Has anyone....

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Taken their child out of nursery because they are always ill?

Just curious, my son has been back 2 days this week and is coughing and snotty again! It's awful and feel so sorry for him...

Or is this just standard?

If you take him out now (at this crucial stage of developing his immune) you'll face it at a more critical stage at school age. It's so so tough I completely agree I hated watching the illness and knowing when my son was healthy that he would inevitably catch something else the same week.... but we're through that awful first stage and I know he's healthier because of it

It's standard. First winter always horrendous, doubly so because last winter everyone stayed away so double whammy this time.

No because it just makes it worse when they get to school. You’re already in it you may as well get through it

Honestly just keep going. Mine only went to nursery when they were 3 and we faced all of this. And I ended up keeping them off loads. Then it kicked off again in reception, so I would keep going and let them build immunity now.

No

It’s standard and worth getting through.

Standard and worth getting through. Sambucol and probiotic powder really helped DS at nursery age.

Thanks everyone. I appreciate the replies.

I know everyone is right and keeping him in is more beneficial, he's an only too so his social interaction is important too.

Just so hard to see him so poorly all the time, then I question whether I'm doing him some sort of injustice, because I know he's going to catch whatever is available that week!

He's been poorly so much, poor thing.

Started in February 2020, and it just hasn't got better. I thought he would be having a slightly easier time of it by now. He's coughing so much he looks so tired and it makes me feel crap that I can't help him.

Yes. My second child so I know the drill and was expecting some illness but it was terrible. The final straw was when in one month he had conjunctivitis twice, a never ending cold, a mystery fever and a stomach bug which meant he attended for 3 days despite being enrolled full time. With hindsight their set up wasn’t great (lots of mixing of the babies with the older ones and shared sleep spaces) but we were only allowed a garden viewing and I didn’t really ask the right questions as my eldest went to daycare abroad where things are done very differently. I did consider a nanny but ultimately decided to take some time off work, he has a place at the nursery attached to his sister’s school for when he’s 2.5 and I plan to look for a new job then. Obviously I know I’m quite lucky that it’s an option for us.

Also he has multivitamins and a varied diet (with lots of hidden veggie recipes) and fruit.

Can I ask those with older kids when they tend to get more robust immune systems? Although I also wonder if Covid restrictions are messing with natural immunity as I noticed an immediate downturn in the usual illnesses at the 1st lockdown. Worried they will come back with a vengeance!

If its a cough in particular it maybe worth checking with gp if he has a viral wheeze some young children have this triggered by colds or viruses and need an inhaler when they get a cold. Generally they grow out of it