How sick will DD get?

DidIShave4This

So I am curious: DD is 26mo and will start at Goddard next week. She's never had so much as a cold (I nursed her until 22mo). I'm concerned that she is going to start coming down with every bug known to man. Wondering how it went for you ladies and your LOs.

makclair

Was she not ever around other children? Were you at home FT or did she have a nanny??

 DS is 20 months - he's had 3 ear infections in his life (i think) and that's about it. Of course he's had plenty of colds, but everybody has those.

Overall he's been very healthy- he's been in daycare since 8 weeks old, and I'm a pediatrician, so I bring home stuff too!

 

i tell most parents though- it is either get exposed to everything now (in pre-school/daycare) or they're sick a lot when they start Kindergarten. So you have to take your pick.

jesspacatc

K started daycare at 8 weeks also - usually a cold every 6 weeks or so, we had a period of 3 months where there were chronic ear infections (relieved by tubes), one minor case of croup and now coxsackie. 

I also bring home stuff because I work as a PA in the hospital. 

Most docs say the first winter is the worst - just prepare for the worst and hope for the best. 

DidIShave4This

From the time she was 19mo old, she had a nanny at our home so she wasn't around a lot of little kids. I teach so I thought that I might bring germs home with me but she still never got sick.

The_Jen626

DD started daycare at 10 weeks old...she's had a few minor colds, had a very minor case of pneumonia, pinkeye once, and a virus called herpangina. I, on the other hand, pretty much had one nonstop cold for the first year of her life, lol...

KathrynMD

my DD started daycare FT @ 4 months; she basically had a runny nose for the first 6 months; she got sick (low fever, minor diarhea) about 3 days after she started and missed a day.  She missed maybe 3 days the whole first year from illness.  I didn't think it was a big deal.  The constant runny nose bothered me as I thought she constantly had the same cold, but the doctor explained to me that you catch a virus, it takes about 10 days to run its course and by that time you've caught another virus.

DTNZ4Ever

DS started at 12 weeks old. He was healthy for about the first 6 weeks then he had a constant cold for about 10 months. He had a chornic cough that went along with the runny nose. He had a couple of ear infections and pink eye twice. Good luck. The way I look at it better to be sick now then when they have to miss real school.

katiemac12345

Not sure what Goddard is, I'm assuming preschool of some kind.

DD has been in daycare since 12 weeks, and she has never been sick. I nursed until 22 weeks, but she has been formula fed since then. She interacts with other babies as well as older kids since it is an at home daycare. I don't think it is a given that babies get sick from being cared for outside the home and I think it sounds a little holier than thou to act like all babies are sick all the time if they don't have a nanny.

justrachet

mbenit4:

Mia is rarely sick and has been in daycare since she was 6 weeks old. I didn't nurse her. I formula fed. I am not sure why you mentioned that in your post. In her 1st year of life she had 1 ear infection and 1 cold. Nothing else. My DD averages about 1 cold a year.

This, except DS is 7 months and hasn't been sick.

azuremama

Not too much sickness here either.  First year at daycare, he caught some colds, had a constant runny nose, and an ear infection, but that's about it.  I missed a couple of days of work.  Since then, I think he's been sick twice.

C&B2006

DD started daycare alittle over 2 months ago after being home with me since birth. The first week she got sick and had to miss a day. Shes since had a minor cold, pinkeye once, and a cough that wont quit (but this is probably related to her allergies)!

DidIShave4This

mbenit4:

Mia is rarely sick and has been in daycare since she was 6 weeks old. I didn't nurse her. I formula fed. I am not sure why you mentioned that in your post. In her 1st year of life she had 1 ear infection and 1 cold. Nothing else. My DD averages about 1 cold a year.

I mentioned this because of the belief that so many have that extended BFing may lead to fewer illnesses and support the child's immune system.