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None stop colds and coughs

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clouds56 · 03/12/2021 11:30

I'm not exaggerating now when I say my 3 year old and 7 month old have had a cold/cough since September!!!! It's obviously not the same one but as soon as they start recovering from one my 3 year old catches another one and then brings it home. It's relentless, it's making my anxiety so high. My 7 month old won't sleep longer than 2/3 hours and I feel like I'm at breaking point. Is anyone else finding the same with their LOs? We are doing covid PCR tests weekly on my 3 year old because she is always symptomatic. Luckily they have all been negative so far but I am at the point of just putting her in a lockdown myself to try and break the cycle of the endless germs and illnesses so we can all just catch a break.
Sorry for my rant! I just feel like I'm at breaking point with it all now.

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AnxiousWeirdo · 15/12/2021 08:05

It’s the repeated temperatures that worry me. Are we the only ones dealing with temps every few weeks? It can be difficult to see a GP and sometimes I think I’m over reacting but I just don’t think it can be normal to have a fever so often! LO has had check ups and nothing has been picked up but it really worries me.

Fevers are actually a good thing as the body purposefully raises it's temperature to kill a virus / illness. Obviously a really high temp is dodgy but yeah fevers in general are a very useful defense mechanism of the body.

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