Anyone else absolutely SICK of this winter already

[Edizzler25]

The germs… oh the germs!!

my household has had hand foot and mouth, flu (which is led to a chest infection and double ear infection which im struggling to shift) and the baby has bronchiolitis twice, including once where he was hospitalised. and it’s only early December.

how does everyone else survive the winter months especially with an older child bringing bugs home from nursery and making the baby poorly? We’re so careful with hygiene to reduce spread but it sometimes isn’t enough. And I’ve tried to focus on eating plenty of veg and protein which hasn’t been easy when I’ve felt so unwell myself with kids to look after who’ve also been poorly!

appreciate there’s 1000s households in the same boat right now.

feeling especially pants post partum with weight gain, and it’s so hard to exercise at the moment with one illness after another.

sorry just having a pity party here… sick of feeling sick!!

Winter has only just started, though. And during most of winter the days actually get longer and lighter. It’s only December where it gets darker for the first three weeks.

Would it shock you if I told you it’s not even technically Winter yet until 21st December.

Oh no I’m sorry to hear about all the illness. I absolutely hate it when little ones get bronchiolitis it’s so stressful and worrying.

Bugs aside though I love winter. We have a fire, lots of candles, Christmas decorations, cosy hot chocolate. You can go out for a nice fresh walk (when it’s not raining), and enjoy being cosy with a nice book when it is.

I grew up on a farm which is supposed to be amazing for your immune system. I don't remember even having a bad cold before I had kids. Those first few years it really hits you. I think the germs get you when you are tired.

This is the first winter when I've got really unwell, I cope with colds usually but this one lasted weeks which turned into a nasty chest infection, I'm still really tired and get headaches a lot.

Op the doctor once told me you'll never visit the doctors as much as you do when you have children under 5, it's rand true with me. My kids are now 9 & 12 and only see the doctor occasionally now.

I usually like winter but this one feels bleak

It’s crap. I work in a nursery and people think nothing of sending kids in with temperatures etc. then they get mad when we send them home. I’ve been poorly all week, I feel dreadful 😭

Hope you are germ free soon

I'm sick of the weather, I think the mild, wet weather makes germs spread. A proper cold, dry snap is what is needed.

I hear you.

I really dislike the winter months and get a bit sad as soon as we hit the middle of August.

I don't often get sick so that doesn't bother me and I'm ok with the cold miserable weather.....up to a point!
Basically anything over 3 months of cold and I'm done.

Surely this isn't the norm? Apart from the odd cold/sore throat etc and chicken pox my kids have never been ill above this.

Some kids are more prone to it all than others for some reason 🤷🏼‍♀️ my older two were rarely ill when they were little. My youngest got everything going, bronchiolitis several times when he was a baby, tonsillitis several times, every sick bug going. No idea why… touch wood he’s nearly 8 now and things seem to be calming down.

I've had a crap year for illness and I don't even have DC!
Tonsillitis - was at work and started shivering, really high temp and then throat started
Campylobacter- never again, was horrendous
Torn my calf muscle
Ongoing endometriosis issues

I wonder what it is that makes some kids more prone to others?

I sympathise, OP. The nursery years are brutal. It's one illness after another. It's got better for us when the DC went to school. There's still the gross germs but less frequently. We've just about got over the flu, hadn't managed to get my flu jab yet as the appointments were all booked up until mid-Dec, so it's been a rough start to the month!

Every season can be a problem. Your children are young and more susceptible to bugs .As they get older they will be more resilient,as their immune system improves !
It's science!

Campylobacter is hideous..never felt so ill !

@Lalalaking I thought it was flu as I had such a high temp and the sweat was running off me
After 6 days I caved and went to a&e as I felt horrible

I find this comment pretty ignorant. Context is important here.

my eldest never got anything at all til he was 6 months old and then caught covid from a weekend away. He picked up a few things when he first started nursery but not excessively so.

my second child (only 3 months old and born at the start of autumn which hasn’t helped) has really suffered because we’ve unfortunately had my 3yo bring things home from nursery this time around. which is why I’m finding winter so much harder this year. Where my 3yo might have a cough which doesn’t bother him that much it’s ended up hospitalising the baby. He had HFM from 2 single spots and we didn’t even know til the baby came out in a huge rash at 4 weeks old.

