Stomach bug ?

[jag01]

How often do you or your DH get the stomach flu in comparison to your kids? Do you have tips on how to avoid it? 

[panicked]

1. Grape juice
2. More grape juice
3. Bleach
4. Pray.

[abs]

I get it almost every winter. I'm very succeptible to it. DH gets it once every 3-5 years. DD just had it for the first time ever last week. Ugh, so awful.

Bleach. More bleach. Wash your hands. Literally only bleach kills the norovirus. Maybe fire. I was considering that.

[quesyrah]

We rarely get anything stomach related. I can count on one hand the number of times my kids have vomited.

The kids and DH will get a handful of colds a year but they're typically pretty mild.

I very rarely get sick.

We don't do anything special and we're bit particularly health nuts so dumb luck I guess?

[lala]

There seems to be no rhyme or reason. Sometimes just 2 of us will get it; 2 weeks ago 4 of us got it. We wash hands of course and clean up w/ my regular eco cleansers. I never use bleach. I'm not sure what would prompt me to.

This year has been particularly rough on stomach bugs - but they've all been brief 12 hour things. Some years, nothing.

[momin2013]

Man, I want to say....never? I had one bout that was most likely food poisoning a couple of years ago, but we tend to get just runny noses and the odd cough around here.

::goes and looks for some wood to knock on::

[trizzie]

Until this week, it had been 4 years. It usually rips through all of us. One gets it and we go down like flies. This time 3 out of 5 got it. It started with the baby, then DS, then DH. I kept the boys quarantined away from DD and I washed my hands every time I went in the room they were in. I bleached everything in sight and I washed everything on HOT water. I loathe the stomach bug!!

[junebugmom01]

The last time I had it was almost 5yrs ago. I only remember this because I was pregnant with my DD! My DH to my knowledge has never had it.

The stomach bug is the worst...I hope to avoid it for a long time. A lot of that I think is pure luck & maybe some of your immunity. But... Wash,wash, wash hands! & of course cleaning (when someone in your family gets it).

[thecheshirekat]

My kids have had a stomach bug twice so far. The first time I got it; the second time I didn't. Both times I was elbow-deep in puked-on sheets for days, and I did my best to wash my hands often and keep all surfaces clean. DH never gets sick with the rest of us somehow.

[dizzycooks]

My girls have had it a few times each and dh. Seems to get it regularly (3-4 times a year?). Me? I'm just the clean up crew. I wash everything in sight and wipe down extra well with Clorox wipes.

[nicolewi]

I'm more susceptible than DH. I often get it despite all my best efforts. FYI, I think also Lysol spray will kill norovirus, but not wipes. DH usually doesn't get it but has. When DD1 was in daycare years ago and got a particularly bad one, he broke his "several years of not puking" record. He was seriously starting to think maybe he "just didn't throw up." I throw up way more than him in general. Fun!

[lattelady5]

My H gets it more than me . Before kids I never got it but mow every few times they do. We've been sick a lot this year. I'm hoping it's all behind us now. I use bleach and lysol after stomach bugs. Door handles, wash all bedding, toys etc. I don't think it foes any good though haha

[vettymama]

DH and I get it every couple years. DS1 (3) has had it once. DS2 (23 months) hasn't-fingers crossed.

Before getting pregnant with DS1 I never had the stomach bug.

We just wash hands and use sanitizer by the gallon.