hand foot and mouth disease

jewelsonu

Ugh! This is horrible.  Ethan now has it and it is so hard to listen to him cry b/c it hurts or itches.  It is also a gross looking rash.  Sadly there is nothing you can do for it but wait for it to run its course. I have no idea if me or dh are going to get it.  Sophia is so much better. Her spots are fading and she is in a great mood.

Dh said ethan was so calm and quiet today.  He forgot that we had Ethan on benadryl all day and a higher dose than we should have b/c our dr's website had the wrong dosage amount.

mrsoc

Evan had this when Andrew was about 3 weeks old...it was not fun, but only last a couple days.  Luckily A did not get it.  Hope that the kids are feeling better.  E's sores were not very big, so it was only like 2 days of not wanting to eat, etc.  

wendyj

That stinks. Ian had it a couple years ago. Our pedi told us to give him a mixture of Maalox and Benedryl (I think it's 1:1) to help with the mouth sores. We kept it in the fridge. I don't know if it did a whole lot of good, but at least we didn't feel completely hopeless.

ArcticFox

My older DD has had it TWICE!  Different strains.  The worst was the fever.  Hope they feel better soon!

And I did catch it from the kids the 2nd time.  It was no fun, my nails hurt

jnk062602

Aww, hope he is feeling better and you guys don't get it. 

Telyco

Aww...I hope it leaves your house soon!!!!

cm2007

Hope he is feeling better soon!  Hopefully you don't get it either

Sigmabella

OMG...So sorry out of all our Illnesses with my son tis may have been the most aggervating...My son Cried for 5 days straight,,,He had sores in mouth & Throat one on hand and one on foot...

Thank god for Fruit smoothes and cable....

Good Luck

 

jewelsonu

thanks girls. I really hope I don't get it.  I am hoping he gets better his birthday party is next weekend so it lookslike we have a lot of disinfecting to do.  He is just so itchy.  As he was falling alseep tonight he just kept scratching his feet on each other.  Everyone has said that this is the worst illness that their kids had b/c of the mouth sores

MarcyIam

I'm so sorry!  Ryan has had this as well and I hope he never gets anything like it again.  Feel better little guy!

June4bride2be

Oh poor E! We haven't had this yet, hope we never do! Yikes, sounds so uncomfortable!

Hope he gets better quick and no one else gets it!

 

NikCole

that sounds terrible. I hope he is on the mend soon!

kac0807

T was sick with it for her 2nd Birthday. The doc said its a popular illness in summer! She only had sores in her throat from it but was so sick! Just be careful because the virus lingers in their system for quite a while after symptoms go away so you might want to read up on it. I forget how long they're contagious for but I remember it being a long time. Luckily DH and I never got it, I think because her sores were never touching us. Hope the kiddos are feeling better soon!!