https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 22 May 2026 12:15:02 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1344866 Tue, 14 Jan 2014 08:22:27 +0000 erwoo 1344866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: Thanks! Yeah, it's miserable for everyone, especially when my husband travels and is gone all week. The kids, for some reason, know when he's gone and gives me a really hard time. Haha! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1342006 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:51:59 +0000 MamaBehr 1342006@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: I'm glad you Are all on the mend :) hopefully the worse is over. Sick LOs are not fun </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341845 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:07:09 +0000 T-Mom 1341845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mamabear57: cool, thanks! I didn't know that there was such a thing, I will definitely look into that... :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341819 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 12:00:34 +0000 teamjse 1341819@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Use the flat rate international priority mail boxes. The weight doesn't matter, you just have to fill up the box. That's what I do when I send things back to SG for my cousin. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341779 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:49:30 +0000 erwoo 1341779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: Awww... poor little guy. I lucked out and my oldest didn't get sick until 7 months. Still, it was terrible for all of us. My youngest got sick around 5 months too but I was more prepared for what to do and how to make him feel better. These LOs are very resilient though! It's worse on us than it is on them. Majority of the time when my boys are sick they are still playing as usual except they are a little more crankier than normal. Hang in there... Flu season sucks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341763 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:45:42 +0000 erwoo 1341763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: Yeah, it's bad enough to adjust to a new country and then the LOs get sick. My oldest caught hand foot mouth the first week of preschool. He was out for a week and then the tears started for two months. And he's had multiple colds and whatever since. I didn't even think about this when we first moved here. At least we're almost at the 6 month mark. It seems like that's the normal amount of time for people to adjust to new countries. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341751 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:41:48 +0000 erwoo 1341751@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: That's very sweet of you and I'm sure she would really appreciate it. When my youngest gets sick out come the boogie wipes, snot sucker, and saline rinse. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341720 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:33:08 +0000 T-Mom 1341720@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: Ok thanks! I think I will send some in a care package to her. Too bad they are kinda heavy! I can see how you would still depend on the products you know and trust from the US! I would too.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341707 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:31:00 +0000 erwoo 1341707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: I haven't seen it, yet, but I brought a few cans with me when we moved. I can't believe how fast we went through two cans since we moved here. It used to take me forever to use one. Haha! And I am lucky I can still order it online from the U.S. but, so far, I haven't seen the unscented one in a can yet. Just the packs which works as well.</p> <p>I don't know what I would do without some of the U.S. products. When my boys had gunk coming out of their eyes two weeks ago (pink eye, maybe?) I used it to get it off in the mornings without anyone crying. And it probably was pink eye b/c I got it last week myself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341680 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:25:30 +0000 T-Mom 1341680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: btw do they sell Boogie Wipes overseas? My SIL in Singapore really liked mine when she visited the US and said she was gonna try and find some over there, but I wasn't sure they have them... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341673 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:24:03 +0000 erwoo 1341673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Thanks!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341517 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 10:49:08 +0000 T-Mom 1341517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: fingers crossed for you! Hope they are over the hump.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341107 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:19:13 +0000 Alivoo01 1341107@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not overseas, but DS is 5.5 months old and I think he's coming down with his 3rd cold of the season.... blah!!!! I feel like he constantly has congestion and/or a runny nose. Poor kid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341070 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 09:02:11 +0000 erwoo 1341070@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: @T-Mom: A little good news (and I hope I'm not jinxing myself by saying this...) is that both are fever free tonight. My oldest woke up with no fever and by the time we were leaving for school it was 99 so I just gave him tylenol and he came home fever free. It's so weird... My youngest is not eating more than he has in the past two weeks. He's lost a lot of baby fat. I'm sad! he doesn't have thunder legs anymore and even his cheeks are not as big. But fever free! I am also feeling MUCH better today too. I hope we are all on the mend.... Keeping my fingers crossed! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341067 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:59:15 +0000 erwoo 1341067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Yeah, they totally are. I used to come back for two months over the summer growing up and I always got really sick (full on flu and all!) within a week of arriving. I still remember how miserable it felt! The food borne stuff is scary which is why I avoid feeding my kids any street food. I'm even a little weary of some of the mall food courts too, especially if they don't look so clean. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341066 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:58:48 +0000 looch 1341066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, daycare will do it. My son started at age 2, after we did an international move and he was sick more than I would have liked that first 6 months! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1341062 Mon, 13 Jan 2014 08:56:15 +0000 erwoo 1341062@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: Yeah, daycare will do it for sure! Part of the reason why they keep getting sick is because my oldest is in preschool and there are around 25 student in his class and someone is always sick. They make them wear masks if you're getting over something or coughing. I used to think it was so odd that students were wearing masks but I kind of appreciate it now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1339588 Sun, 12 Jan 2014 13:23:59 +0000 T-Mom 1339588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So sorry! I'm sure their bodies are just reacting to the new pool of "Asian" germs :-( . I can relate a little... Every time I visit the in laws in Asia, at least one of us comes down with a food borne bacteria. EVERY time. Hope you all feel better soon... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1339505 Sun, 12 Jan 2014 12:29:36 +0000 MamaBehr 1339505@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't move over seas, but moved cross country and we were so sick for the first 6 months. Granted DD started daycare for the first time, but we all got so sick from that August until February or so. I really do believe different areas have different bugs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/boys-sick-on-and-off-going-on-8-weeks-now#post-1339248 Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:50:32 +0000 erwoo 1339248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is seriously driving me insane! I thought we were ALMOST over the hump and, bam, my oldest comes down with a 101 fever right after his nap. And he just got over an ear infection from being sick for so long. And my youngest have had a low grade fever on and off for almost two weeks now. Both boys have seen doctors multiple times in the last two months. OMG... Thank goodness healthcare is so cheap here but still. </p> <p>When I took my youngest to see another doctor last Friday I asked him if it's normal for them to get sick for this long. He said it is pretty normal b/c our bodies are adjusting to all the new viruses in a new country and it does take some time (6 months or so) for our bodies to get used to it. And it's flu season so, you know. I finally got sick two weeks ago. I have been very careful to wash my hands all the time but I think my brain just broke or I've forgotten if I had washed my hands or not after wiping snot after snot and I probably touched my mouth. I almost want to say I know when it happened! *Sigh* </p> <p>I just want some normalcy and not have to grab a tissue every few minutes. Thank goodness for Boogie Wipes! I don't know what I'd do without you! I started using my sons' little buckets for dirty tissues b/c I was getting tired of running to the trash can to throw it. Even they started doing it and have been good about not playing with it. </p> <p>For those who moved overseas with little kids did this happen to you the first 6 months or a year? </p>