To keep my 3 year old off nursery?

[Justwingingmotherhood]

AIBU to keep my dd off nursery for 2 weeks (1 week off and then 1 weeks half term). She has been constantly poorly since Augast, coughing her guts up, throat infections, colds she has yet another bad throat and even though shes ok in herself 1. I dont want her passing anything on if shes infectious (not tonsillitis) 2. I dont want her catching anything else!!!
I want her to recoup and get herself a bit better I feel so sorry for her and quite frankly we are all exhausted from it. The reason I'm asking is because my mum is making me feel like I'm crazy. She is saying that when she goes back she will still catch things, I am very aware of this but I just want her to get a bit of strength back. I wouldn't like to be constantly poorly for almost 3 months, shes only 3! She has a respiratory appointment Friday so I dont want her poorly for that either.

What do you think?

Also I wont be missing any work so it's not really affecting anything ?

Do you think she's well enough to be at nursery? If yes, then send her in. If she's still a bit under the weather, feeling ill or symptomatic keep her off until she's fully well.

Completely get your thinking though. It's a worrying time and she is very little. It's completely your decision to make and not your mum's.

This is one of the nice advantages of nursery over school to me - you can much more go with your gut over whether they are better going in or staying at home (with the massive caveat that that’s only possible if you’re not going to miss out on work as a result and you’ve said you wouldn’t - if you’re a SAHP or have other flexibility then I think it’s a benefit to be able to keep them at home when they’re like that)

@andsoitbeginsagain I mean yes totally fine to go, she has been given some antibiotics for her throat but shes not poorly if that makes sense. And her nursery (rightly so) have a habit of sending kids for a covid test for every little thing. Her immune system is terrible! And I thought maybe a little break would do her good. I think I'm going to keep her off x

@Squirrelonwheels my work are brilliant they know I dont take the p**s with things like this so are happy to give me my annual leave for the shifts I'll miss. Because let's face it I wont be going anywhere anytime soon!

I would be a little bit concerned about the hygiene at the nursery - DS has been going since April (with most children starting again in June) and has only picked up one bug in that time; assuming this is far less than normal due to all the extra COVID hygiene precautions. So for your DD to still be picking so much up it sounds to me they’re being a bit lax. Obviously there’s only so much that can be done to make very small children sanitary but even so!

I would keep her off to recover under the circumstances. I had similar a couple of years ago when DD started nursery aged 15 months, in August. She has recurrent colds which turned into chest infections and eventually a rather nasty bout of bronchiolitis which led to hospitalisation for a week. That December, she was then given a cocktail of drugs to help her breathing which gave her the strength to fight off everything that was going around, and has helped her since.

@GivenchyDahhling understand what your saying. But it's nothing to do with their hygiene. My daughter has a terrible immune system, she was the same at a previous nursery and even when she goes to soft plays, groups she still leave with a bug. She has anemia so that doesnt help! Thank you for the pointing that out it would of definitely been something to think about x

I’d keep her off if I were you. It’s not compulsory, it’s nursery