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emetophobes, it's that time of year :(

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devilinside · 07/10/2013 09:31

First bucket sighting at school this morning. My sister had norovirus last week after attending a party where some selfish buggers thought it was acceptable to bring along a vomiting toddler. Most of the other guests got the bug including an elderly man. Feel free to add your rants and worries here.

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BeckyBendyLegs · 11/12/2013 15:48

I am sure that 48 hours is ok. DS2 and DS1 were kept off for 48 hours and none of their best friends caught it. In fact DS3's best friend came own with it during the week we were all ill without DS3 getting it at all which made me wonder if he was a carrier without getting any symptoms. He was the only one of us in the whole family to escape it and he was surrounded by sicky people for 2 weeks and had constant cuddles etc. That I found really odd.

Marne · 11/12/2013 15:56

thanks becky, thinking about it, it sounds more like food poisoning to me, they were at a family get together where this baby was (that apparently had the live vaccine a few days before), 24 hours after the whole family came down with it including their 16 month old child, she was telling me about the vaccine in the playground and said her dd had the vaccine at 6 and 12 months, so surely if it was passed on from the baby her dd wouldn't have got it? (as she had been vaccinated).

BeckyBendyLegs · 11/12/2013 18:56

It could be, if so many were ill at the same time it sounds more like food to me.

Marne · 11/12/2013 19:10

Apparently 12 people came down with it, seems more like food poisoning, wouldn't have thought a small baby could infect that many people after being given a small dose in a vaccine, she said they were violently sick for a couple of hours and were then ok apart from her 16 month old who is suffering at the other end. Fingers crossed it was something they ate at the family get together.

Twighlightsparkle · 12/12/2013 01:21

I'm sitting next to my 5 year old who woke up about an hour and 20 mins ago with dirrhea and feeling sick.

She hasn't been sick yet and is fast asleep but I'm sure it's imminent .

How I hate this, so much.

Marne · 12/12/2013 07:59

Sad, twighlight I hope she is ok and hasn't been sick, the waiting is the worst part. I'm still worried the dd's will be ill, if they have caught it then tonight will be the night, so far they seem ok.

Marne · 15/12/2013 11:32

Hope everyone is ok, anxiety is high here ( ill children in dd2s class ) but only one week to go xxxx

justmuddlingalongsomehow · 15/12/2013 14:29

Hi Marne, high anxiety here too with bugs going round the last few weeks. Not in dcs classes yet but feels inevitable with the elder sibling of one of ds's friends off with it on Friday. Ds has class Christmas party tomorrow which feels terrifying. Dc1 wouldn't eat much at these occasions but ds is a gannet. Sad 5 more days...

Marne · 15/12/2013 14:38

One of Dd2's best friends was sick at school one Friday (I don't know the details as dd2 cant tell me due to her Autism but I know the boy was sick and then went home), have been anxious all weekend waiting for dd2 to be ill but she seems fine, we have school plays Tuesday and wed then the dreaded class parties (buffet lunch) on Thursday, if I had my way I would keep them home for the last week but of course they are looking forward to it. Fingers crossed we can make it through the week and to Christmas day bug free.

autumnsmum · 15/12/2013 20:06

Total panic here as dd2 has class play on wed and I'm petrified she's going to be ill for it

Twighlightsparkle · 15/12/2013 20:53

Well my daughter didn't vomit we'd night but did thurs evening, all over the sofa!

Turned out she had a urinary tract infection.

I keep hearing about kids having vim bugs though. Fingers crossed for everyone xx

Marne · 15/12/2013 21:08

Twighlight ,glad it wasn't a bug, hope your dd is feeling better UTIs are horrid.

Autum, I'm dreading the school plays but not because dd might be ill, I'm anxious that a child may vomit during the play.

I hope this week goes fast and we all get through it bug free, I'm trying to calm myself down about dd's friend being sick at school, for all I know he may not have been sick in the classroom but if he was sick in the classroom then I know others will catch it ( that's usually what happens ).

autumnsmum · 16/12/2013 11:21

Anxiety going through roof here about v and the Facebook posts have started agIn

Marne · 16/12/2013 13:57

Me too, several children missing in dd's class this morning. I'm not sleeping as so worried about the dd's being ill for Christmas, think I got about one hours sleep last night. I'm blocking posts on fb Sad, please let this week go fast.

