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4 year old dd in nursery always poorly every week

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faithfulbird20 · 08/07/2021 09:03

I'm not sure why maybe it because her immune system is weak and she was never ill till she started nursery. But honestly I'm getting worried because she develops a cold and is unwell nearly every week. What can I do to make her healthy and get back on her feet quickly?

OP posts:
LtDansleg · 08/07/2021 09:06

She’s not weak, she’s just being exposed to all new germs and illnesses now that she’s started nursery. This is all part and parcel of of starting school. Unpleasant as it is, this is actually how you build your immune system. Just make sure she has a good diet with plenty of vitamins, and gets plenty of sleep.

FortunesFave · 08/07/2021 09:07

What's her diet like OP? Sorry to hear about this, it must be worrying!

Does she eat well?

user1471523870 · 08/07/2021 09:23

There was a thread here last week about it. It seems now that all is open again kids are picking up a LOT of viruses from nursery. As they haven't been exposed to them while everyone was in lockdown and living in bubbles, they have to re-build their immune system a little.
My son is almost 3 and in the last few months has been ill with some sort of bugs almost every week:(. It really looks again like the first few months he went to nursery as a baby!

EarlGreywithLemon · 11/07/2021 20:38

Same here! Our daughter is 19 months, and has caught four or five bugs since mid May. Two of them turned into ear infections and she had to have antibiotics. My husband and I also caught the last two - including a ear infection for me. The latest is norovirus, and we’re all feeling awful!

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