The kids have had colds for almost a month now.  As soon as one seems to get better, they get hit with another one which has led to a seemingly endless succession of drippy noses, coughs, sneezes and the like.  I’ve been trying to figure out what changed (other than our move, which seems quite unlikely to cause this!) and I think it ties into the grocery carts with the little cars at Safeway.  I never used to use those, but a little over a month ago I relented and found them a nice way to keep track of Gregory now that he refuses to sit in the front part of the cart.  He now loves the little cars, and Emma eagerly joins him in it whenever we go grocery shopping.  If these germ-mobiles are what are causing the problem, I’m not sure how to proceed.  

Should I:

a) stop using them, and break my two year old’s heart?  

b)  wipe them down with anti-microbial wipes, contribute to the breeding of super-viruses, and hope for the best?

c) hope that the preschool effect kicks in soon and they stop catching these cold viruses quite so often

d) try to figure out a time when I could go grocery shopping without Emma and Gregory in tow?

We’re going to skip Safeway this week, and I’ll be curious to see if their colds clear up.  In the meantime, I think I’m finally coming down with one…  which helps explain why I was dragging so much this weekend.