I'm a fan of exposing pickle to stuff tbh. It did bother me (especially sick bugs) but quickly realised I was swimming against the tide
so now I'm less fussed. She's going to get sick so may as well get it over with. Some parents also don't realise what the cause of the illness is, esp with stuff like HFM where symptoms can be so mild that you don't notice.
cottles, I'll say it again happily. Your OH is a wanker. I know this doesn't help you but I hope you realise that not every OH would behave the way yours does. If mine said he was tired in that situation he would also know I would rip him a new arsehole.
Your OH is an equal parent to those kids and should fucking start acting like it and not your fourth child. And you need to believe in yourself. You are under an immense amount of stress, not aided by the person who is supposed to have your back. It's time he grew a pair tbh and stopped acting like a spoilt child.
I suspect your kids are also, as well as being sick, reacting to your stress. It's totally normal and nothing bad, but should be a sign to your dickhead husband that he needs to step up and be a good Dad, which is more than just the bare minimum.
Throw that water, call him a wanker, because being nice about it doesn't seem to change anything.
I'd also go on strike tbh. I've done it before and it worked to show how much I did. I'm not far off it atm but given we (me and my OH) react differently to stress, and considering the tests last week were pretty stressful, he has a period of time in which to buck his ideas up or there will be a row. A lovely shouty name calling row.
, guess we know where he caught it though! 
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Gertrude. It does annoy me sometimes, like playdates if you're not pre warned the kids got a horrible cold, most of the time I just go with it but sometimes if you've something planned coming up that you'd rather not deliberately expose your kid to the bugs then its annoying! 
