Sick the same time every year? Vent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You traveled and now wonder why she's sick?

No, we did not travel over Thanksgiving and haven’t since last summer.

I was saying that when we have traveled in the past, she became sick after the trips to countries where she was exposed to a lot of allergens and mold. And not when we went to other places. -OP

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You traveled and now wonder why she's sick?

No, we did not travel over Thanksgiving and haven’t since last summer.

I was saying that when we have traveled in the past, she became sick after the trips to countries where she was exposed to a lot of allergens and mold. And not when we went to other places. -OP

If you are not masking and taking basic precautions that's way. Others are traveling, not staying home when sick, etc. so its going to happen as no one cares about each other.

[Anonymous]

Allergies
It’s my issues

[Anonymous]

My guess is that a bunch of her classmates travel or have visitors over thanksgiving and get exposed to new germs, then bring it to school and your daughter catches it. My kids used to get sick every year right after thanksgiving. It got much better as they got older and spread less germs.

[Anonymous]

This time of year folks are traveling and also just spending lots of time indoors at events or activities mixing with varied groups of people. I truly don't know a single family with children where at least one member, if not more, does not get sick at some point between Thanksgiving and the New Year, despite taking the proper precautions. It sucks -- I feel your vent in my soul -- but it is what it is.

[Anonymous]

This is really early for a holiday concert. Usually they are scheduled for later in December. I think if our concert was schedule this early, my kid and many others would also often miss it. By mid-December, anything people picked up hosting/traveling at Thanksgiving has usually worked its way through the school for the most part.

Our concert is Dec. 20th this year, about as late as you can go before people with distant Christmas travel start disappearing. I think it's smart to do it as late as you can.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is really early for a holiday concert. Usually they are scheduled for later in December. I think if our concert was schedule this early, my kid and many others would also often miss it. By mid-December, anything people picked up hosting/traveling at Thanksgiving has usually worked its way through the school for the most part.

Our concert is Dec. 20th this year, about as late as you can go before people with distant Christmas travel start disappearing. I think it's smart to do it as late as you can.

That was an interesting takeaway from this thread. It’s a private school and our last day is the 15th. The concert kicks off December service projects and advent celebrations. And not that it matters, but if it’s held after the last day of instruction, literally zero kids would be there- everyone leaves for ski trips and family visits before coming back home for the 25th.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is really early for a holiday concert. Usually they are scheduled for later in December. I think if our concert was schedule this early, my kid and many others would also often miss it. By mid-December, anything people picked up hosting/traveling at Thanksgiving has usually worked its way through the school for the most part.

Our concert is Dec. 20th this year, about as late as you can go before people with distant Christmas travel start disappearing. I think it's smart to do it as late as you can.

That was an interesting takeaway from this thread. It’s a private school and our last day is the 15th. The concert kicks off December service projects and advent celebrations. And not that it matters, but if it’s held after the last day of instruction, literally zero kids would be there- everyone leaves for ski trips and family visits before coming back home for the 25th.

OP, does your DD by any chance go to a private school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is really early for a holiday concert. Usually they are scheduled for later in December. I think if our concert was schedule this early, my kid and many others would also often miss it. By mid-December, anything people picked up hosting/traveling at Thanksgiving has usually worked its way through the school for the most part.

Our concert is Dec. 20th this year, about as late as you can go before people with distant Christmas travel start disappearing. I think it's smart to do it as late as you can.

That was an interesting takeaway from this thread. It’s a private school and our last day is the 15th. The concert kicks off December service projects and advent celebrations. And not that it matters, but if it’s held after the last day of instruction, literally zero kids would be there- everyone leaves for ski trips and family visits before coming back home for the 25th.

our private school does have it the last day before break, which is a half day. guess what - all the kids are there because no one wants to miss the concert.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is really early for a holiday concert. Usually they are scheduled for later in December. I think if our concert was schedule this early, my kid and many others would also often miss it. By mid-December, anything people picked up hosting/traveling at Thanksgiving has usually worked its way through the school for the most part.

Our concert is Dec. 20th this year, about as late as you can go before people with distant Christmas travel start disappearing. I think it's smart to do it as late as you can.

