Constant illness - does it get better?

[FrozenNorthPole]

I've got 2 children in the same small nursery. DD2 is just beginning her 3rd tummy bug in 3 months. Constant colds and frequent ear infections but I kind of expected at least some of that. Am sure DD1 will catch the current bug soon, as she has done all of the other times. Finding it really hard to justify this at work as they simply don't believe that my children can be ill this much. They've been in nursery five days a week for almost six months now. Does this ever get better? I'm not sure I'll keep my job if it doesn't!

my ds 7,is always picking up illnessess from school,much more than my other 3 children did.
he has been so ill he has has to go into hospital a few times.
last time he was in i asked the consultant if he had anything wrong with his immune system and he said nope if he did he wouldnt get better inbetween the bouts of sickness.
he had no reason to offer me why he was getting so sick??
luckily for me i dont work ,so i feel for you there.i can image a workplace questioning all the sickness.
on the times my ds has been very ill ,his dad has permitted time off.
what sort of company do you work for?

I work for a university who are normally quite fab and who have already cut me a lot of slack. I'm doing a PhD at the same time, so any paid work they give me (mostly teaching and marking) is casual and I can be refused any more at any point without them breaching a contract of employment. Needless to say, pulling out of teaching commitments at the last minute leaving people in the lurch is not a popular thing and means I don't get work the next time. The PhD has to be submitted in a few months as well.

DH is an army doctor. As such, he basically can't get time off to look after sick children without finding a locum (££) at very short notice, so it would have to be - as with your son's dad - only if one of them was very ill.

I'm sorry you're going through this too!

have you got any family around who could help?could you work from home?
you might get lucky and they will get immune to the bugs ,
ive said many a time to dp between all 4 dc being off at differ,times i could never hold down a job
i find the schools a lot worse now with illness.
when i was at school they only called your parents if you we re dying.

Alas, inlaws three hours away and my parents seven hours ... Now I understand why parenting can be a lot easier when there are members of family around in the local area.

This is definitely helping me feel more definite about stopping at two children . I'm hoping that, as you say, they build amazing immune systems so that when they attend primary school they're invincible. I agree about the school system changing ... I don't think I was ever sent home from high school and primary school only once. My lucky parents!

Just want to add my nearly 3 year old daughter is constantly ill since starting nursery a year ago so you are not alone with having to deal with constant time off work. She's more susceptible to illness though as she was born 3 months early.

DS1 was ill about once a month minimum for his first year at nursery, starting at nine months.

He's now 3.6 and I think he's been ill about twice in the last year.

Hang in there...

Yes, hang in there, it's very likely that you are over the worst.

That said, you will probably have a couple of bouts of conjunctivitis each (world's most irritating disease), one bout of chicken pox each (specially picked to be the most inconvenient times possible, and not overlapping with each other), and the occasional D&V bug and flu-y cold at primary school.

There is no easy way out without spending extraordinary amounts on an emergency nanny and yes I agree that if you value your career it's actually a genuine motive to stick at 2, or 1.

Ugh, I now have the D&V bug and I think DH may be getting it too. Really really hoping that DD1 doesn't get it, have incredibly vital meeting on Weds that I just can't miss and don't fancy bringing a vomiting toddler along. The timing is always maximally suboptimal isn't it?

Aww FNP, what a nightmare! I hope you all feel better soon :(

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