How to stop catching germs from my kids!!

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C1239 · 10/02/2023 11:02

I know they can’t help it but this winter it’s one thing after another and I seem to catch it all… how can I stop catching the bugs? Please tell me anything that helps you stay cold free!

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mogsrus · 10/02/2023 11:05

simple answer, you can’t, bugs & viruses main ambition is to stay alive whatever? you can only alleviate symptoms

Kucinghitam · 10/02/2023 11:08

I remember when my DTDs started nursery. We were basically all permanently ill with one thing after another for about 2-3 years!

RockStarship · 10/02/2023 11:10

You have my sympathies. It's the same in my household. In the last 2.5 months we have had that awful cough/cold bug, strep A, Scarlett fever, a vomiting bug, colds and now covid. It's utterly relentless.

Girlswithgoodbodieslikeboyswithferarris · 10/02/2023 11:11

How old are the kids? If they are still at the “cough into your eyeballs” stage, there isn’t much you can do.

By the time my daughter was about 3-4, she understood basics like cover your moth, wash your hands when you sneeze or cough, and so on. But also, that was during covid.

follyfoot37 · 10/02/2023 13:50

Put them/ you in masks. Or in the shed...
joking of course re the shed. Children are walking petri dishes, so you have to teach then good hand hygiene, coughing into hankie/sleeve, tissue disposal, etc

MintJulia · 10/02/2023 13:53

All you can do is boost your own immune system. Lots of fresh fruit & veg, lots of fresh air & exercise, maybe a daily multi/vit

RonObvious · 10/02/2023 13:54

Ugh. I know the feeling. I used to say that I wanted to install a sheep dip at the front door, to get the germs and parasites off my kids before they came into the house.

meatballsoup · 10/02/2023 13:55

Spray them with disinfectant & leave them in the garage for a couple of hours after school?

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