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In the past 2 years, nursery illness has ruined

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Wouldloveanother · 03/07/2022 16:24

Every bank holiday bar one. Maybe 15-20 weekends? Both of DH’s birthdays. A weekend away. Too many occasions and plans to even count. I am so done with it, another weekend ruined and I just want to cry.

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Curiosity101 · 09/07/2022 22:47

@Wouldloveanother We've been going through this too. I read all your posts/replies and it's like you're describing my eldest DS (Aug 2019 baby), he even has the viral-induced wheeze and inhaler. We now have another baby (Aug 2021) and honestly, it's been hell.

Eldest DS was with a childminder and none of the baby/toddler groups opened until Sept/October 2021 so he was doing fine illness-wise despite mixing with lots of other childminders children at the parks and at other childminder's homes. Just the odd cold here and there, nothing too exciting.

Since the baby and toddler groups re-opened it's just been one thing after another and it's been hell. Now he obviously has his little brother to pass all his germs onto and I swear we literally haven't had a healthy house since Easter this year. I've been practically stuck at home with an ill child (poorly, temperature, contagious) pretty much non-stop since then. I've had a few days here and there where everyone has been healthy enough (myself included), to be out and about. A lot of my friends are/were pregnant, or have young babies. Plus elderly and immuno-compromised family... so I've felt incredibly isolated.

Same as you I've been to the doctors numerous times and they say it's normal. Kids are basically making up for the lack of mixing and they're getting 2 years' worth of bugs in a shorter time period. I can definitely believe it's worse for you if your little one has been in a nursery the whole time.

I keep hoping we're past the worst of it but my youngest is going to be starting childcare in a couple of months.

Honestly, I considered returning to work earlier than planned from my maternity leave cause at least that way me and DH would be sharing the caring duties rather than it all falling to me.

You have my sympathies. I hope things improve for you soon.

Notnowbarnaby · 09/07/2022 23:00

@Wouldloveanother posted too soon and sounded really snotty at the end sorry! I was saying the two years seems really unlucky and you must be REALLY feeling it so I have all the sympathy as I’ve only had three and a half months of it and want to cry every time he gets a temperature. I’m like oh god what now.

we’ve had the persistent cough and been prescribed inhalers so maybe there is something in that! His infections don’t go to his chest though, they seem to go
to throat or ears. Poor boy has had so many antibiotics.

it’s actually reassuring to see this thread (well the supportive posts) because although friends tell me it’s normal everyone else’s kids seem to get fewer bugs than mine!

also I do wonder how many of the snotty posters had children at nursery post lockdown. I do think it makes a difference. DS didn’t get ill at all until he was 14 months old, not even a whiff of a cold. If we had been mingling in his first year he would have had more than that I’m sure…

BruisedSkies · 10/07/2022 22:34

I wonder if it’s partly a lockdown thing. Although my kid carried on going to childcare, there were fewer bugs going round. So now it’s one a month to make up for it. It’s so awful.

Wouldloveanother · 03/08/2022 22:26

How are we all doing?

DD has coughed a few times in her sleep. Trying not to feel anxious about it.

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SS1983 · 04/08/2022 00:44

My little boy has just been sick, so he will be off tomorrow.

My little girl had been sent home sick on Monday, so she’s only due back tomorrow.

I understand the worry and stress with this

BruisedSkies · 04/08/2022 06:54

It’s been 3.5 weeks and no illness! You?

Wouldloveanother · 04/08/2022 06:59

That’s annoying @SS1983 hopefully just a 24 hour thing.

that’s great @BruisedSkies !! Touch wood it continues. DD’s cough hasn’t taken a turn and she hasn’t woken up with a temperature, so she’s off to nursery as usual. God it makes me anxious though, it shouldn’t be this way…

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Numbat2022 · 04/08/2022 07:59

In the past two weeks we've had a horrible 24 hour-flu type bug (which I also got) and D&V (which I also got). So that's been fun. But before that we had six weeks without him being ill, which was amazing!

NicolaC17 · 04/08/2022 08:17

We’ve just got over the chicken pox (both children) now my youngest has just had conjunctivitis and now is snotty and coughing. It never ends!

SS1983 · 04/08/2022 11:51

We have had the 24hour thing across our household too!

Embelline · 04/08/2022 17:40

We had a run of three weeks and I naively started thinking we were out of the cycle… he’s got a temp of 39 and a cold since yesterday!

Wouldloveanother · 04/08/2022 17:42

She’s come home from nursery with a temperature and saying she feels sick

here we go again

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BruisedSkies · 05/08/2022 06:27

Oh god. Hope it passes quickly.

katmarie · 05/08/2022 21:54

We've had a run of a couple of weeks of solid attendance at nursery, but dd went to 2 soft play parties last week so I'm expecting something any day now. DH has just gone to bed with a temp of 39, and he looks like he's been run over by a bus, poor man, so I'm wondering if the kids have just turned into carriers now...

katmarie · 09/08/2022 07:57

Well I called it. Dd has been off sick yesterday and today, with a temp of over 39. Dh has peritonsilar abcess, and is on a high dose antibiotic. So they're off sick together. And I'm doing everything else. Just tired of it now.

Wouldloveanother · 09/08/2022 08:00

Oh god @katmarie when will it fucking end!!!

further to my last post, DD ending up having a 24 hour vomiting bug and has been left with a horrible phlegmy cough

we had the ‘should I quit my job as I can’t bear this’ conversation again yesterday

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BruisedSkies · 09/08/2022 08:09

Oh man! Has anyone else spoke. To a doctor about this?

LairyMaclary · 09/08/2022 08:18

My daughter is almost 3 and we seem to have recently come out of the other side of this. Last year she was constantly getting temperatures, coughs and and runny nose, and every time we would have to take her to get a PCR. I was very lucky my husband’s hours were very flexible while he was working from home, and we could make it work from a childcare point of view, but it was incredibly frustrating. Especially when you’re paying £80 a day for your child to barely attend.

My daughter was diagnosed earlier this year with childhood asthma, due to frequent episodes of coughing and wheezing, and now takes a preventative inhaler. She now seems to have a cold every three or so months, rather than every fortnight. When we last had to go to hospital for her asthma the doctor said that lots of children are being walloped by all the germs post-lockdown that they hadn’t been exposed to due to isolating, mask wearing, social distancing, antibac etc.

BruisedSkies · 09/08/2022 15:13

I bet the effects of the pandemic are huge on developing kids’ immune systems. I’m hoping it’s just that with my child. And that it’ll settle down now the kids are all sharing snot again. Fingers crossed!!!!!

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