DD2 (17 months old) has had one virus after another since November. Today she has had her second bout of vomiting in 2 weeks, which started with yet another cold and chesty cough. All her colds tend to end up as very wet-sounding coughs. I've taken her to the GP twice with these - once we were given antibiotics which made her nauseous and miserable, but had no discernible effect on her cough, the next time he more sensibly said it's a virus but gave us an inhaler with a mask in case her breathing got too laboured (we haven't used it). DD1 (4.9) meanwhile has been in perfect health all winter, save a couple of snotty noses and a sore throat. Anecdotally there does seem to be a lot of sickness this winter, with friends reporting their DC getting ill more often than other years. But does this explain DD2 or is there an underlying health issue that I need to start looking for? Certainly DD1 was never ill so constantly and relentlessly, though she has probably had all the same bugs, just more spaced out.. I guess I'm fretting because the poor mite never seems to have more than one or two well days in an row, and this must be affecting her relationship with the world. She's not getting to go to many drop-ins or play sessions (they frown on obviously sick toddlers smearing their snot about the place), and even the park can be too much when the weather's really poor and she's feeling really miserable. Are all toddlers going through this this winter? Or is it some second-child-gets-all-the-bugs syndrome? Or is it time to drag her to the GP? Advice please x x