u/Over_Win9196

My husband wants to take a cruise with some friends in January. At that time our oldest with have just turned 2 and youngest will be 4 months. It’s a Royal Caribbean cruise. It’s been a long time since either of us went on a cruise and we’ve never gone with kids, so I have no idea what to expect or plan for or whether it’s even a good idea to take a 4 month old. I’d love to hear from anyone that has taken really little kids on a cruise. Any and all tips are welcome!

Anyone dealt with E Coli and/or Norovirus. My son’s daycare has had an outbreak of both 😬 and are being very cautious about all gi stuff. They sent my son home on Wednesday due to diarrhea (they didn’t save the diaper so idk what they consider diarrhea)… He did seem a bit on the grumpy side on Wed but also 18 month olds have spells of grumpiness all the time. Since being home he has seemed completely fine. No other symptoms, in high spirits, lots of energy. He has had normal frequency of poops but they have been on the looser side. We are getting his poop tested for an infection (per request from daycare), but that could take a week to get results.

Soooo basically I’m wondering if anyone has dealt with either of these infections and what the experience was. If there weren’t an outbreak at daycare it wouldn’t even occur to me that anything is out of the ordinary. I just don’t know what to expect from all this 🤷🏼‍♀️

Also I put this as a daycare question bc that made the most sense out of the options but I’m mostly curious about how these infections show up. But obviously as long as he’s potentially sick he’ll be out of daycare and I’ll be out of work