bedroom, opened my wife's book that was on her bedside table, sneezed directly into it and then closed the book and walked off.
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That is very true, not sure I've ever let anyone else basically spit in my mouth :cry:
 
I wonder how much of it is being ill (as a parent) Vs being more vulnerable due to being tired with kids. I always feel worse if it's been a rough night, twice this week my son was up a bit during the night and I had to ring in sick 1 day.
 
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