thread: Did you take any special precautions with whooping cough prevalence and your newborn?

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  1. #1
    Registered User

    Dec 2007
    Victoria
    7,260

    No really...
    We were careful to make sure our eldest understood not to touch Marley with dirty hands, etc, but we don't really have close contact with anyone else to worry about it much.

    I didn't get the booster in hospital, neither did DH. TBH I have been more worried about it the few times I have had to take one or the other of them to the ER. It is the only time they are exposed in at close proximity to randoms and sick people.

    Babywearing was another good one though, meant I didn't get randoms at the shopping centre coming up to me and touching her etc.

  2. #2
    Registered User

    Nov 2010
    Perth, WA
    3,172

    We're both planning on a booster and have generally asked those who are sick to wait before visiting until they are better. Those are about the only precautions we're really taking.

    For us it's less about him picking it up from random people cooing over him than being concerned that one of us might get it (DH works in an office) and bring it home - so if we can take reasonable steps to lessen that concern we will.

  3. #3
    BellyBelly Member

    Sep 2009
    Melbourne
    856

    we got the booster and carried on like normal. we went to shopping centres etc,