The skids are sick again. Or should I say still? I don't even know. They never seem well, but they are currently sicker than the usual background coughing and snotty noses.

I have been on them since October to start wearing pants and a jacket. Its a daily battle. I will tell them to get a coat as we leave for school....notice they are carrying it rather than wearing it when we get in the car, tell them to put it on again. They will begin to put it on and apprarently stop as soon as my back is turned to drive because low and behold we get to school and no coat. I imagine they take it off as soon as I drive off again.

They never cov r their mouths, and just cough all over each other and everything around them. They don't blow their noses unless you force them. Its a toss up whether they will snort the snot back up and swallow it or just let it run down their faces. They never wash their hand, despite being sent to wash them before and after every meal.

So I had a little mini rant on dh a couple weeks ago about the coat situations n. He said to forget about it and then f they want to be cold then that's their business . I said OK, but I don't want to hear one word when they get sick.

Surprise surprise, they are have the now sick. Uncontrollable coughing thing and noses like a faucet.Not my problem. I ignored it all weekend. No special meals, didn't strip their linens everyday, didn't have them in a warm bath Evey night. I didn't chase them around with tissues reminding them to blow their noses and cover their mouths.

Instead, they got banned from the family room, where my baby spends most of his time. And bs3 was told he was not allowed to be in their rooms. They got quarantined. If they want to be gross and geem covered, fine by me. But they will no longer be allowed to infect the entire family. They choose to be constantly sick with their behavior, my boys don't.

They can coughvl all they want all over each other, they can cough all they want over the things in their rooms. But they will not cough on me and mine anymore.

Dh ignored it all weekend. Last night, while listening to the orchestra of coughing coming from their bedrooms, so what are we down ng about this?

Innocently- do about what?

This coughing! What are we going to do about it?

Well, having them wear coats, cover their mouths when they cough, blowing their noses instead of eating it, and having them wash their hand would be a good start.

I guess that wasn't the level of concern he was expecting because he job st stared at me with his mouth open.