Sorry I disagree… it’s well known that the best way to reduce spread of viruses is to wash your hands and surfaces regularly. It’s cheap, quick and effective. The NHS have tried in vain to promote this but still people such as yourselves don’t listen and that is why everyone else gets sick.

if you go back generations their life expectancy was lower, infant mortality higher, and that was linked to worse hygiene standards than now.

rolling around in fields can be in no way linked to you not catching covid, a virus which only existed in the last few years. Perhaps you’ve been lucky not catch it.

We are barely a week into winter, November was the end of autumn. The weather iis bad right now but it won't last.

You're not unreasonable, you're up to your eyes in illness and it must be awful. Vent away to your heart's content, it helps to get it out.

I don't wish to sound ignorant but ....what is hard foot and mouth? I haven't heard of that before. I thought 'foot and mouth' was something cattle caught.

I’m don’t think my baby (second DS) is “more prone”, he’s just had more indirect exposure to illnesses via my 3 year old than my eldest had. Eldest seems to be somewhat of a carrier.

It’s a viral illness which causes a rash mostly targeting the hands, mouth and feet but can be anywhere on the body. It’s no more dangerous than any other bog standard viral infection it just sounds odd because of the association with cattle like you say!

when my baby had it he developed sores in his mouth which meant he really struggled to feed, gp couldn’t prescribe anything due to age so needed a hospital trip just for mouth numbing spray.

"This is the first winter when I've got really unwell, I cope with colds usually but this one lasted weeks which turned into a nasty chest infection, I'm still really tired and get headaches a lot."

That's unusual for the old fashioned cold, but pretty common with the "new" type!

Thanks, Edizzler. I've never come across it before. I feel sorry for your baby, poor little chsp. I hope it clears up soon.

I feel you op. I posted before that I will buy a house abroad and migrate like a bird seasonally (I'm half serious, still weighing it up). I didn't have the energy to type out why when I posted. I'm not a sickly person but this year has been brutal.

I had a normal standard cold it was rough I was not myself despite lemsip got a week. I thought I was better started exercising again and I got all kinds of crazy symptoms. It started as what I thought was a migraine then nose bleeds. My eye on one side hurt so bad I taped over it to keep it closed the other I was okay. I couldn't get words out straight from pain. I thought I was dying. Two days no improvement I am going. Downhill. I book GP appointment she tells me I have a very nasty virus and runs some tests. Room is spinning the whole time. Next day all my glands in my neck come up. Not a few like my entire lymphatic system swells. I can't stay awake. I can't stand up. I can't brush my teeth. I can't eat. I can't talk. Results back I've got mono. Epstien Barr virus, most people get it as teenagers or young adults but my old ass must have never been exposed, most people are immune or show low/few symptoms particularly if exposed as a child. I curse my luck but also so relieved it's not lymphoma as so unwell and so much bleeding that I thought I had cancer.

Slowly recover after a week I'm bed which was a blur of painkillers and throat spray. Still knackered. Been told I can't drink wine at Christmas as the virus has attacked my liver. I'm tired take a few weeks off. I don't drink much anyway but it's just the timing I like a few Bailey's and wine around christmas.

I have to turn down a ton of social events as I'm still not well enough to go and can't drink anyway. Ate like a horse all day, I suppose maybe my body needed the energy after not being well but regret it now. Husband has come down with a standard cold, not what I had so I'll have that neck week no doubt as my immune system is already in the gutter.

My period just started.

I'm tired of the hard work just maintaining my body which seems to always be doing something I am displeased about. Not just health wise. Feeling down on myself as I have been too unwell to do my upkeep grooming face stuff, food spa, shave and exfoliate all over, haven't even cut my toenails. I would love to be well enough to do yoga, which alongside feeling clean and presentable, help me stay sane.

I have a cosy house and I'm grateful for everything I have. But I'm not into the seasonal illness, the rain, the depressing prices of my electric bill. I want to walk my dog but there's no way we are going out in this. Let alone while I'm so sick.

Sorry op, not trying to take away from yours just having a rant as well as it feels so unbelievably shitty. I lived abroad for a couple of years and it was never like this at all. It just wasn't.

Edit. I know this is hard to read lol 😞