daycare and illness?

maddie80 · January 2009

Just thought I would ask here... how often does your DC get sick, if they are in daycare? And is it usually really sick, or just a cold?

DS was in daycare for 5 days, and came down with a virus, pinkeye, and a double ear infection that all hit on Saturday. He's never had worse than a cold, but he's been home this year with me. I'm curious to know if this is bound to happen again soon.

katezta · January 2009

My daughter is sick all the time. During her first year of daycare(started at 4 months), she just had a string of runny noses. Nothing big. This year she has graduated to ear infections and stomach viruses and the nonstop upper respiratory coughing fits. We have had to pick her up from daycare and take her home and miss work for her illnesses. It is too much. I know I will be grateful when she is in kindergarten and has a healthy immune system, but now it is hard to take.

*sparky* · January 2009

DS was in DC as an infant and got sick a lot. One cold after another, ear infections, etc. Nothing too serious, but it seemed like he would go to DC, get sick, have to be home for 2 - 3 days, get better, go back and get sick again. We pulled him out, so he has been cared for in our home ever since.

But this year he started preschool - just two mornings a week, and we are back in the cycle of almost constant colds. The good thing is, he is stronger than he was as an infant, so it's not as bad when he is sick. I know they have to go through it some time, and I'd rather it be now than when he is in Kindergarten, but it is a hassle. We are lucky that we don't always have to miss work when he is sick, but when he is really miserable I do stay home with him rather than his nanny, and I always am the one to take him to the doctor.

Plus I've gotten most of the crud he has picked up this year, so we go through a cycle of him being sick, then me, then by the time I am feeling better, he is sick again. Fun times.

Meanwhile, DH gets none of it - I don't understand it.

spinach · January 2009

DS went to day care in Jan when he was 5.5 months old. He's had fairly constant runny noses, ear infections, RSV(2X), stomach bugs etc. Now we're dealing with canker sores. He got sick more between Jan and April (winter/spring) vs summer and fall/winter. I did notice that in the fall, he would get a runny nose (green/yellow) and it would go away in a week. I wasn't so busy with work in the fall so I would let him sleep in more and I think that helps too. Oh and in the beginning when he gets sick I would get sick too, my immunity has built up too. It's tough to be a working mom and have to take time off from work but I do think it's building his immunity,

MrsAmers · January 2009

It actually hasn't been as bad as I expected. I'm not sure how much of that is DD's immune system (DH and I both have pretty good immune systems & I BFed for 22 months) and how much of it is the fact that they are constantly washing hands at our daycare. Anyone who enters the room washes their hands, they wash (teachers and kids) after every diaper change, they wash before every meal and snack...I swear they must spend half the day washing their hands. :-)

DD had the sniffles/colds on and off for the first year. Beyond that, she had one eye cold, one ear infection and two short stomach bugs. We also had a case of thrush, but I don't think she picked that up at school.

I'm hoping that DC #2 has a similar immune system!

Amy&Anthony · January 2009

DS has been sick pretty much the entire time he has been in Daycare, he is in an inhome, so there aren't alot of kids, but the nose is almost always runny, he's had one ear infection, and a cough.

The colds I can deal with, but it slows his weight gain.

Angela814 · January 2009

She was sick almost the whole first winter of daycare. She'd have a cold for a week, be better for a week, get an ear infection, pick up another cold, etc. The second winter was much better. This winter she has been sick once with an ear infection.

2bearichards · January 2009

Sickness is a part of daycare, unfortunately. But hopefully, by the time they go to kindergarten, they will never get sick!

We have had colds, pink eye, lots of ear infections (he has tubes now), Roseola, hand foot and mouth, stomach viruses, fevers, and the list goes on.

lisaNov3 · January 2009

she started daycare at 4 months and has had a pretty constant runny nose thus far. about a month ago she got bronchilitis and just this friday came down with RSV.

suh5969 · January 2009

She gets sick about once or twice a month. She almost always has a runny nose.

jlw2505 · January 2009

It gets better I promise. My 2 1/2 year old DD really has only gotten colds and I think one tummy virus and HFM which was mild. The colds were never anything too bad, just the normal run of the mill and she has only missed daycare a handful of times in the 2 years and 3 months she has been there. My 10 month old has gotten a ton of colds and a few viruses since she started at 10 weeks. Both have had ear infections from the colds but overall, it has not been that bad. My 10 month old has missed more days than my older DD due to fever which my older DD just has not really dealt with. After the 1st year, the number of colds seems to really go down.

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