That was an interesting takeaway from this thread. It’s a private school and our last day is the 15th. The concert kicks off December service projects and advent celebrations. And not that it matters, but if it’s held after the last day of instruction, literally zero kids would be there- everyone leaves for ski trips and family visits before coming back home for the 25th.

our private school does have it the last day before break, which is a half day. guess what - all the kids are there because no one wants to miss the concert.

Is the concert during the day and attended by families? Ours is in the evening because parents and alumni are invited. Most of our community is no longer WFH, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my late teens I used to get an annual respiratory infection. Typically, Bronchitis but twice it escalated to pneumonia. It was frustrating.

After many doctors, one told me that I likely had a mold allergy so once the leaves started coming off the trees I needed to start taking allergy pills before it could escalate to an infection. Low and behold, no more annual respiratory infection. That is not to say I never got one again but it turned out to be a simple solution. Maybe it could be similar for your child OP. Has she been allergy tested? Something is happening this time a year and isolating her with a quiet holiday is not helping.

OP here. You might be a medical super sleuth! We don’t live in DC, but in a region where fall is late. The trees start losing leaves a week or two before Thanksgiving and there are still a ton of trees with orange leaves that haven’t dropped yet. My DD spent all weekend raking and playing in leaves, and every adult in my family has tons of allergies…including leaf mold.

Interestingly, my Dd had the same mystery illness after family trips to two humid, visibly moldy countries in recent years. We assumed it was something she picked up on the plane but now I’m second-guessing everything.

What about plants in the house too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my late teens I used to get an annual respiratory infection. Typically, Bronchitis but twice it escalated to pneumonia. It was frustrating.

After many doctors, one told me that I likely had a mold allergy so once the leaves started coming off the trees I needed to start taking allergy pills before it could escalate to an infection. Low and behold, no more annual respiratory infection. That is not to say I never got one again but it turned out to be a simple solution. Maybe it could be similar for your child OP. Has she been allergy tested? Something is happening this time a year and isolating her with a quiet holiday is not helping.

OP here. You might be a medical super sleuth! We don’t live in DC, but in a region where fall is late. The trees start losing leaves a week or two before Thanksgiving and there are still a ton of trees with orange leaves that haven’t dropped yet. My DD spent all weekend raking and playing in leaves, and every adult in my family has tons of allergies…including leaf mold.

Interestingly, my Dd had the same mystery illness after family trips to two humid, visibly moldy countries in recent years. We assumed it was something she picked up on the plane but now I’m second-guessing everything.

What about plants in the house too.

We don’t bring plants into the house except for the tree at Christmas. Luckily my DD can handle firs and cedars. My DH is another story- he’ll be a mess once we bring it home but he loves it so he suffers in festive silence.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What traditions are you paying extra money for? Our public school has traditions?

Anyway, my advice is to mask during this period of time if you know it's coming.

Public elementary schools in my area do not have a music program and do not celebrate holidays at school. They have an end of year carnival and that’s it. So when I say it’s things we are paying for it’s what might not be considered extras elsewhere- a formal music program, performances, holiday gatherings, etc.

This is going off on a tangent, but I would hope that you're paying for the education she receives and not just the extras because public school kids, even if their school doesn't have a music program, can also pay to do all of these extracurriculars. My children go to public school, but one of them does dance with multiple performances a year, and the other does a children's choir. We do tons of holiday gatherings (like we have tickets to three different holiday events in the next two weeks).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my late teens I used to get an annual respiratory infection. Typically, Bronchitis but twice it escalated to pneumonia. It was frustrating.

After many doctors, one told me that I likely had a mold allergy so once the leaves started coming off the trees I needed to start taking allergy pills before it could escalate to an infection. Low and behold, no more annual respiratory infection. That is not to say I never got one again but it turned out to be a simple solution. Maybe it could be similar for your child OP. Has she been allergy tested? Something is happening this time a year and isolating her with a quiet holiday is not helping.

OP here. You might be a medical super sleuth! We don’t live in DC, but in a region where fall is late. The trees start losing leaves a week or two before Thanksgiving and there are still a ton of trees with orange leaves that haven’t dropped yet. My DD spent all weekend raking and playing in leaves, and every adult in my family has tons of allergies…including leaf mold.

Interestingly, my Dd had the same mystery illness after family trips to two humid, visibly moldy countries in recent years. We assumed it was something she picked up on the plane but now I’m second-guessing everything.

What about plants in the house too.

Allergies would not cause a 103 degree fever, OP.