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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so frustrated right now. My 3 year old, who just started preschool this year, has already missed 8 or 9 days of school because of sickness (colds and croup). It angers me that students in the classroom come to school coughing because obviously their parents don't care enough to keep them home so that they aren't causing other children to get sick. We always keep our child home when he's sick.

Can anyone shed some light on this? I know that my son has to build up his immune system, so sickness is necessary. I just never thought that getting sick every month was normal. Can anyone offer advice, coping strategies, preventative measures, etc? I already give him Vitamin C supplements and constantly wash his hands. [/quote]

I think part of that is age (especially in group childcare), but I bet you can reduce some of the incidence.

RE the immune system, fwiw, my kids take:

Multivitamin
Vitamin D
Vitamin C
Fish Oil
Probiotics

Probiotics have been proven, by mainstream medicine, to help:   
 
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/124/2/e172
 
&quot;RESULTS: Relative to the placebo group, single and combination probiotics reduced fever incidence by 53.0% (P = .0085) and 72.7% (P = .0009), coughing incidence by 41.4% (P = .027) and 62.1% (P = .005), and rhinorrhea incidence by 28.2% (P = .68) and 58.8% (P = .03), respectively. Fever, coughing, and rhinorrhea duration was decreased significantly, relative to placebo, by 32% (single strain; P = .0023) and 48% (strain combination; P &lt; .001). Antibiotic use incidence was reduced, relative to placebo, by 68.4% (single strain; P = .0002) and 84.2% (strain combination; P &lt; .0001). Subjects receiving probiotic products had significant reductions in days absent from group child care, by 31.8% (single strain; P = .002) and 27.7% (strain combination; P &lt; .001), compared with subjects receiving placebo treatment. 
CONCLUSION: Daily dietary probiotic supplementation for 6 months was a safe effective way to reduce fever, rhinorrhea, and cough incidence and duration and antibiotic prescription incidence, as well as the number of missed school days attributable to illness, for children 3 to 5 years of age.&quot; 
Apparently probiotics are helpful in colicky infants too:
 
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/full/119/1/e124
 
http://www.naturalnews.com/030620_colic_probiotics.html

It also helps to cut back on white flour-based products and sugar, and to get plenty of fresh air and sunshine, because all of that will help with boosting the function of the immune system.[/quote]

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