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I would not change daycare providers over this. Unless the provider isn't cleaning things apporopriately it is likely your LO will get sick in any daycare setting, unless you find a nny or provider without other children. It also says something that the other children aren't all sick.

Maybe keeping LO out of daycare until all of her symptoms are gone and she is done with any antibiotics she is on would be a good idea.

I think that seems extreme. Do you have leave where you can stay home with her until her symptoms clear up?

3 ear infections, pneumonia and a cold is a lot in one month for a baby. 3 infections in one month would warrant a visit to the ent. charlie was sick pretty much the entire winter and spring the first 2 years of his life, but most of it was mild colds/coughs/runny noses. now at almost 3, i think his immune system is finally getting better.

if it were me personally i would pull her out at least for a month or so, but we've had a nanny and i know how much easier a nanny is over daycare. but note that i'm also a bit of a coddler!

isn't she missing tons of daycare anyway with all that sickness? maybe a nanny for a month or two would ultimately be cheaper? she could always go back once she's had a chance to recover...

As Mrs. Bee said, you're losing out on all the money that you're spending on daycare anyway? Not unless she has still been attending daycare? So with a short term nanny, at least you would have child care while you work. The question is whether your daycare can hold your spot?

Oh no... hugs.... and I thought my LO gets sick a lot...

I agree with @Mrs. Bee - can you temporarily pull her off for a month, ask the daycare to hold the spot for you, and see what happens?

My neighbor kind of did a similar thing - when their son turned 1 they put him in daycare but he got so sick and he barely ate he was hospitalized. They brought him home and they asked me where did I find our nanny - I told them to interview someone via care.com and they hired their nanny within a week I think. So maybe try interviewing for someone and see what happens?

Good luck...!!

All these stories get me very afraid though beause my own is going to daycare next January.....

My son started daycare 5 weeks ago and has been sick with colds 4 of those weeks.

I would not pull my son out of daycare permanently for the reasons you stated. I would probably pull him out for a week to recoup - I would stay home a few days, ask my mom to watch for a day or two and ask my MIL to watch for a day or two.

i don't have personal experience, but my coworker also received the same recommendation from her pediatrician due to excessive and frequent illness. she pulled him out of daycare and found a nanny share for about a year (i think) before putting him back in daycare when his immune system was stronger.

i'm sorry your little one is not feeling well--that must be heartbreaking!

Yah I would get a nanny or nanny share! I'm sure the daycare would understand... that's a lot of sickness!

First and foremost, don't pull her out until you are completely comfortable with the alternate kind of childcare you do find. In your post you say you're not sure if you can find someone you can really trust and I can definitely empathize with that feeling.

I've been there too. My first DD started in daycare as an infant and was sick a lot... I had to take off time from work (from a NEW job) to stay with her or resort to back-up emergency care from agency nannies I only got to talk to on the phone the day before. In our situation, we ended up really liking one of the agency nannies, so because of all the sickness and finding someone we liked, we made the decision to stop daycare at that point.

Had we not found someone we liked so much, I think we would've just continued with daycare. My advice to you would be to look for alternate care now... but don't settle or hire someone hastily. In the meantime, your LO can recover... If you think you find better options, great... But if you don't, hopefully she recovers enough and has built up some immunity to not get so sick again for quite some time.

I am sorry little W Has been feeling so sick.

If I were in your situation, I would pull her out immediately. That is a lot of sickness.
I would find a baby sitter/nanny/nanny share.

I was just wondering about this yesterday, glad to hear she is feeling better, sending healthy thoughts her way!

@BabyBoecksMom: Happy to hear that she is doing much better!!

@BabyBoecksMom: Hugs mommy! Good to hear your baby girl is doing much better! What do you mean putting tubes in though?

@BabyBoecksMom: sigh. Mine has green goop draining out of her nose and a cough, as well. I slept on the floor of her bedroom last night b/c I was worried she couldn't breathe well. I hope your two weeks off help.

@BabyBoecksMom: How is your baby girl now? I hope she's doing better? Has she returned to daycare yet?

@BabyBoecksMom: I am sorry to hear that.... we just started daycare about a month and this is already the 2nd time my son has a fever... I hope it is (partly) because of the 1-year old shots he got last Friday.

That said, I thought your daughter turned 1 a while back (I remember because she's a bit older than my son), and your 1-year appointment is only coming up? Best wishes on the shots -- our pediatrician predicted he would get a fever the week after and he did... but the worst thing is at around that time he also got a cold and it combined into a 102-103 fever for days. Took him a week to clear it up... now he's fever free but there is a mild rash that broke. I hope that's the end of it...

I agree with @Mrs. Jacks! Actually I heard from my husband that his coworker's child also got sick every week, and they eventually figured out he was so weak because he was allergic to several things (dairy...etc. I am not entirely sure what). His immune system got weak because it has to fight allergens at the same time. So they had to cut a lot of things out from his diet and I think he stopped getting sick so often. I myself is also a bit worried LO may be allergic to cow's milk (with the rash that just broke) because he loves his milk!

Regardless, I hope your little girl feels better soon! Good luck with the ENT and 1-year appointments!!