Enough of all these germs I cannot cope absolutely fed up

[Klouise777]

Lo, almost 2 attends nursery twice a week and regularly gets ill. It's normal the Dr said and good for them to get it now. However it means I keep getting ill. I'm absolutely sick of getting sick. I feel so fed up that I'm not enjoying parenting like I should as a result. Generally lo picks something up leaving us all exhausted with sleepless nights then I get it and then I have to work, already taken far too many sick days and then child is better but you're ill so you're struggling look after them, even with lots of help. I have to work then other days. I'm rambling but basically I'm ill more often than not or looking after an ill child or at work trying to keep up with everything on little sleep I'm trying to lose weight but currently lay on sofa which feels like my 100th cold of the year just wanted to eat my body weight in chocolate while poor lo was has recovered is sat watching more cartoons. What's the point. Sorry feelinf very sorry for myself. Please can anyone send me reassurances it gets better?! I'm really just so down

Bless you, it does get better! In the meantime pick up some Sambucol syrup for your little one. Dd was a germ factory and touch wood she hasn’t picked up a single bug since I’ve been giving her this.

Not many reassurances but similar here. DD is almost 3. However, this has been her first winter season at preschool (2xweekly) and has been horrendous. Hoping next winter will be better.

It’s been miserable for us all!

I was back at work 2 weeks from mat leave and had scarlet fever and viral tonsillitis. I couldn't even call in sick - had to text my boss because all he'd have got was heavy breathing - no voice!

Nothing to be done but suck it up.

I have this problems too at the moment. Toddler gets ill, I'm off to look after him, then school age one gets ill too, and sometimes I try to make her go to school anyway because I was off work the week before with the toddler. Then I get it... It's been pretty much non stop for about a year, my toddler is nearly 3 and goes to a childminder four days a week.

Ugh the germs This was the reason only my eldest went to nursery. I couldn't put the other 2 through all the illnesses DC1 struggled through while there. She started nursery at 12 months and was there for about 12 months. I think half of that time was back at home with me recuperating from whatever she'd picked up that week. She ended up with long term tonsil problems and eventually had them removed when she was 6. Looking back at old photos of her make me feel desperately sad at how pale and I'll she looked.

It does get better. At least when they've been in a ore school / nursery setting they're not sick all through receptions year!

Is this your child’s first winter through nursery? Our first winter was awful. DD was ill constantly, never ending coughs, colds etc! From October - April. We all got very little sleep & I remember dreading her going to nursery as she’d just come home with some other germs! I’d say I probably caught half the colds she had, which was quite enough!

We are now just coming out the back end of winter no.2 through nursery & it’s been SO much better. Really significantly so. She’s had a couple bad colds, a few very mild ones with mostly just a runny nose & a bit lethargic & chicken pox (which can strike anytime so I don’t count so much!). Her immune system seems so much better this year.. the weathers been so wet this winter as well we spend half our life in germy softplay as well! I’ve had two colds this winter, which were shit as I’m pregnant, but thankgod I wasn’t pregnant the year before!

Fingers crossed come April-ish, things will calm down & there will be less germs flying around!

Oh me too! I have an almost 23 month old and an almost 5 month old and I have been sick pretty much all winter! It’s just one thing after another! I’ve had pneumonia, gastroenteritis, the list goes on! Is every winter going to be like this now?!

Yep I'm the same. DD is at nursery and we barely get over one thing before we have another. I can't remember what it feels like to be properly well. I thought I'd have time to do stuff whilst she was at nursery as I'm only working part time but I spend the days lying on the bed feeling awful.