To think stomach bugs are the pits.

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I have children.... and I HATE, LOATHE and DREAD those times when you are awakened by your child's feeble voice in the night saying "I feel sick"....

I was up all night, all night. Poor child was in lots of pain with tummy and could not get off to sleep and I ended up putting on dvd's all night to distract as best I could. In between emptying sick bowls and washing her face and fetching wipes I would drift off only for it to start again. I am not new to this bug lark...but every time I dread it.

It doesn't end there though, I have another child and I will not sleep for the nest few nights in fear....he may be next. Argh. I HATE SICKNESS BUGS

YANBU.

Hope DD feels better and it passes the rest of you by.

Thanks smallships

The perils of children I suppose but trying to go without a night's sleep and still have to work is neigh on near impossible

Ahhhh yes, I have the younger children who don't give me the feeble warning-I simply get a wailing 'muuuuuuuummmmmmy I've been sick' this was both Saturday & Monday night so the washing machine has been putting in overtime, this is in-between packing the house up for moving tomorrow & a husband who has taken himself to India with work for the week-to put it simply I am knackered

I have a 4yo doing that today, without warning and a broken washing machine :( Tis a bad day

Dh was up vomiting all night, I feel sick today. Dh is a teacher so always brings these things home. I am dreading the kids getting it!

Oh crap - I feel for you all. It is a sense of dread like no other and miserable days indeed. If only we could have vaccinations against all types of stomach bug

Horrible eh , Its such a shock to the system they go to bed fine and then its MUUUUM i dont feel well sigh then its up all night puking or pooping . Mine are older but i remember the feeling of dread , I havnt been right for a few days and dd1 was off college yesterday been a revolving door to the loo ,

Is it this time of year? We've just had our first sickness bug. Took us far too long to work out that we should stop putting clean PJs on her after each bout...

What's worse is the noise of splashing vom in the middle of the night as my children don't even tend to wake up until it's actually coming out.....

I've brought one home from school and was in the bathroom most of the night. Have quarantined myself as much as possible and bleached everywhere, in the hope I don't pass it on.

That "who's next" feeling of doom is almost as bad as cleaning up the sick - I've seen it referred to somewhere as "vomit roulette".

Oh yes the waiting to see whos next is worse I hated that

vomit roulette - so very true. I am sat here worried it could be me and then we would be up shit creek. The house doesn't function with out me!

I will be on tenterhooks listening to every movement, sigh etc from my sons room...and my husband gets EVERYTHING. He will vom for days and days with a bug.

I hate them too, and the inevitible spread through the entire family.

This happened when i had my gallstones removed - DD2 got sick before my OP, she was poorly for a week. Then i had the OP, my DM and DP helping with DD2 (she was about 6m old) as i was unable to lift anything for i cant remember how long. I then got the bug, was sick sick sick like you woudnt believe, plus recuperating, then my DP got it and was so exhausted it floored him, then my mother and bugs always affect her badly - So three days after my OP i had to do everything for DD who was still sick and i was worried. I remember phoning NHS direct and sobbing down the phone

Worst one we had was when son 1 was about 14 months, I was 5 months pregnant with son 2. Son 1 had it first, and gave it to husband and I at the same time. There was one evening where we were putting a toddler to bed in shifts because we both had to keep running off to be sick.

We usually rope my mum in to help. She never gets stomach bugs. Either a brilliant immune system or sheer bloody-mindedness (and excellent handwashing skills).

DS had it last week. He was sick. Cried. I bent down and made the error of hugging him to comfory him. Oh yes. Copious amounts of sick in hair, down neck etc.