anyone else's dc's ill when starting nursery??

[lydiathetattooedlady]

my dd started nursery, only had 2 half day sessions when she caught the noro virus and an ear infection. after 10 days she is finally better though has lost a lot of weight. have had a good week trying to get her to eat with hv's advise. she has again been back for two morning sessions and now has a stinking cold and is again not eating.
all she's had today is half a banana and three little spoons of custard!
is this normal?? am also narked im paying out for the nursery and she's only been 4 times in nearly 4 weeks!

thought i better add that there is the possibility that she has caught these from elsewhere but another little boy was ill with it the same time as her and no one else in my family is or has been ill with any of these, which is why im assuming its from the nursery!

I remember when my ds1 started going to nursery, when he was about 2.5, he was ill with one thing or another ALL winter. It was a nightmare. I think he got loads of bugs and was then immune, but it was a very trying few months.

You have my sympathies.

I think this is very common. I remember starting on the wards as a student nurse and coming down with loads, coughs, colds, sore throats, tummy bugs, same sort of thing I suppose, exposure to lots of bugs/bacteria/viruses.

Just think every time she gets another cold/cough it's a boost to her immune system.

DS did three settling in sessions and at the end of his first full day threw up big time and was ill for nearly a week. I seemed to get more 'come and get him he's ill calls' in the first six months he was there. He still gets ill but not so many minor bugs (ignoring colds which in winter they have all the time - a week without snot is a rare event!)

It is very normal for children to have several minor illnesses when they start nursery and get exposed to more germs than they have been previously.

I may not feel like it now, but it will serve her immune system better in the long term to be challenged when young. Not much consolation I know when she's full of snot and being sick!

it is normal lydia; i thought my dd's days off sick were never going to end when she first started nursery BUT, a year on, and she gets the odd thing but nowhere near as much as when she first started. i agree its really frustrating that you're paying for lots of lost time, but i promise it'll get better!
good luck!

My DS started nursery in feb and has had an endless list of illnessess !! Last week was tonsillitis, few weeks b4 was conjuctivitis and he seems to always have a constant runny nose.
He came down with a cold (over xmas) after just one settling session !!

I know they have to be precautious, but the staff are always ringing to say he has a temp or that hes "just not himself". If I dont go and collect him, I feel like they must think Im the worst mother ever!!
Thankfully my work are fine about be leaving and my Mum is always on had to go ond collect him for me, but even still...........

The doctor did say that the more they get in the first 2 years will help long term.

You'll see the benefits when they start school--fewer sick days then!

And recent studies show that children in nursery are less likely to get a particular kind of leukaemia.

Not much consolation for you at the moment, though!

dd was never ill until she went to nursery, now it's puking and snot half the time imo.

It's usual, either now or later when they start school.

Ds1 - my pfb - had loads of illness in the first 18m after starting nursery and then after not much at all. DD2 probably benefited from the exposure as (jinx jinx) she's rarely ill.

My DS started when he was nearly 2 and he came down with a cold within 2 weeks, he then spent the next 6 months been ill.
He has had coughs, colds, ear infections, tonsillitis, conjuctivitis, SCARLET FEVER!and chicken pox!!
It was very hard and you have my sympathy, on the plus side, it makes his immune system stronger and hopefully when he reaches school he won't get as many illnesses

I also had to pay his nursery fees even though he was ill

phew! at least it has happened to others! you're all right tho it will make her immune system stronger so at least she won't be having too many sick days when it does count when shes at school!