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sharona
18 yrs ago
Since I put my 2 yr and 4 month old boy to an unaccompanied class, he has been sick like every other day. fever, coughing, running nose etc etc. we have been like going through hell these days... I wonder if it is a wrong thing to put him to go to school by himself so early. How often do your children at the same age get sick?? Is it common for kids to get sick so easily once they start school??
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My daughter went into day care at the age of 12 months in Australia and we spent the next 12-18 months of her catching just about every cold & bug going around. It seems to be the rite of passage for day care kids. The good thing is that it builds up their immunity. It's always going to happen when you mix your child with other kids in a day care situation.
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welcome to the club, unfortunately.
my 20 month old has been in daycare 3 mornings a week since he started school about 1.5 months ago. he's had fever, cough, cold, tummy bug and when i picked him up from school today, he sounded he would be coughing again.
before he started school, our doctor had warned us to be prepared for this in the 1st 3 months of school as their immunity battles the new environment. hopefully this will pass soon!
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mrsl
18 yrs ago
My 2.5 year old (almost 3) started montessori in September. I would say we've missed over half of the school days due to illness so far.
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oh dear...so you mean we are kind of helpless at this school starting age...? I feel even worse after knowing the fact... I am considering to put him back to the accompanied class or just hire a private tutor until he goes to K1. I really doubt whether exposing him to the virus and bacteria can really build the immune system as it seems to be that he is surviving only because doses of medicine that he is taking... !_!
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well, people we know who have older kids in school say this is bound to happen so i reckon it's just something we have to ride out.
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Agree with Wheelymate. When our daughter started nursery, I seemed to be living at the doctor's surgery. Now she is as strong as an ox. Our son is going through it now, hopefully his immune system will strengthen too. Figure that we could delay school for a year or so, but it just means delaying the barrage of infections too. Not sure that there is any way of avoiding them unless we homeschool for life.
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really? but when he was accompanied in Sept and Oct, he didn't really get sick at all as my maid is very cautious with his hygiene at school. I suspect now that he is on his own , teacher cannot watch him so closely as there are 10 or 15 children at the same time... so maybe he's picking his nose or touching here and there and lick his fingers whatever... *sigh*...very upset that he is sick for three times within 2 weeks and drinking medicine like drinking water...
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Sorry, I have to say it, then you and your helper are being overprotective. Since the dawn of ages, kids have been getting sick, it's just the way it goes. You cannot protect your kids forever unless you wrap them up in cottonwool or make him bubbleboy and what sort of a life would that be? Eventually he will have to go out into the world and guess what? He will get sick. Time to harden up and get on with it, it happens to everyone and yes, it's a pain pouring medicine down their throats and the sleepness nights and the worry if they are okay and wishing it were you that's sick and not them. How many times have we all said that? Society is making us so much more paranoid these days, yes it's good to be cautious, not not to the point of being paranoid. Let the kids be kids, they are going to get sick and stick things in their mouth that they shouldn't and pick their nose, and whilst we are there to stop them, good, but we can't be there every second of the day.
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