1 year old constantly sick since starting nursery

[jdy123]

Please tel me it'll get better.
My little girl started nursery at 12 months old at the middle of July. Since then she has been constantly ill with all sorts. She's had back to back colds, a sickness bug, covid (not from nursery) I thought she was finally having a break but now she's got another bad cold with a fever.
Her sleep is really bad atm and she's suffering from it poor girl.
Does it get better !? Or is she gonna be like this for a while.

I think they usually say it's 6 months of constant illness:( I'm going through the same atm

It will keep going for a while. I know other mums with 2 year olds who are literally alternating weeks with croup, hand foot and mouth disease, gastro, colds, flus, ear infections etc. it’s terrible, but apparently they don’t get as sick when they start school.

I find it comes in waves - I remember a particularly rough time the first winter after she went to nursery - she (and us) were ill with one thing or another from December 2019 - March 2020. The only thing that gave us respite was the lockdown!!

We had another bad run from May this year until about June / July. It felt like we would feel well for about a week then something else would start. Antibiotics required, sinus infections, gunky eyes, styes, temperatures, everything. It was a tough time.

She’s nearly 3 now. A friend of ours has a 4 year old and said things settle down a lot towards that age as they have been exposed to quite a lot by then.