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My now 12 y.o. daughter has all kinds of allergies, and picks up virtually all viruses circulating at school. She gets sick a lot. She misses school one or two days almost every week.

We have figured out a lot of the allergens, but can't do much about the viruses.

On the days when she is sick I have to drop my planned work and care for her. She feels miserable, wants someone to talk to, etc, and I absolutely don't want to let her just do screentime. She typically does not feel well enough to read or do crafts.

This has been going on since she started daycare at the age of 18 months.

This has been terrible for my career. I am self-employed, but still have a high workload, deadlines, etc. My husband is a physician, so he can't stay at home.

I am often so angry at my daughter, but at the same time have a bad conscience, since it is not her fault.

I can't afford to have an agency send a random nanny spontaneously every time she gets sick. And I can't afford a fyll-time nanny, it would eat up everything I earn.

All in all, this has been causing a lot of mental anguish, client complaints and stress. I often think that mothers should not be working. I have two terminal degrees and wanted to do a big career pre-kid.[/quote]

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