Since Maya began child care back in January she has been sick nearly every fortnight with something new each time. Prior to child care Maya was rarely sick and I thought Maya had a very good immune system. But at child care she is bombarded with illnesses constantly (I often see kids there coughing or with runny noses) and her poor little body can't fight them all off.
I feel like I have spent half my time at the doctors this year. For me and for her. Because I also seem to catch everything she catches. I feel like we have spent more time being sick than being well. And when I visit our doctor yet again, they always remind me that children at child care get many, many more illnesses than children who are at home. Basically there is nothing unusual about the amount of illnesses Maya has had since starting child care.
The barrage of illnesses has been so exhausting. It seems like when she's well then I am sick and if she's sick then I am well. When she's sick she is miserable and hard to keep happy and wakes often during the night. When I'm sick she's usually well and wants to play and go outside and do things, while I just want to go to bed and hide under the covers all day.
Our doctor tries to reassure me by reminding me with each visit that children in child care get about twenty illnesses per year (TWENTY!!!!!!!) but once they reach primary school they have a state of the art immune system and rarely get sick. Which doesn't really make me feel any better right now.
Now if only I could own shares at my doctors and the pharmacy I reckon I'd be rich.
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So far Katya was sick every second week since she started pre-school in September. And the nights are the worst. We don't usually see a doctor since the earliest available appointment is often a week away unless if it is emergency (and by that stage she is no longer sick). It must be helpful to have a reassuring doctor, who you can see. Hope her immune system will get stronger soon and the number of illnesses decreases.
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