https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 09 Apr 2026 01:33:14 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world/page/2#post-1230493 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:37:48 +0000 mediagirl 1230493@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Same as @BabyBoecksMom &amp; @pregnantbee. This summer, we had some slight breathers but now that the winter is back again, at 17 months, she is still getting sick every two weeks or so. It's depressing. I think it stops when they stop putting so many things in their mouths - like around 3???</p> <p>She had been in daycare for 9 months when she got the worst illness she had ever had - roseola. That kept her home for a week. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world/page/2#post-1230492 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:37:23 +0000 T.H.O.U. 1230492@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think H is a great age to kinda go through this. It took us about 8 months to a year but part of that I believe was because she was so young at daycare (less than a year old). I also think it got better when she was more mobile and sickness didn't settle so bad in her chest (she could sit up and walk, etc). </p> <p>Its tough to see your kid with a runny nose/cough but that really isn't them being "sick". Hopefully you can get past the major stuff and move on quickly. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world/page/2#post-1230482 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:33:22 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 1230482@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't want to scare you, but we're at 22 months and she's still sick almost all the time. We now get one (sometimes two) week breaks. It breaks my heart to see her sick like that all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world/page/2#post-1230481 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 15:32:51 +0000 pregnantbee 1230481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sadly, we're still in the middle of it over here. LO has been to daycare for 13 months and has been sick quite often (who am I kidding? all. the. time.) since about January. So still going strong. I'm hoping this becomes more manageable soon b/c it is brutal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world/page/2#post-1230399 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:59:11 +0000 DillonLion 1230399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A few months! She frequently has a cough or runny nose, but nothing debilitating </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1230360 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:46:30 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1230360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5-6 months sounds about right… now that she's in her 2nd year of daycare she rarely ever gets sick. It does get better, but it SUCKS in the beginning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1230288 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:23:23 +0000 Smurfette 1230288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: We have the Crane Drop one, so cool mist. I don't get how it works either. But every time we don't use it for a couple nights, the runny nose comes back. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1230271 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:20:52 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 1230271@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're still sick. This is our second year of school! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1230264 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:19:09 +0000 PrincessBaby 1230264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: We use a steam humidifier-...Do you use that one or the cool mist? If I am in her room after it's been on a while it makes me stuffy, so I really dont understand how or if it helps her? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1230080 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:41:33 +0000 Corduroy 1230080@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO started daycare in July and we had three and a half rough months where she, DH, and I were continuously sick. I was the a-hole that brought germs to work and got everybody sick. We've done better the last month. Fewer colds and DH &amp; I seem to be getting hit less. I expect winter colds to kick in soon. </p> <p>Hang in there! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229944 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:10:40 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1229944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: hahahaha! It totally is! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229943 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:10:27 +0000 Smurfette 1229943@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: Are you using a humidifier at night? I really think it helps. We use it every night. When we stop the runny nose seems to start up again. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229936 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:08:57 +0000 hilsy85 1229936@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: no advice on the daycare situation but our pedi recommended putting some neoaporin under Los nose where it was getting raw from wiping. That and aquaphor seemed to help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229916 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:04:35 +0000 Smurfette 1229916@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: I like to think of it as an extra workout for the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229852 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:52:35 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1229852@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: I hate snot face, too, so it kills me that all I do now is wipe noses. And our hate the Nose Frieda, too. It seriously requires professional wrestling moves to use that thing on them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229835 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:49:42 +0000 regberadaisy 1229835@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO is 18 months and it still hasn't stopped. Colds, runny nose, pneumonia, roseola, HFM. And we are still breastfeeding.</p> <p>But we also live somewhere that winter is like 5 months long.</p> <p>Just comes with the territory. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229787 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:39:48 +0000 PrincessBaby 1229787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Freckles: Well they do - but I think when it just runs constantly, they have to let it go here and there to a certain degree. I felt the same way about seeing kids anywhere with a runny nose, I was like "can't you wipe that kid's nose????" But as my poor little girl sat in the Target cart and had a face full of snot after I had just wiped her face 2 minutes before (which is a FIGHT!), I was just like, "Fine. I"m letting you be for now. I don't want your skin to hurt or end up bleeding." My little snotaholic. