Southern NH and I paid very close attention. Smelled like the neighborhood skunk again.

My family and I are just now recovering from RSV. I would’ve never known that’s what it is since it shows up as a nasty cold for kids and adults, but our baby caught it at a week old and is just now recovering at 3 weeks. These sicknesses are inevitable but I’m really drilling hand-washing into my kids’ brains. I’m so thankful no hospital stay was needed.

Thank you! The worst part is that there are rapid RSV tests available but his, along with other kids our pediatrician tested last week, had false negatives. By the time his PCR came through with results he was well past the peak. Still gave us a big scare, especially since the news and media are saturated with warnings right now.

Could be RSV! It looks like a cold on kids and adults but the cough is rough. They won’t typically test for it unless it’s a small child. I only know this because we’re currently going through it and would have never known had we not tested the baby. Our school age kids had a cough for weeks and it hit my husband pretty hard, too.

It’s awful right now. We just had our third baby and our kindergartener had to stay home sick with us the day we brought him home from the hospital after he was born. He caught RSV at 1.5 weeks old from her and is just now recovering at 3 weeks.

Thankfully he didn’t need a hospital stay, but I did take him to the doctor 3 times during it to check his oxygen and lungs. I’m glad they found a bed for this sweet baby. I do not recommend having a baby in the fall. 👎🏼

I bet things will open up more towards spring anyhow, good luck!

I agree with everyone saying Portsmouth. Coming from NYC you’re probably used to high rents so you may be paying close to the same or a little less, but definitely your best option. Dover is pretty close to Portsmouth too and not a bad option either! I’d avoid Nashua and Manchester.

I have school-age kids so naturally two colds have already passed through the house this month and last. One of them has been hanging on to a runny nose for a few weeks now and I’m not sure if this makes #3 or something stubborn.

My youngest had a fever of 103+ for a whole weekend and every single test came back negative. We never found out what she had and eventually just fizzled out, it was way worse on her than Covid was but wasn’t any sort of flu, strep, or infection.