If one gets sick, do they both get sick?

zazu13 · December 2014

my girls are 9 months and we have been lucky to have no real sicknesses yet, but my baby B came down with croup over the weekend. I'm wondering if I can prevent her from giving it to baby A or if it's just inevitable that thd other will get it? We usually are lax about sharing pacis, spoons, bottles, toys but Ive tried to keep them separate.

carrotcake06 · December 2014

For my kids, no. One has gotten croup a few times without the other getting it. They tend to get sick in different ways, too. One will have a cough and stuffy nose, the other will have a slight fever or loose poops and diaper rash. My oldest prob brings it all home, but he rarely gets sick himself. There's no rhyme or reason in our house.

Brummy14 · December 2014

For us, yes, the other has always gotten sick if one has. It's almost to the point where I just try to expedite the inevitable infection so as to minimize the period during which only one is sick.

Rynleigh · December 2014

Most stuff they both get, but Simon is always sick for several days longer than Jamie. Jamie's rarely sick for more than a couple of days, while Simon can be sick for a whole week or two with the same bug.

CaliCarly77 · December 2014

Brummy14 said:

For us, yes, the other has always gotten sick if one has. It's almost to the point where I just try to expedite the inevitable infection so as to minimize the period during which only one is sick.

All of this. We are on our 4th cold right now. The weird thing is that my husband has gotten 3 of the 4, and I have only gotten 2 of the 4 (including the current one, which is awful)

The only time they didn't share an illness was when Alex was throwing up and having the poops. I think hers was a reaction from her shots earlier that week but the doctor vehemently argued with me that she had a stomach bug. No one else got it though so....

kgs0505 · December 2014

Usually, yes, if one is sick, the second will eventually get it. However, one of my twins was diagnosed with RSV a week ago Monday, and on the following Saturday the second one with croup. Both diseases have been going around the daycare. Fun fun

They don't both get things to the same extremes as each other though, one will usually have a worse time of it than the other, just depends...

Throw in teething and it's wonderful

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