DH, the girls and I get a stomach bug of some sort at least once a year, sometimes twice. Our "normal" time to get it is right around Christmas...likely because we are around so many people in confined areas? Who knows. I dread it though because it literally happens every.single.year. We did start taking vitamins the past few months though, so lets hope that helps...at least a little bit!
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With stomach bugs the only defence is aggressive hand washing and hygiene. I'm a vomit phobe so I wash my hands dozens of times a day and really concentrate on not touching my face/mouth. I have a strong bleach solution in a spray bottle (bleach is the only thing that kills norovirus - hand sanitiser doesn't touch it) and regularly wipe down toilets, door knobs, and surfaces that are regularly touched. My son has had a stomach virus this year and both my husband and I caught it, so all my paranoia and ocd behaviour was for nought!! He's only 20 months so we shall see if this is a yearly event. He loves kissing kids on the mouth at daycare so I think we're screwed.
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@ScarletBegonia: I'm pretty germaphobic as well, but I can't possibly wipe down other peoples toilets and door knobs
I do have the girls use had sanitizer after certain activities...but that doesn't even help? Interesting!
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We get norovirus every. single. year. We also have a spray bottle of bleach that we use religiously, and are avid hand washers but the kids always seem to pick it up and spread it to us. It's the worst!
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I can't remember the last time I had a stomach virus. It must have been when I was a kid.
My husband got one a few years ago despite being an obsessive hand-washer (we think it was food poisoning). LO has had two stomach bugs (he's 26 months).
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If you are talking 2015, we have had three stomach viruses. Two in the last MONTH (and I'm 34 weeks pregnant, so fun) And, my kids aren't even in daycare! My youngest manage to pick up the last two, and I have no idea where they came from.
Normally, we get about two a year. Once in the spring and once in fall. I hate throwing up. HATE IT. I literally shake while dealing with an actively throwing up child.
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Obsessive hand washing and sanitizing! We got sick the one time last year I wasn't intense about it.
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We've gotten way fewer since we started taking vitamin D and probiotics. Better immune systems help!
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Before my LO was born, my husband and I never got stomach bugs. I remember throwing up once in like 10 years. I have a puke phobia so I purposely stay away from people I know that are sick, clean like crazy, etc. But now that our son is here, we've been averaging 1-2 bugs each year. Praying we don't get hit this winter season since I'm pregnant!
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No, but Dave and Evan both get it about once a year...usually in Feb/March. I don't remember the last time I got one (knock on wood!!!)
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@ScarletBegonia: @littlecasita1122: I am a total vomit phobe and this is one of my biggest fears with having kids, not being able to avoid it!
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I don't know the last time DH or I got a stomach virus. I might have been in high school? (12+ years) Really hoping LO won't change that. Since she's not going to school, that might help.
I do have the girls use had sanitizer after certain activities...but that doesn't even help? Interesting!
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