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229779 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:37:41 +0000 PrincessBaby 1229779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: I cannot imagine having two that pass stuff back and forth- you poor poor woman:( I am so sorry! Before my daughter was in daycare, I couldn't stand to see a kid with a messy face. I couldn't stand for my daughter to have so much as a smudge on her face or a booger hanging out her nose. I didn't understand how parents could just let their kids be a hot mess, but now I do. I am afraid I'm going to rub her skin raw if I keep wiping her nose, and it is just constantly flooded. I do the Nose Frida, but that is so tough and I have to hold her down and so we don't get to do that too often. I don't mean to sound harsh about her snotty friend, bc I truly do understand it now, but I was basically amazed at the volume of snot on one little face. And of course I really was amazed at the irony that my child who I have painstakingly kept away from germs (dousing the cart at Target, etc) was attracted to what looked like the germiest kid there:) It's my sarcastic humor! I hope your boys get on the up and up really really soon:( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229766 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:34:17 +0000 Freckles 1229766@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: Don't they wipe their noses?? I think it also depends on the daycare. When she was in the younger baby room, they were super diligent about washing the kids' hands all the time and wiping their noses. She only got sick twice in the 6 months she was in that room.</p> <p>LO has been in daycare for 8 months and luckily the worst thing she had was roseola. Runny nose and minor coughing isn't a big deal, and i think H is old enough to withstand it. When LO was in the other daycare, she had a fever the first week i had to go back to work. I had so much mommy guilt, so i understand!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229726 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:25:28 +0000 MamaG 1229726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We send our LO as long as she's fever free. We all suffer from seasonal allergies/bad air quality. She pretty much lives with a snotty nose and a cough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229717 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:24:16 +0000 Alivoo01 1229717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS has been at daycare for a little over a month now, and he's going on week 3 of being sick. He sounds like he's getting better, but who knows. He got me sick and I'm trying not to take meds since we're nursing so my road to recovery is slow and painful as well. I hear ya on the antibodies while BF! Kick in already!!! haha!</p> <p>I kept DS home the first week he got sick because he had RSV and the pedi said he was contagious. Thankfully, work is flexible and allowed me to work from home. I sent him to school the following week. All the kids there seemed kind of snotty also. It's this dang weather. One day its 75 and the next it's 53. Ugh! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229692 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:18:33 +0000 looch 1229692@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlek: yes and I also keep my son home if he has green mucus/snot. If it's clear, he goes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229688 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:17:28 +0000 QueensBee 1229688@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've only been in daycare for three months, so we are still in the thick of it. Each week is something new but it's hardly ever bad enough keep him home. I expect that this will last throughout the winter and I'm hoping that we'll have some relief in the spring.</p> <p>My pediatrician did assure me that study after study shows an early exposure to germs via daycare or older siblings is one the best things you can do for a kid's long term health. I keep repeating that line to myself each day that I see LO feeling crummy! I know it doesn't fix your situation with the new job but maybe her boogery friend will help her to be an amazingly healthy kid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229675 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:13:55 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1229675@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm the wrong person to ask because our boys have been at daycare for about 6 days between the two of them in the last 3 1/2 weeks. It's super stressful to have to be out that much since we don't have family, etc. to watch them when they're sick. But, that is the exception to the rule to be can't-go-to-daycare sick for that long. Honestly, I wouldn't be to hard on the "snot face" kid because I think most of the kids at daycare are like that. I know our boys have constant runny nose even when they are "healthy" now. It's kind of a beat down and I really hope next year is better. Since we have two little germ gatherers, they get sick even more because they pick up different bugs and then trade. We're trying to figure out other options, but other than a full-time nanny, I don't think it makes a lot of difference on the sick front. </p> <p>Just as a side note, keep in mind that the first few weeks of daycare are a huge adjustment for both of you anyway. Probably some of the guilt to feel is just part of that transition, too. We still send our boys as long as they aren't in violation of the sick policy, which at our daycare includes fever free for 24-hours, no diarrhea, eye infections, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229657 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:09:52 +0000 cascademom 1229657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We experienced the daycare plague until 5-6 months or so. It was miserable, but our immunity is awesome now. LO still gets sick like croup occasionally, but it's a lot easier to handle than before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229651 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:08:53 +0000 swurlygurl 1229651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hmmm... We started daycare last March, which was nearing the end of the season. DD was 7 weeks when she started, and only really spent a couple weeks being snotty. But, it's also an in-home daycare, so there were only a couple extra kids, and the lady is really good at cleaning toys and books every day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229634 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:04:25 +0000 blackbird 1229634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Snotty but happy? ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229633 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:04:24 +0000 littlek 1229633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I only keep B home when he has fever, pink eye or diarrhea. Runny nose is par for the course. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229631 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:03:38 +0000 autumnlove 1229631@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>from April 2012-January 2013! I was perma sick after I got pregnant! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-long-did-daycare-illness-rock-your-world#post-1229628 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:03:09 +0000 littlek 1229628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PrincessBaby: I'd plan on H being sick most of the winter. I missed a LOOOOT of work the first 4 - 6 months. B rarely gets sick now, but he's been at daycare for over a year. </p>