I'm sure every mother here agrees there is nothing worse than being sick and taking care of a sick family. How do you prevent spread in your home?

I was never able to really stop it. Though now if I did it over again, I might put a surgical mask on myself if I was the sick one. I would have probably felt bad putting it on my kids if they were sick. Or on myself if my kids were sick. HAH

I would trade those days, for vacations ones first chance I got!

Bleach and more bleach. If someone has flu or a bug here, I wipe down all the door handles with well diluted bleach and the walls. It seems to really help keep it from being passed around us all. Spray disinfectant is also your friend. Just be sure and read the instructions about where it's safe to spray in and remind everyone about the importance of simple hygiene like frequent hand washing.

These are great ideas! I haven't had this problem yet besides when it's been me and my hubby, and then he's always such a prince. He takes care of me, then himself.

Breastfeeding is supposed to boost a mother and baby's immune system, so hopefully that will do what is needed to protect my angel from getting anything from me!

Disinfectant should be everyones friend. My other half is sick and really over worked today, got called in today for over time. :(

Each of the family members should have a strong immune system in order for them not to catch any disease. In order to attain this: right diet, enough rest and couple of exercise will maintain the good health of the family members.

Now if someone gets some illness, then sterilization is the best thing to do. There are many ways to sterilize other than bleach. What my mother always do is to put the utensils into a basin filled with hot water. And there are separate things to use, like spoons, glasses and plates to name a few, for the person who gets sick in order not to spread the disease.