Can I stop 5 month old from catching our lurgy?

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DP and I have woken up with the same shitty cold. Obviously he has the man flu version so is much more ill than me

Do i just need to accept the inevitable and wait for DS to catch it too?
No kissing him and trying not to to be on top of him but it's so bloody hard when he's so tiny still.
Any advice?!

I had a series of 4 bugs over Christmas, washed hands constantly, used antibac hand stuff, and carried on as normal and DD was fine. Are you BF as that should pass over antibodies. Otherwise just keep up the hygiene and don't kiss on the lips, not much else you can do! Make sure you drink plenty and get vitamins especially if you are BF:)

Should say DD was 3 months, so I understand the worry!

Not BF sadly so all over the hand washing today. Went out for a very long walk todayto get out in the fresh air and just praying that he doesn't catch it. He's just starting to cut his first tooth so don't want a teething AND ill baby

What will be will be.

When dd was 12 weeks dh, Ds (3) and I all got swine flu - confirmed with swabs etc. Ds ended up with pneumonia, I was on steroids etc - dd who I thought would be most vulnerable didn't even get a sniffle!