January 2013 Moms
Sep5Bride
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Always getting sick
Sep5Bride
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My poor girl has a horrible cold and was sent home from DC today with pink eye. She's had HFM twice and seems to come down with a virus every month or so that causes her to stay home. My job is not a great one for staying home last minute and my husband is in law school so when he stays home he is missing class or study time. We absolutely love this DC, but I hate that she gets sick so often and missing work/school is very stressful. I'm starting to wonder if in-home daycare or a nanny would be better in some ways, at least as far as sickness and missing work. Anybody use one of these options and want to chime in about your experience?
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Re: Always getting sick
How long has she been there? I've heard up to the first 12 months can be really hard with illnesses, especially for only children. T had a nanny for just about a year and only got sick once or twice; however, he started daycare last February and was sick constantly. He had 5 ear infections in a row due to colds and had to get tubes. When we switched to his current day care, a few strains of HFM went around and he got it 3 TIMES. It was NOT a fun few months (like Feb-July, I think). Since then, though, he's had a few little things but it seems to be getting better. I think the rule of thumb is they build up immunities around 6 months after being there but for some it's longer. And of course they will sometimes just catch things. After a few good months T caught the tummy bug going around last week but it luckily only lasted a few days (2-3). If you plan to have her in public school, my advice is to try your best to work with her getting sick now. Can you hire a back-up sitter off of care.com? Even if it's just for a few hours when she's sick, there are many people willing to do it.
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I have pink eye too now, and since I'm pregnant it's taking awhile to find an antibiotic I can take. I'm so frustrated because I can't go back to work until I've been on the meds 24 hours, and I can't start taking them until the OB calls back. Just stuck here waiting...
The first 15 months in DC were really tough. DS was sick constantly. He'd be sick for a month then well for no more than 3 weeks. He has allergies though. Once we got a handle on the allergies and found a good treatment he's been so much better. He's only been sick a few times since April.
Also, pink eye is usually viral, not bacterial so you don't need antibiotics. DS had pinkeye when we saw an ENT and he told me it was most likely viral (I took DS back to the pedi the next day and they tested his eye, sure enough it was viral. I immediately took him off the antibiotics). It's pretty uncommon to have bacterial pinkeye.