I am disturbed by the # of issues friend's baby has had

LipstickLibrarian · January 2009

I think there is some negligence at his daycare, b/c I have never heard of so many illnesses in an otherwise healthy child. He's had numerous colds (which I assume is normal) but also the hand/foot/mouth virus that causes sores in the mouth and also a viral infection that caused an itchy rash all over his body. He is 7 months. Daycare moms -- all of this isn't typical, right? It makes me nervous to send DD to daycare, but like many moms, after August of this year I will have no choice but to send her to daycare when I go back to work full time.

suh5969 · January 2009

She has had serveral colds (she has been in since Sept.) 2 ear infections and rosoela (sp?) that causes a rash. Hand/foot/mouth disease is no fun but common although knock on wood she hasn't had it.

Sweet_Lady · January 2009

short of having a rash, DS has had it all - stomach virus, colds, coughs, hand and foot (which he had after only being at day care for 2 weeks at 3 months old!) - i can say we missed the pink eye that went around but i am certain there are more things that are waiting for him to catch.

lar1203 · January 2009

not sure about the other sicknesses, but ds has had many colds (leading to ear infections) that he got at daycare:(

mama_k · January 2009

yikes. DD has only had a few colds.

Sherriberry · January 2009

When you think of how fast illnesses spread I don't think it's that hard to believe. The number 1 way viruses are spread is through touching and kids are always putting their hands in their mouth. Maybe he has a weak immune system or the daycare isn't enforcing the sick policy.

I heard that it's normal for kids to have one cold per month in the winter.

I'm glad DH & I have a lot of vacation time between us......

RobynandJason050706 · January 2009

its all common my 4 year old neice just got over the hand/foot virus shes caught at daycare.

jndbfam · January 2009

Ick. DS has had numerous colds, one random fever, and tonsilitis (which we don't even know if he got from daycare). You can't blame the daycare. A lot of kids are sent there before their parents are aware that their DC is sick, let alone contagious.

CFO · January 2009

Sydney is at a DCP w/ only 2 other kids...and she STILL has gotten numerous colds and RSV. Thems the brakes, sometimes.

pinktulips · January 2009

Hand, Foot and Mouth disease has a long incubation, so I am sure parents sent their dc to daycare unknowningly.

annabelle.27 · January 2009

Some babies get sick a lot. My son has never been in daycare and he has had three stomach flus, strep throat, and at least three colds. He has a bad cold right now, in fact. And he's well looked after, often at home, exclusively breastfed, etc. However, I do have very young sisters and they give him every germ imaginable. The only way I could prevent him from getting sick is if we never saw my family, as some viruses are contagious before you have symptoms. On top of the illnesses mentioned, he was also exposed to chicken pox and hand/foot/mouth from my sisters, but didn't catch either.

I wouldn't blame it on negligence. It just happens sometimes. Think of it this way: the baby in question is building up his immune system early.

MelissaPete · January 2009

Sounds normal to me of all the kids I know that go to daycare

jodynjames2005 · January 2009

My older kids started daycare at around 1 year. They were sick literally continuously until they were about 4. They have pretty much never been sick since. They missed so much daycare that we had to get a nanny because there was no other way for me to work, and now they literally never miss a day of school.

Mominator · January 2009

My kids don't even go to daycare and DS just got over his 3rd cold of the season and this week is fighting a viral infection with an all over body rash. DD has somehow managed to not catch any of this from him. AND he's exclusively breastfed so is getting all of my immunities. I just think that some kids get sick more easily than others.

musiclovers · January 2009

I think I'm the odd one here, but DD has been in daycare since she was 3 months old and **knocking on wood** has not been sick - at all. Maybe she has a super human immune system, but most of the babies at her daycare haven't been sick. They have some very strict policies about sick babies and when they can come back. . . I'm sure that helps. We also still wash our hands like crazy. I think we are just lucky though.

katy75 · January 2009

All sounds normal to me.

lizzyjames · January 2009

DD is a constant snifflebutt. She has a cold takes a week off and then gets another. 3 ear infections too. No stomach virus or other things though.

rlthomas7 · January 2009

We've had countless colds, four ear infections, hand foot and mouth disease, viral meningitis (leading to hospitalization) and he currently has pinkeye. It's all normal. And my son is only in daycare three days a week.

BerriGirl · January 2009

Normal, in my experience. DS was breastfed for 6 months, and he still has been sick constantly since being in daycare. Colds, ear infections, RSV and bronchialitis, somach bugs, thrush (which I think he got from another baby because I caught them with each other's pacifiers in their mouths and he had thrush immediately before DS). He did manage to avoid whooping cough, which was going around a few weeks back,

And I definitely blame daycare - he was out for one month with a nanny and didn't have so much as a sniffle. Within 5 days of going back, sick again.

jenifairies · January 2009

This post makes me sad.

joecubed · January 2009

we've had two colds, two ear infections (both stemming from the colds), and RSV. he got over all of those very quickly.

racegirl723 · January 2009

Sounds normal to me. My DS started in September and has had 3 colds, one of which turned in to pneumonia with an ear infection (super fun) and two stomach viruses.

DS' doctor and the ER doctor (we were there on Xmas Day for the pneumonia) both commented that if he wasn't in daycare getting sick now, he would get it all when he started school so better to miss daycare than school.

KGsky · January 2009

We had a confirmed case of Hand/Foot/Mouth (Cowsackie Syndrome) at DD's daycare. I think it's pretty normal. She gets a new cold every two weeks. :S

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