School me on being a Dad

[Manhattan]

Found this to be probably the worst part of kids that ppl don't really bring up. Worse than the sleep deprivation & tantrums.

I've been sick roughly 1/3 of the year even thru the summer. Every time I catch something I find it takes 2 full weeks as an adult to fully recover - 1st week just completely knocked on my ass; 2nd week lingering symptoms like sinus infection or cough. It is SUPER frustrating so take solace in knowing we're all miserable too lol

[bjstare]

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I start popping Cold FX like tic tacs so I can try to stand a chance.

And you think Cold FX actually does something? Bless your heart.

[nismodrifter]

Have 2.5 year old boy. Can confirm I am in the same boat. Recurrent illness since at least August of this year. Upper resp, GI, just round after round. There is always a 1 day period when his symptoms resolve, and I am relieved........and then the next day I get the symptoms and get knocked completely flat.

[88CRX]

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take solace in knowing we're all miserable too lol

[schurchill39]

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And you think Cold FX actually does something? Bless your heart.

I don't know what it does but for me it makes a material difference in either the duration or severity of my colds which is why I stick with it. We're 3.5 years into daycare colds with my oldest and 1.5 years into them with my youngest and there is a noticeable difference when I take it versus when I don't. Before I was crushing echinacea, vitamin C, vitamin D, and oil of oregano with some mild success but I seem to have better success with the Cold FX concoction. The same goes for when I used to do camp work back in the day, I'm way better off when I take it when the sniffles start around me versus when I don't.

I'm all ears for anything else you might have that would be more effective in this constant battle with daycare illness. Especially if it doesn't come with the Cold FX price tag.

[Tik-Tok]

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I'm all ears for anything else you might have that would be more effective in this constant battle with daycare illness. Especially if it doesn't come with the Cold FX price tag.

It's just ginseng and vitamin C.

[DonJuan]

Costco sized bag of grapefruit/oranges and honey. Peel and eat the fruit. Boil the peels with ginger and sweeten with LOTS of honey.

Call in sick and fire up the xbox.

[mr2mike]

Ground pepper tea.
Disgusting and maybe it works.

1/4 cup of bleach for flavour if the above doesn't work.
(not a doctor).

[Kloubek]

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It's just ginseng and vitamin C.

This is pretty much it. And I dunno about ginseng, but taking vitamin C after you've already come down with the sickness is too late. It really should be part of everyone's daily regimen if they feel they have a deficiency.

[2Legit2Quit]

Echinacea tea is tasty to drink with some honey and boosts your immune system

Otherwise I hear honking fixes things.

[DonJuan]

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Otherwise I hear honking fixes things.

Fuck U. I just sprayed my monitor with grapefruit peel tea.

[riander5]

What is allowing you all to get sick so many times?

Really though, my poor kid gets sick from daycare every second week, I may just be miraculously lucky that I never seem to catch what she has. Maybe my immune system isn't working... I did feel the 'vid for a day when she brought that home last year though.

[killramos]

What do you mean “allowing”

[ExtraSlow]

That's a callback to something one of our legendary members said.

[JustinL]

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I'm all ears for anything else you might have that would be more effective in this constant battle with daycare illness. Especially if it doesn't come with the Cold FX price tag.

Well get plenty of rest, that should help. LOL, but with Toddlers GFL!
I have a 3 year old and a 1 year old. Sleep is not on the menu.

[Manhattan]

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Call in sick and fire up the xbox.

I don't know about you guys but since covid & WFH if you are someone who works on a computer/office setting nobody ever takes a day off for illness unless they're hit by a bus. Maybe thats just culture at our company but its been impossible to take a sick day. Everyone worked thru their covid infections at home.

[DonJuan]

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I don't know about you guys but since covid & WFH if you are someone who works on a computer/office setting nobody ever takes a day off for illness unless they're hit by a bus. Maybe thats just culture at our company but its been impossible to take a sick day. Everyone worked thru their covid infections at home.

Yea, not me. I took min 2 days off when I was symptomatic. My company does allow us to WFH when sick etc but when I'm sick and I've notified them as being sick, I'm only "working on getting better".

I'm sure they would like me to work through sicknesses.

[bjstare]

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I don't know about you guys but since covid & WFH if you are someone who works on a computer/office setting nobody ever takes a day off for illness unless they're hit by a bus. Maybe thats just culture at our company but its been impossible to take a sick day. Everyone worked thru their covid infections at home.

Pretty similar for me. That being said, if people do have to take a day (or days) off for severe symptoms, we support it.

[vengie]

Daycare colds are worse than the god damn plague.

Living through it hard now... only 4 years left.....

[riander5]

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What do you mean “allowing”

You of all people should have caught that one. Well you and ES, and he caught it.