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Also way better after the first year in our house. Our first daughter started daycare in January and was sick almost continuously through the end of May. It was AWFUL. No one slept in our house, ever.

This year (she attends in school years), she has still had illnesses, but not back to back. Generally one cold/ear infection/something every other month which is actually a vast improvement.

@Anagram: yup, my guy also started in January and it was a brutal first year. Definitely gets better after the first year! Hang in there!

It gets so much better. LO started in summer of 2013 and we caught all the colds. This past winter we only got one serious cold (but it was awful). We just had our first cold in 3 months. I wouldn't have noticed except I have a newborn so I was wondering how long the good health could last.

It does get better! When LO started daycare our pediatrician told us to expect a new cold every two weeks the first year (one cold would roll right into another for us! It sucked!), every three weeks the second year and every four weeks the third year. His second year wasn't that bad and this year he had hardly gotten sick.

It improves when the kids stop putting everything in their mouths and begin washing hands as part of toilet training.