Is it possible to not get sick when

[cbwm1]

Start chugging grape juice now.

[sunshineluv]

It's def possible. A month or so ago DS puked all over the kitchen. I cleaned it up, and drank water out of his sippy cup earlier that day. I thought I was doomed! I didn't get sick.

Good luck!!

[scorpio72]

Definitely possible. Knock on wood I've never gotten sick when my kids have been sick. Stomach bug type sickness. I've gotten plenty of colds from them. I try to make it a point to keep my hands away from my nose and mouth during flu season. I also load up on vitamin C , zinc and probiotics.

[knx9211]

No kids, but this might help: I got the stomach flu on our anniversary last year. The night before, we went on a romantic trip out of town, went to dinner, made out. DH never got sick. It was almost annoying.

[eddy]

Jan 15, 2016 14:37:24 GMT -5 cjoy said:

Jan 15, 2016 14:15:48 GMT -5 cbwm1 said:

Start chugging grape juice now.

I tried this.

I puked up a lot of grape juice.

This is why I refuse to do this method lol.

I think in the 8 years of parenting I have managed to escape the bug a couple times. The key is to continue to wash your hands as if you are going into surgery for weeks. I always get sick like 4 days later when I let my guard down.

[papie]

I'm standing strong but nauseous and tired. Two puking kids. My mom went home yesterday and picked all night though

[cleo29]

Jan 15, 2016 14:42:40 GMT -5 eddy said:

Jan 15, 2016 14:37:24 GMT -5 cjoy said:

I tried this.

I puked up a lot of grape juice.

This is why I refuse to do this method lol.

I think in the 8 years of parenting I have managed to escape the bug a couple times. The key is to continue to wash your hands as if you are going into surgery for weeks. I always get sick like 4 days later when I let my guard down.

You continue to shed the illness days after, up to two weeks. so, you kind of have to treat them like all bodily fluids are toxic for that period time. lol

[jeaniebueller]

I just told someone else on MMM that in 7 years of parenting, I have only caught the stomach bug from my kids one time. So there is hope!

[amandakisser]

I sure as hell haven't escaped it (typed while in the prone position on the couch after an epic puking session)

[thatgirl2478]

If you're my DH then apparently yes. If you're me, apparently no.

I'm so sorry. Hope your kiddo feels better soon.

[FastHands]

Jan 15, 2016 15:26:42 GMT -5 thatgirl2478 said:

If you're my DH then apparently yes. If you're me, apparently no.

I'm so sorry. Hope your kiddo feels better soon.

This is us, too. DH got it the first/worst time DS had it, but he's had it 2 more times, and I got it both times while DH was unscathed. Jerk.

[sangria]

Jan 15, 2016 15:17:05 GMT -5 whattheheck said:

Jan 15, 2016 14:12:16 GMT -5 Que? said:

Your child pukes all over you?

Fun fact, she also puked on an entire cart of groceries. I feel like I should find the person that had to deal with that and give them a giant bottle of something.

Definitely call corporate and ask to speak to someone in charge of employee recognition.  DD1 puked all over the bathroom at a home improvement store while I was camping with DS and she was there with her grandfather.  The employees went above and beyond to help her get cleaned up (even lent her a sweatshirt to go home in!), had someone wait with DD2, and took my dad's stuff and money and checked him out and brought it to the car.  The next time I went there the woman who got the worst of it had a gold star on her name tag that she said was because I called in and let corporate know.  

I'm really really hoping that poor woman got more than just a gold star on her nametag! lol 

[JayhawkGirl]

DD puked all over me 15-20 times with each of two stomach viruses last year and I did okay. Lysol was my best friend, I washed my hands like crazy and I did not touch my hands to my face. We kept her in her room and took care of her in there to help contain it also.

And, thanks to this board, I chugged grape juice. Don't know if it helped, but I would have chanted in foreign languages and danced naked to avoid puking.

[eb777888]

I drink wine every night and have only gotten David's stomach bug once, when he was nine months old and I didn't drink wine. LOL Maybe it was a fluke, IDK.

[eddy]

I think you should be good Que. I never got the bug when I just had one kid. There is something about two little jerks running around that make it feel pretty much inevitable that I will get sick now. Too many hands, mouths and butts to keep track of.

[cleo29]

Jan 15, 2016 20:07:44 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

I drink wine every night and have only gotten David's stomach bug once, when he was nine months old and I didn't drink wine. LOL Maybe it was a fluke, IDK.

Red wine is supposed to have the same properties of grape juice, so honestly, that might be the reason!

[eb777888]

Jan 15, 2016 20:31:05 GMT -5 cleo29 said:

Jan 15, 2016 20:07:44 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

I drink wine every night and have only gotten David's stomach bug once, when he was nine months old and I didn't drink wine. LOL Maybe it was a fluke, IDK.

Red wine is supposed to have the same properties of grape juice, so honestly, that might be the reason!

That's what I was wondering. It's weird!

[textbookcase]

I usually don't get stomach bugs when the girls have them, even if all 3 are puking. I'm apparently super immune to the stomach flu.

[gennyu]

Not sure if this is fact or fiction, but I was always led to believe that stomach viruses are only transmitted when infected vomit/fecal matter makes contact with your mouth (usually via your own hands).
So, ditto PP's advice to wash hands often and also try to quarantine the infected kiddo to a separate bathroom. But don't worry too much about exposure to saliva etc.

[lilafowler]

Jan 15, 2016 22:42:55 GMT -5 gennyu said:

Not sure if this is fact or fiction, but I was always led to believe that stomach viruses are only transmitted when infected vomit/fecal matter makes contact with your mouth (usually via your own hands).
So, ditto PP's advice to wash hands often and also try to quarantine the infected kiddo to a separate bathroom. But don't worry too much about exposure to saliva etc.

frkls

[frkls]

Jan 15, 2016 22:43:22 GMT -5 lilafowler said:

Jan 15, 2016 22:42:55 GMT -5 gennyu said:

Not sure if this is fact or fiction, but I was always led to believe that stomach viruses are only transmitted when infected vomit/fecal matter makes contact with your mouth (usually via your own hands).
So, ditto PP's advice to wash hands often and also try to quarantine the infected kiddo to a separate bathroom. But don't worry too much about exposure to saliva etc.

frkls

Thank God it's delicious or it would hardly be worth the risk at all. Amiright?