BeckyBendyLegs · 16/12/2013 17:07

Oh Marne you poor thing, the anxiety is horrid. Keeping fingers crossed for you. When do they break up? Mine finish on Friday. Its only a few days left and if you make it to Monday next week then you're probably all going to be fine.

Marne · 16/12/2013 17:10

Mine break up Friday, dreading the school parties on Thursday ( each child takes in some food and its a big free for all), once they break up we won't be going anywhere until the day after Boxing Day so hopefully we can get to Monday and then I will know we are bug free.

Twighlightsparkle · 16/12/2013 18:06

Marne I can fully sympathise, I was watching the school concert today and one girl coughed as though she was going to vomit! Aaahhh she was fine in the end.

My daughter had a violin concert on sat and one boy ran off hands under his mouth aaahhhhhh. The teacher appeared back in e auditorium with wads of paper towels, I thought the worst, turned out to be a nosebleed!

How relieved was I?!

A friend of my 5 year old told me today her toddler sister had been vomiting last night!

Aaahhhhhh cue me telling my 5 year old to sta6 clear of thei friend! It's a nightmare. I'd do anything not to be emmetophobic.

Newcurtainsplease · 16/12/2013 19:39

My levels of anxiety have dropped loads today. Even though Facebook is full of bug reports. I think I'm more relaxed because this week is pretty empty, there is nothing that it would be a disaster to miss. Even if ds (only have the 1 partly because of this anxiety) gets ill at the weekend fingers crossed he will recover by Christmas Day. My problem is definitely the not knowing and ds being ill in a difficult situation,

pinkkoala · 16/12/2013 22:27

Hope everyone is ok. I am counting down the days til friday when dd finishes, they have the xmas party on the friday, where everyone brings food in, i dread it. Hopefully if we get to monday i can then look forward to xmas, we wont be going out much til boxing day.

justmuddlingalongsomehow · 16/12/2013 22:31

As far as I know all kids in both dcs classes in school today but ds had his nursery party with all th food brought in from home... I know one of the children has a sister who was off on Friday with a tummy bug and tried to look at the food list this morning to see what they were bringing. Unfortunately they weren't on the list so I have no idea what they brought and couldn't tell ds not to eat it.Hmm

Both kids in bed and fast asleep. Ds finishes tomorrow and the rest of us on Friday. Other than that one family the v'ing of 3 weeks ago seems to have subsided. Fingers crossed - it is just so exhausting living life under such tension!
Brew all round... Anyone for Wine??!!
jmas xx

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devilinside · 16/12/2013 23:22

Yes, worried because DC attended a party yesterday where there was cake decorating. DS has ASD and just grabbed the cake, poured on loads of icing and then went from pot to pot grabbing sprinkles etc., which other children had been handling all day, and shoving them in his mouth.

Also on Saturday, child v'd at a Christmas fair, cue me bolting for the door, why oh why do people take their children out when they have bugs, it was an older child too.

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Marne · 17/12/2013 07:58

As far as I can tell there's only one child off in each of the dd's classes with tummy bugs, I am hoping there won't be a huge outbreak and the parents will keep them off for the 48 hour rule, school plays today though so I suspect even if they are still poorly they will be sent in because they won't want to miss the play, I have also been trying to look at the list of food to work out what these children will be bringing on Thursday ( so I can tell the dd's not to touch those items ). Dd2 constantly has her hands in her mouth so I'm sure she will catch it eventually, I am giving them probiotics in the hope they will help ( we have given them for the past few winters and have avoided any major bugs so I'm now scared not to use them incase they are what saved up ).

autumnsmum · 17/12/2013 08:09

It's driving me mad as I posted previously it's dd2s concert tomorrow and I'm obsessed she will miss it people in rl don't understand

Dancergirl · 17/12/2013 10:28

Can anyone give me some advice..?

Last night I started to feel unwell, sort of flu-ey. Then I started to feel sick but could have just been because I was worrying about it. Since then my tummy's felt really odd and queasy. I had an anxious night as I was worrying about being sick (I wasn't). Been to the loo a bit more than usual but no diarrhoea (sorry if TMI). This morning the sick-y feeling has passed but my tummy still feels really queasy. And I haven't eaten anything.

Could this be a mild form of a bug?

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devilinside · 17/12/2013 10:29

You all sound as nuts as me, I don't enjoy the school nativity, I just sit there watching out if someone looks like they're are about to 'V' God I hate this phobia.

Out of interest does anyone have Asperger's tendencies? I do (Dx mild AS) beginning to think there is a link

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