Less or more colds/illness starting school after preschool?

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Did you find your child's illness lessened as they entered school or was it worse than preschool?

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There are big scientific studies from Holland that followed children from birth to their equivalent of primary school, and yes children who went to nursery/preschool got a lot of illnesses out of the way before age 5, whereas children who didn't go to nursery/preschool then got sick more often when they started school as they caught up on lots of bugs.

It's a trade off - bugs at nursery or bugs at primary school. Unless you can prevent it by vaccination (measles etc), kids have to catch them all sooner or later.

My DS is in year 2 and been off twice since reception, sore throat 1 day and a week for chicken pox.

he was so poorly whilst at nursery.

Much better once at school. Daughter off so often in nursery, only a day or so a year in school

I think it's better at school because they get slightly less on top of each other and are slightly better about wiping their noses and washing their hands, instead of just letting it dribble freely!

My DS has had zero days of illness in 18 months of school. He was off so much during his first year of nursery. I definitely think it’s made a huge difference.

I’m curious if the total number of days poorly differs, overall.