Sherry Taylor

Q: A new survey says that moms do this an average of 324 times during their kid’s childhood?

A: get sick

According to a new survey, the average mom gets sick 324 times during her kid’s childhood.

That comes out to 18 times a year.

Here’s the breakdown of those 324 illnesses:  108 sore throats . . . 108 runny noses . . . 54 colds . . . 36 stomach bugs or cases of diarrhea . . . 12 cases of the flu . . . and six cases of lice and other random illnesses.

The survey also found the average mom only feels totally healthy 13 days a month.

(Daily Mail)

 

 

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