Children "need" to get sick....
My DD has picked up a nasty virus...high fevers...clogged nose...the works. She has been irritable...only wants me...and not sleeping. DH tries...but she screams for me...then I spend the next hr or so pacing the floor...because sitting down is just too much for her 
I'm 24 weeks pregnant ATM... I've been sleep deprived since she was born, she's only just started sleeping through at 14 months...I was getting used to some kind of sleep...being pregnant and all.
Now people I know with no children who keep saying this shit... I've had it! I know she has to get ill...and will pick up bugs...I would hope for this to happen later...I think sick babies/toddlers are possibly the worst. But they say it with such "know-it-all-ness" I can't stand it. It's such a struggle getting her to eat or take fluids. They have no idea just how hard it can be.
Maybe AIBU... I'm tired and I think I've picked up her cold or whatever it is so feeling crap at the moment.
But I do just want to say to them STFU!!!
sorry for the rant.
Just to say there are currently a few meningococcal outbreaks ...different strains and there have been casualties.. .So I'm on edge...as she isn't vaccinated. It's not offered by the Government...must pay for it privately...but there is a shortage... I've been on a waiting list. (We live in Australia)