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I don't know if I have a weak/strong immune system, but right now I feel like I'm sick all the time. I try to wash my hands more when I know the kids are sick, but if L is sick he likes to cuddle and cough in my face. No preventing that unfortunately.

No because I feel like I'm gonna catch it anyway. She sneezes and coughs on me, puts her germy hands on my face and mouth. I used to never get sick, but since having DD I catch almost everything she does. And this year has been really bad!

It always seems pretty pointless to try to avoid it.

Depends on what it is! If it's a stomach bug, I take lots of precautions--lots of hand washing for both of us and lots of deep cleaning toys/sheets and blankets she sleeps on/near. Ugh-they are usually short lived so it's easy to take preventive measures for a few days.

If it's a cold, I feel like it's usually pointless to take those extra measures. I am either going to get it, or I am immune...

I don't particularly avoid it.... Although I do try to not eat LO's leftover food but sometimes I forget and I eat them. And I got sneezed on, coughed on, and smeared on with saliva and such anyway. I feel that sometimes when I try to avoid it i'd still catch it while other times I won't get it regardless if I was sneezed on day after day.

My husband, however, is a drama king. Everytime LO is sick, he went insane. He won't touch him or try to avoid being in the same room with him or if he touched him he would go wash his hands or use disinfectant wipes immediately. And he would whine and whine how life is miserable post-child because of the constant illness. And he never really got sick from LO but he still does that. Grr. He has grown into becoming a germophobic though as he wasn't like that at all when I first knew him. I don't know why.

When it was just lo1, not really. I would share food with her and wipe her nose and whatever. Now with a newborn i try to wash my hands more and not touch the babys face. But its just so tough. Toddler hands are everywhere.

I don't know how you could avoid it. Yesterday my toddler sneezed in my mouth! So I'm DEFINITELY catching whatever she has.