Britain’s largest family, the Radfords, have been hit with a sickness bug which is causing some of the kids in the house to “drop like flies”.
Sue Radford, mother of the Morecambe family, has been keeping her followers updated about the family’s health as more and more of the children catch the illness.
Her first Instagram post read: “The kids have been back at school for three days and we have a nasty stomach bug quickly working its way around the house.
“Poor Tillie (11) was supposed to be starting high school today but she’s been up all night throwing up.”
To cheer her up, Sue got Tillie a fish tank writing that it “should cheer [her] up… she’s been asking for this for months”.
In another post, Sue wrote: "Thought Heidie (1) was having a good sleep in so I went to get her up and sick everywhere.
“So she's having a lovely morning bath."
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Tillie and Heidie weren’t the only kids to be struck down as proven in a later Instagram post.
Sue wrote: “The tally so far is: Archie, Tillie, Max, Bonnie, Hallie and Heidie.
“Honestly they are dropping like flies. This has got to be the absolute worst thing about having a big family.”
Sue also posted several snaps of the deep cleanse going on in the Radford house, posting snaps of Dettol writing: "I'm going in #sickhouse".
She also posted a pile of sheet and washing, writing: “Steam will definitely be getting used on these clothes and bedding.”
46-year-old Sue likened the scene in her house to one from 2003 film, Cheaper By The Dozen.
She wrote: "Funny thing happened today, well not really funny but it made me think of that scene from Cheaper By The Dozen.
"You know that one where the boy was sick all over the floor then another child came running into the kitchen and slipped and fell in the sick? Yep, that happened today."
However, in the latest update Sue said some of the kids are on the mend.
She wrote: “Update on the kids: Tillie, Max, Archie and Hallie are all feeling much better.
“Josh, Bonnie and Heidie still poorly.
“I was bathing Heidie again early this morning as she’d been sick everywhere through the night."
She then posted a picture of Heidie asleep under a pink blanket.
You can keep up with The Radford Family over on their Instagram account.
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