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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.

@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.
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).

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.

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.

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.

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.