https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:29:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-385336 Thu, 08 Nov 2012 00:15:43 +0000 pinkcupcake 385336@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>L is 8.5 months old and we haven't really had any sickness yet (knock on wood)... Maybe a cough once or twice? She has been exclusively breast fed except when we supplemented the first three weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-380470 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:10:52 +0000 Mrs. Bee 380470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>olive got sick at least 5 times but probably because she caught it from charlie. charlie got sick at 9 months after i weaned, and then was pretty much sick for 6 months straight over that winter. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-380446 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 22:00:54 +0000 Baby Boy Mom 380446@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was 3 times sniffles/some fever for a day or so. But he only got his first real sickness around 15 months (throat infection) and it did coincide with a significant drop in BF so I am not discounting that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-380440 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 21:57:39 +0000 T-Mom 380440@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I bf DD for 4 mo and DS for 13 mo. Honestly I have not noticed a huge difference in amount of illness. They are both day care kids since 4-5 months. Neither of them got too sick before 1 year except for colds and a few ear infections. Things started getting bad after 1yr for DD. she had pneumonia and enough ear infections for tubes. DS is only 14 mo so we'll see how he fares. He has an ear infection right now actually . I think it gets worse once they are toddlers since they are more mobile (less access to germs when they cant move) and also interacting more with other kids.</p> <p>On the plus side though, at 4 yr,DD has an immune system of iron now. She gets sick but it's rarely of any concern, and most parents I've talked to said at least she won't have to miss much school in he future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379916 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:40:43 +0000 DpeachLu 379916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You know youre right. I felt horrible and even cried a little because I she just sounded so stuffy. So okay she has been sick once.<br /> @irene: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379910 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:34:37 +0000 stargal 379910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>he's four months and hasnt been sick yet, (knock on wood a thousand times!) im a sahm and we go out all the time though. he is formula fed. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379908 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:33:45 +0000 KT326 379908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: I count congestion! If I have to constantly wipe or suck out snot, it counts :) He had a fever of 103.6 and still acted fine. So I go by symptoms instead of activity level when he is sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379904 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:28:02 +0000 irene 379904@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: I guess life is just not fair then...?!</p> <p>@JustlikeHeaven: @sweetkate: If congestion doesn't count as sickness... then I guess LO has been really sick for 3 times... other than that it'd be 7 or 8 or more, where he'd sneeze, cough, has runny nose, but otherwise extremely playful and normal... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379900 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:25:23 +0000 DpeachLu 379900@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This was one of my biggest concerns when I stopped breastfeeding DD. However at 7 months she still has yet to get sick. Same as cocobee where she has had some congestion for a couple days but she still acted like normal. Playing, smiling and so on.</p> <p>Also she has a nanny who takes her out and about ALL the time and is around 2 other little kids as well - a one and a two year old. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379899 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:24:40 +0000 Mrs. Pen 379899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@irene: I'm a SAHM, but I was a nanny up until last week, so he hung around two other kids consistently and one was in school for half the time. They went out all the time.<br /> I also go out with him several times a week - the park, the grocery store, library, errands etc. And we've taken three trips since he's been born (and was touched ALL THE TIME in the airport on our last trip). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379898 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:20:36 +0000 irene 379898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Coco Bee: Do you take him to daycare, have a nanny, or are you a SAHM? We have a nanny but she takes him out a lot..... not sure if it has anything to do with that. We'll be starting daycare when he turns 1 (next Jan) so I am not sure what to expect....... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379897 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:19:47 +0000 KT326 379897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is 7 months old and he has already been sick 5 or 6 times. He is mostly breastfed with some formula bottles during the day. He is in daycare though, which is where he has gotten most of his colds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379893 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:14:23 +0000 Mrs. Pen 379893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He is almost the same age as your LO and has yet to get sick. He's had some congestion on and off but never actually sick. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-often-does-your-baby-get-sick#post-379887 Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:11:38 +0000 irene 379887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Who said that breastfed babies never get sick????</p> <p>We exclusively breastfed for the first 7-8 months, and he's still getting breastmilk (except a bottle of formula here and there) now at 9 months. But man, LO is sick all the time! From what I can remember he had 3 major sickness where he has a fever (including right now as we speak), and many times where he'd cough and had runny nose...etc. Luckily he hasn't had an ear infection yet.</p> <p>How many times has your baby gotten sick? And is he breastfed or formula fed? </p>