Ds started reception in September. We've all been knocked for six since then with viruses and bugs, and he has had quite a bit of time off ill. His teacher expressed concern about it the other day, even though this is the first year they have made them go full time, they used to do half days for the first term. He is exhausted and run down. And sometimes I do not force him to go to school if he has a bad cough or a sore throat or a tummy ache. We were hoping to go away for a week in december, we had no summer holiday and dh has to work in Europe for a week and we planned to go with him [parents told me in EYU a week to two weeks away in the year was tolerated] but as he has had so much ill health I am worried that will be really frowned upon. Should I cancel going, even though we've been looking to it for ages?