Child getting ill at nursery - WIBU?

[trebleclef101]

13mo DD goes to nursery one day a week. and it seems like every week she has a different illness - so far we have had various colds, a couple of basic viruses (fever, rash etc), impetigo, a most recently a stomach bug that bought down the whole family.

Now it might just be coincidence but the timings suggest that she is picking things up from other kids at nursery as she always gets ill a couple of days after her nursery day.

My DH is talking about taking her out of nursery as he is fed up with her getting ill (we do have alternative child care so this is a viable option). My opinion is that we will have to deal with this sooner or later while her immune system learns to deal with being around other children so we should just man up and power through, rather than delaying the inevitable.

WIBU?

[Ninasimoneinthemorning]

Hmmmm I'm a bit dubious too. My dd (3) has been ill a hand full of times since she started nursary 1year old.

They are super good at hand washing before meals, after toilet ect..

Maybe they need to look at their hygiene policies.

[Ninasimoneinthemorning]

My lot never went to nursery and have done just fine at school, they catch bugs because parents don't follow the 48 hour rule, not becausre they didn't attend nursery as a baby

This too. On the rare occation my dd was ill my friend advised 'dosing her up on calpol' and sending her in.

[Lonecatwithkitten]

It is not inevitable that they are sick on starting nursery DD started full time three at three months and went school at 4 years 8 months. She had 10 days of nursery in that time first when she was 5 months old 5 days in hospital ( her attempt to die from septicaemia) totally unrelated to nursery the ear infection that triggered it had occurred prior to nursery. And then 5 days at 2.5 years for chicken pox. In her life she has had two D&V viruses and one uti. The other children at nursery were rarely ill too, but it was a very small nursery that never used agency staff this could be the difference.
However, between 7 and 12 she was plagued by migraines so our track record at school was not so good,

[Lonecatwithkitten]

It is not inevitable that they are sick on starting nursery DD started full time three at three months and went school at 4 years 8 months. She had 10 days of nursery in that time first when she was 5 months old 5 days in hospital ( her attempt to die from septicaemia) totally unrelated to nursery the ear infection that triggered it had occurred prior to nursery. And then 5 days at 2.5 years for chicken pox. In her life she has had two D&V viruses and one uti. The other children at nursery were rarely ill too, but it was a very small nursery that never used agency staff this could be the difference.
However, between 7 and 12 she was plagued by migraines so our track record at school was not so good,

[unlucky83]

Black swan
Nursery protecting babies from cancer - that's a new one.

Like I said I haven't read anything about it for years - but this is an article in Nature from 2005 that mentions it...

www.nature.com/news/2005/050422/full/news050418-16.html

Exposure to pathogens in the first year of life may help to train a child's immune system to somehow prevent this, says Greaves. He points out that the incidence of childhood leukaemia in East Germany before reunification was a third less than its Western counterpart.

[Lonecatwithkitten]

It is not inevitable that they are sick on starting nursery DD started full time three at three months and went school at 4 years 8 months. She had 10 days of nursery in that time first when she was 5 months old 5 days in hospital ( her attempt to die from septicaemia) totally unrelated to nursery the ear infection that triggered it had occurred prior to nursery. And then 5 days at 2.5 years for chicken pox. In her life she has had two D&V viruses and one uti. The other children at nursery were rarely ill too, but it was a very small nursery that never used agency staff this could be the difference.
However, between 7 and 12 she was plagued by migraines so our track record at school was not so good,

[Lonecatwithkitten]

Sorry about multiple posts - app playing up

[Tastesjustlikecherrycola85]

I took my dd out of nursery after a term for this very reason, hated seeing her so poorly all the time. She was constantly ill. I'm going to leave it a little while longer before trying again. In the meantime she's going to playgroups instead.