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Dd 2.4 is currently on week 7 of never-ending viruses. Is this normal?

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fizzbuzz · 14/11/2008 21:17

2 wwek stomach bug, followed by water infection. Still on Ab's for that, catches cold with lots of vomiting. One day feeling better and now into day 8 of a chest infection with more vomiting.

She's fed up, me and dp are exhausted, she has passed most of her germs onto me to add to the fun.

Seem to be living in doctors waiting room atm. When wil it improve?

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Flynnie · 14/11/2008 22:05

I feel your pain.
My two have been in the same boat recently. No good ideas though i'm afraid, I'm all out!

TheCrackFox · 14/11/2008 23:51

Sounds like a run of bad luck.

katedan · 15/11/2008 13:05

Fizzbuzz I realy feel for you. My DT's had a sickness and diareah (Sp!) bug for 3 months at the beginning of this year. They were only 15 months ld when it started and apart from the odd couple of days in between ( there was 3 bouts of it) it was non stop. because there was the two of them they just passed it between them. The GO just kept saying Oh thats kids for you just a virus!!!!! I was at the end of my tether and they both lost so much weight. I had to push for sample tests and it was found to be roturea virus which lays doremnt in the body untill it is killed off. The "helpful" GP said going abroad to the sun would help kill it off but did not offer to pay for it! It is a cliche to say it will pass but it does eventually but in the meantime stay strong as I really feel for you.

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fizzbuzz · 15/11/2008 15:18

Oh, a hoiday in the sun..........

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googgly · 15/11/2008 16:20

ds1 was ill with one thing after the other for the entire winter when he was 2. I was terrified that he had some kindo f immuno-deficiency. Now he's seven and hasn't been ill at all for about 3 years as far as I can remember. I'm sure that spending the entire winter in Australia would be the answer. Is that helpful? .

jabuti · 16/11/2008 00:06

hi fizz, does she go to nursery? i heard the first and second year is quite tough for them to adjust to all the exposure. my dd goes to nursery since she was 7 months. even thought its only for few hours 3x week, she manages to catch everything that is under the sun (she is almost 16 months now). to top it off, there is a warning from the council that there is a violent stomach virus going around here right now. oh yes, she caught that one too, twice already. at least she has been always catching the mild version of whatever is going around, but i still feel for her, poor little thing!

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fizzbuzz · 16/11/2008 10:42

She goes to lots of toddler groups. She seemed to be Ok-ish last year.

Still coughing, and has now started sneezing which I am trying not to think is the start of another cold

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cookiemonstress · 16/11/2008 11:01

I really feel for you. I have been there with both mine for the last year. It does pass. The doctor explained that their immunity takes a bit of a dip from 18 months to three ish and certainly last year, both mine (then 2 and 1) were constantly ill. They are both at nursery. In the last 12 months, we have had 2 bouts of chicken pox, 8 instances of stomach viruses, 2 water infections, 2 bouts of hand, foot and mouth, 2 bouts of proper influenza and the usual coughs and colds.

Fingers crossed it is better. And I have noticed that when dd 1 started pre-school in sept, she has seemed to fare better than her contemporaries in terms of battling viruses so i'm hoping it's a sign of immunity improving. This phase of illness has to happen sometime but it is a nightmare, especially if you work.

Another thing my doctor said is that little children tend to cough from the stomach, rather than the chest, hence the regurgitation factor.

UNfortunately because of the close contact you have with them, they do pass the germs around quickly. Worse than rats and pigeons in this respect. It has turned me into a massive obsessive about hand hygiene ... think this is your best hope of avoiding the passing of germs.

Go with it, it does get better and hopefully we'll all have children with super strong immunity v soon!

katedan · 16/11/2008 20:27

Just read my last post and have to apologise for the many spelling and typing mistakes. What hope have my children got!!!!

I think I read that children get about 20 colds in the first few years of life, but after that it is much better in time for start of school! Fingers crossed I don't remember DS ever getting as ill as DT's have in the last year!

katiek123 · 16/11/2008 22:05

fizzbuzz my DD was just about constantly ill for the first two years of her life. it was a nightmare! i am a GP and that was no help whatsoever ! she eventually decided to get her immune system sorted out but i remember those difficult early years with horror and things get SO much better. i dabble with homeopathy and would recommend a constitutional remedy if things don't start to improve soon - i know the evidence base is paltry but i do see it work (er - sometimes !)

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fizzbuzz · 17/11/2008 19:27

Ho hum...another cold, another cough, another temperature, another stomach ache. All have become evident today........

Thanks for all posts. It does make me feel a bit better, at least the vomiting has stopped.

I just feel so sorry for her. Crying last night saying she didn't feel very well, and had a snotty nose . Not that I encourage in the use of this word

I've forgotten what a well dd is like!

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cookiemonstress · 17/11/2008 20:01

KatieK, where would I find a constitutional remedy ?
Thanks!
I've been told that Sambucol is also good for boosting immunity.

pushchair · 17/11/2008 20:17

DD1 was like this for first year of nursery and I was so worried about her. HV recommended adding butter to anything suitable she was eating to boost calorie intake since she lost weight and she ate a lot of good quality ice cream for the same reason.
I helped her

WhatFreshHellIsThis · 17/11/2008 20:23

Ds has been like this since the cold weather set in, one thing after another. He's currently coughing upstairs

He's 2.5, btw.

thefortbuilder · 17/11/2008 20:44

fizzbuzz i am feeling for you also.

strangely enough i was also told only today that sambucol is great. i was sick a couple of weeks ago and misheard the woman telling me about it and thought she was telling me to get drunk on sambuca to make me feel better!

they also throw up because they swallow so much mucus where it drips down the back of the throat.

ds1 is constantly ill as soon as it gets cold. he goes to a fair few toddler groups etc and nursery 3 x half days a week. i suppoe at least he will be exposed to it all now and not get so sick in his first year at school.

do you give dd vitamin drops at all FB?

am thinking of you both though

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fizzbuzz · 17/11/2008 21:01

What is sambucol?. She has vitamin drops usually every day ( I sometimes forget), but has no appetite at all.

She loves ice cream though. In fact as she refused all breakfast this morning, I gave her ice cream in desperation . She ate a bit....but I figured it was high in calories which is why I gave it her.

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katiek123 · 17/11/2008 22:01

fizzbuzz, a constitutional remedy is something for the whole person (rather than something over the counter for a specific symptom) and you'd need to see a homeopath. might be worth doing if this all persists. sambucol: que?! off to look it up! x

thefortbuilder · 17/11/2008 23:12

apparently sambucol is available in boots?

cookiemonstress · 18/11/2008 19:43

i've seen Sambucol in my local health food shop, needs to be diluted with water. Quite pricey and am not convinced I could persuade mine to drink it unless heavily disguised (had a failed echinacea encounter last year!).. but a friend of mine who's little one had recurring tonsilitus said it was brilliant for picking him up...think you can also buy online.

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