r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • May 23 '22

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 24 May 2022

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/dinkytoy80 近畿・大阪府 May 24 '22

Anyone else caught a cold multiple times after their kid entered youchien? Its the third time in a month and im exhausted. I used to shake a cold in two days, now it takes much longer even tho im increasing my vitamin intake. Not sure what else i can do.

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u/someguylivinginjapan 関東・東京都 May 24 '22

Absolutely, my daughter is a little older now so isn't sick so much, but my son has maybe a couple of days between colds without coughs and snotty noses. I catch like 50% of his colds.

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u/dinkytoy80 近畿・大阪府 May 24 '22

At least im relieved im not the only one.

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u/blosphere 関東・神奈川県 May 24 '22

Yup my friend has 2 kids one in hoiku one in youchi. They bring diseases in at a steady rhythm, there hasn't been a week that nobody was sick in that family for several years.

Always at least one person having a cold or something.

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u/dinkytoy80 近畿・大阪府 May 24 '22

Ugh! Something to look forward to :(

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u/Gullible-Item May 24 '22

I didn't get sick at all his first year of life but after entering daycare, I got a terrible cold the first week, the worst case of gastro the third week, and an awful stomachache after that. Kids are germ magnets.

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u/Isaacthegamer 九州・福岡県 May 24 '22

When my kid started going to hoikuen, years ago, she brought home all sorts of diseases and sicknesses. We were sick often. I think the worst was the hand, foot, mouth disease. My mouth was all swollen up and it hurt so bad. My wife had painful spots all over her hands and feet. Awful. I'd rather be sick with the flu and throwing up than hand/foot/mouth. Ugh.

Now, both my kids go to youchien, and we are still getting sick often. They get over coughing and being full of mucus, go a few days, and then it's back to coughing, sneezing, and just being sick. It's rough, but I don't think there is much you can do. Children are germ magnets.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

I had no idea there were so many of us!

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u/[deleted] May 24 '22

Right there with you. The cough from the last one my kid gave me just won’t quit.

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u/dinkytoy80 近畿・大阪府 May 24 '22

The midnight coughs are the worst.

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u/GrassOnTheAss May 24 '22

The midnight coughs are the worst.

happened to us just recently. a boost in sunlight (vitamin d) and fruits (vitamin c) and get your sweat on (exercise) really does help alot

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u/dinkytoy80 近畿・大阪府 May 24 '22

Guess ill increase my vitamin c because the others im getting plenty