Whooping Cough.. ARGH SERIOUSLY!

[Kitt3n]

From my understanding the vax is around 70% effective, your kids could still catch it but if they have been exposed to strains that they have been immunised against it will probably be less serious. Apparently there is another, newer strain going around that is not in the current vax's.

Are you BF'ing your youngest? If you are I would keep that up, offering her as much as possible.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Called mum and she has no idea what strain argh
I am BFing DD2 but the booster i had is the same as theirs so really if it's the different strain that leaves ALL of us open to it...

[Ozziehoffy]

I hope it misses you all hun.

[~ Zarava Flutterby ~]

Me too.. am watching the girls like a hawk.. so bad for my nerves!
Ava thinks it's a funny joke to cough then say OH NO COUGH cos then Z copies... argh kids i love you but really... no fake coughs PLEASE!

[Yeddi]

Me too.. am watching the girls like a hawk.. so bad for my nerves!
Ava thinks it's a funny joke to cough then say OH NO COUGH cos then Z copies... argh kids i love you but really... no fake coughs PLEASE!

The cough is only a later symptom. Look out for runny noses, fever, sneezing and loss of appetite (you know all the things that look like hay fever as we head further into spring... doh!). If you get concerned, your GP can do a swab to test for it, and put them on a dose of antibiotics early if they do have it which will greatly reduce the severity.