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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From my own experience, my kids had more frequent and more prolonged bouts with sickness/illness when I was a WOHM than SAHM. Which meant more calls to pick them up when I was a WOHM and hardly any when I started to SAH.

I think there were a number of reasons for this, but when I was a WOHM -
1) I was less prone to keep them at home at the earliest symptoms of illness, so their illness grew worse at school
2) I was more likely to send them to school earlier when they recovered from an illness, so they relapsed easily
3) I relied on daycare before and after school and they were exposed to more germs
4) My kids got less sleep because they had to be up and ready to go to daycare or camp, when there was a school closing but I was working.
5) My kids did not tell me that they were feeling slightly unwell because they did not want me to miss work, 
6) My kids school day was extended because they had to be in daycare. Which meant that if they were feeling a little run-down they did not have the luxury to come home after classes and go to sleep.

I don't think the school cared if I was a WOHM or SAHM. Once I became a SAHM, I did not send my kids to school if they had any symptoms, I was able to get medical appointments easily so they got the medical care immidiately, I was able to be more vigilant about small things like flu-shots, oral hygiene, making sure they were taking multi-vitamins etc.   I was also able to allow them mental health days as required. 
 
One of the upsides of being a SAHM for me was more flexibility for tackling these kinds of issues.[/quote]

This is totally true in my experience, too.

Also, my first kid went to a a preschool that offered an extended day until 5, and most parents were working and did not have in-home back-up care.  Kids were sick all the freaking time.  My second kid went to a preschool that did NOT offer any extended day, and every family had either a SAHP or a nanny at home while the kid was at school.  Kids were kept home at the first sign of illness, and there were remarkably (shockingly!) few illnesses that were passed around.[/quote]

And what happened when your kids went to elementary school? All the kids I know who either SAH or went to part time preschools had a really tough time with their immune systems once they went to Kindergarten. [/quote]

I've never heard that before.  My kids had no issue whatsoever either way when starting K.[/quote]

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