When are my kids going to stop getting me sick?

[chad]

My oldest is 4 and a half and in her second year of school. My little one is 9 months old.

Will I ever develop immunity to all the garbage they catch? I mean, what the ********!?!?!?!

[DoctorD]

On the bright side, 300 years ago, you wouldn't be getting sick from your kids, because if you hadn't gotten immunity yourself when young, you'd be dead.

[bungadiri]

My oldest is 4 and a half and in her second year of school. My little one is 9 months old.

Will I ever develop immunity to all the garbage they catch? I mean, what the ********!?!?!?!

Never. They will bring home crap from school until they stop coming home from school. Sure, eventually they'll stop being so generous about sharing their bodily fluids with you, but I still catch colds from my HS-er because we share the same computer keyboard.

Wash your hands like a mother-********er, all day long.

[bojendyk]

Man, Chad, do I ever sympathize. My wife and I spent yesterday crashed out at home, sick as dogs.

[Twenty26Six]

And, I coach about 25 10yos, four times a week. Plus, I have my own daughter and godson over all the time.

I'm a walking sinus cold. :(

[chad]

oy vey.

At least this time it's just a cold.

[FRYE!]

i've got two sick ones at home too. it's a never-ending cycle of sickness. once they get well, we're sick and vice versa. it'll go on like this till one day we wake up and it's spring time, the birds are singing and then the allergies hit!

[Iceblink]

At least this time it's just a cold.


Man... everyone in Chicago has gotten this one! EVERYONE!

Lasts a bit too. It's weird.

[scaryice]

Never. They will bring home crap from school until they stop coming home from school. Sure, eventually they'll stop being so generous about sharing their bodily fluids with you, but I still catch colds from my HS-er because we share the same computer keyboard.

Wash your hands like a mother-********er, all day long.

BTW, if you haven't, take off the keys off your keyboard and clean underneath. Did that the other day and it was disgusting.

[Golazo]

My wife teaches junior high.

I coach 17 15-year-olds.

We have an 8-year-old.

We have a two-year-old.

I cannot overstate the importance of everyone washing hands and hand sanitizing to near compulsive levels.


(And people will still get sick, but it'll cut back on some of the misery.)

[Forza_Totti]

Best thing to do is to constantly ensure your children wash their hands correctly. Most kids just use a bit of water and no soap. Teach them to wash their hands for 15 seconds. But, there's no way to avoid the germs and viruses they get. With so many children in schools passing around germs daily..your child will get his/her fair share of cold etc.

And becoming sick due to your child being sick is all about being a parent. You can't neglect your child when they become sick...you have to be there to help them get better...and if it means getting sick as well...then so be it.

[missforzaroma]

Teach your children how germs are spread or what they can do while they are at school so they dont get sick. Like not drinking from the water fountain, or washing their hands after going to the bathroom. Make sure they cover their mouth when they cough ect. If you teach your children young, when they get older it will be habit for them. Ya when ur child gets sick of course u are going to get sick and there is nothing u really can do. U have to be there for your child. The only thing you can do is just try your best to disinfect everything and anything on a regular basis when ur child is sick.

[Forza_Totti]

And kids are more common to develop colds etc as their immune systems are not as strong as adults. At least that's what i think...i could be wrong though. But in today's generation, we are seeing many more parents using disinfect liquids on their children's hands.

[DemiChika]

On the bright side, 300 years ago, you wouldn't be getting sick from your kids, because if you hadn't gotten immunity yourself when young, you'd be dead.

How do you know? Were you around 300 years ago?

[chad]

You can't neglect your child when they become sick.Oh, well, now you're just being silly.

[Forza_Totti]

I didn't mean that literally :) I meant that you have to be there for your child whether they are sick or not. And if you develop the sickness as a result, so be it. A child is always number one in your life.

[Lizzie Bee]

The worst and most ironic aspect of this is that it usually goes like this:

1* Kids get sick
2* Parents get sick
3* Parents need to rest, but can't because no babysitter in their right mind will enter a home full of people who are vomiting and running fevers

[Forza_Totti]

^That's where grandparents, family comes in place. My niece was sick 2 weeks ago....now my sister is sick...so my niece was over my house yesterday.

[chad]

godammit.

they got me again.

[BorrachoNJ]

same here.:(