Ugh another cold

[Anonymous]

Even if I wasn't worried about Covid (TBH I am not particularly worried that this is Covid actually but we will test her), I can't send DD to daycare with green snot flowing from her nose all day, especially while wearing a mask. This will likely keep her out for a week and this will be week #4 since July that she has been out. Argh I am so tired. Anyway this is just a vent.

[Anonymous]

I feel your pain. My kids have had 8 colds since last October. It’s so much harder than it used to be, having to keep them home so long until their symptoms subside. It’s the right thing to do but it feels unsustainable at times.

[Anonymous]

Your daycare really won't take a kid that just has a runny nose? We get a COVID test and send them back the next day. Our daycare and preschool don't seem to mind at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your daycare really won't take a kid that just has a runny nose? We get a COVID test and send them back the next day. Our daycare and preschool don't seem to mind at all.

Happy for you, but no my experience has been the same as the OP and it is SO hard.

[Anonymous]

Yikes. That would be a dealbreaker for me.

[Anonymous]

You get her tested before you call it cold. Its not a surprise.

[Anonymous]

This is why we are getting a nanny in September. DD gets sick every two weeks like clockwork and is out for a week minimum. I just can't do it anymore with my work deadlines and DH's job. I can't. I might as well light my bank account on fire but at least I might have some sanity.

Really hard decision, but she's been out so much and it's just not good for her

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your daycare really won't take a kid that just has a runny nose? We get a COVID test and send them back the next day. Our daycare and preschool don't seem to mind at all.

I wish ours would allow that but no, it's symptom free. a week to 10 days a pop.

[Anonymous]

I know some people will roll their eyes at this, but check on the foods she’s eating and see if you can tweak it so she has a more robust immune system. I know daycare comes with a lot of illness, but I do strongly believe that you can help prevent constant illness. A lot of kids eat a ton of dairy and parents force milk—-dairy is known to thicken mucus in some people and so cutting it out may help her be less snotty at least. Sugar can weaken the immune system. So limiting candy and processed sugary foods can really help with the little ones who seem to catch everything that’s going around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know some people will roll their eyes at this, but check on the foods she’s eating and see if you can tweak it so she has a more robust immune system. I know daycare comes with a lot of illness, but I do strongly believe that you can help prevent constant illness. A lot of kids eat a ton of dairy and parents force milk—-dairy is known to thicken mucus in some people and so cutting it out may help her be less snotty at least. Sugar can weaken the immune system. So limiting candy and processed sugary foods can really help with the little ones who seem to catch everything that’s going around.

Little to no exposure to all germs for over 18 months through isolation and masking in such young children is why there is such a surge in viruses now. Diet will not change that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Your daycare really won't take a kid that just has a runny nose? We get a COVID test and send them back the next day. Our daycare and preschool don't seem to mind at all.

Clear runny nose is okay, any hint of green or yellow snot and Covid test it is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some people will roll their eyes at this, but check on the foods she’s eating and see if you can tweak it so she has a more robust immune system. I know daycare comes with a lot of illness, but I do strongly believe that you can help prevent constant illness. A lot of kids eat a ton of dairy and parents force milk—-dairy is known to thicken mucus in some people and so cutting it out may help her be less snotty at least. Sugar can weaken the immune system. So limiting candy and processed sugary foods can really help with the little ones who seem to catch everything that’s going around.

Little to no exposure to all germs for over 18 months through isolation and masking in such young children is why there is such a surge in viruses now. Diet will not change that.

That is why I felt OK sending my kid to daycare. We all built up our immune system so if we caught COVID we may not have been as sick.

[Anonymous]

Curious how old these kids are getting sick? My kid, who used to have a cold all the time, has been less sick over the past 1+ year (knock on wood), I think because of the constant mask wearing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious how old these kids are getting sick? My kid, who used to have a cold all the time, has been less sick over the past 1+ year (knock on wood), I think because of the constant mask wearing.

PP from above. My 3 year old who wears a mask has brought a cold home once. My 18 month old has brought it home all 7 other times. Very much looking forward to the masks 6 months in his future.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know some people will roll their eyes at this, but check on the foods she’s eating and see if you can tweak it so she has a more robust immune system. I know daycare comes with a lot of illness, but I do strongly believe that you can help prevent constant illness. A lot of kids eat a ton of dairy and parents force milk—-dairy is known to thicken mucus in some people and so cutting it out may help her be less snotty at least. Sugar can weaken the immune system. So limiting candy and processed sugary foods can really help with the little ones who seem to catch everything that’s going around.

Little to no exposure to all germs for over 18 months through isolation and masking in such young children is why there is such a surge in viruses now. Diet will not change that.

That is why I felt OK sending my kid to daycare. We all built up our immune system so if we caught COVID we may not have been as sick.

I think both of you are completely incorrect on how immunity works.