September 2015 Moms
Bellarose212
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Getting sick all the time!
Bellarose212
member
Anyone else? I used to never get sick. Like maybe once a year. But my little guy gets sick at least once a month and infects the whole family taking everyone down one by one- plague style. We just recovered from a stomach bug and now it's an upper respiratory type of thing. It's been one thing after the next for months. I never realized how germy babies are! It makes sense because his hands are constantly in his mouth. Is this happening to everyone else? Any tips/strategies to prevent illness or to recover faster? Or to stop the inevitable spreading to others?
Re: Getting sick all the time!
I remember when we had our first child, we got given a book when leaving the hospital about the first two years of your babies life. It's was great, full of really useful info for FTM's, and it was free!
It mentioned about how the first couple of years of your baby's life they will be sick over 200 times!!! I nearly fell over when I read it. It turned out to be true. Our first born DID get cold after cold, or a tummy bug like you said; especially when they're on the move.
Just be wary if anything seems out of the ordinary, like a rash etc. (you'll know with your LO having bugs and colds at the moment, along with mama's good old intuition) Otherwise it's normal. It actually helps build their little immune systems, and as long as their jabs are up to date, your little darling will be just fine. Not good when it gets passed on to the rest of the family though - agreed.
I give Jake daily vitamin drops, have done since he was born. He still manages to pick up a cold & cough every few weeks though, but they don't last very long, 2/3 days max. Not sure if that's the vitamins or just his little body fighting it off naturally.
Hope this helps.
So sorry you're going through this! Sounds awful!