Last year when my daughter was at child care she was sick very often that I had to take time off work. This year she is with my mum and rarely sick. I know it build her immune system but sometimes you want them to be well with no high temps, and fevers. I hated it when there would be a sign on the door saying we have two cases of lice, 1 case of hand foot and mouth etc.

My son is 11 and every 3rd week he has a cold – I just keep him fed with fruit and veg and make sure he’s dressed appropriately for outside occasions.

We get sick it’s part of life – eat well, plenty of sleep and fluids and font be paranoid about germs

What an informative article. My son has been going to daycare 1 – 2 days a week since he was 6 months old, (he is now almost 3yo) and has very rarely been sick. My daughter (7.5mo) starts daycare this week ( 1 day per week) and I am worried how this will affect her immune system, especially as she is starting during the cold and flu season.

Thanks for sharing this interesting article…

Very interesting. It comforting to know a little illness is the sign of a functioning immune system. Puts you at ease when they seem to get every bug and cough at times!

Thanks for this info. My little ones don’t go to daycare and I can count on one hand the number of times each of them had been sick. My oldest starts school next year so it will probably begin for me then.

My 16 month old keeps catching things from daycare (he’s only been going for 4 months). But hopefully his immune system will pick up soon and he should be strong when he starts school 🙂

Thanks for the informative video, some great info!

We usually just eat loads of fruit and veg and make sure we have one glass of milk a day and also a cup of yogurt
This is something that im very strict with when it comes with my kids and honestly they have hardly been ill

Hi thanks for your video. My 12 month old has had roseola (or variations thereof) 4 times in 8 weeks. I’ve started him on a probiotic after the last sickness 2 weeks ago and so far so good.

its going to happen at some stage where they need the germs to build a healthy immune system.

Thanks for the video, some interesting points. It is important that children build their immune system, I will keep probiotics in mind, next time my little ones get a bit run down.

Wonderful Tips. Thanks to me being a Childcare Worker my Immune system is amazing after being exposed to so many germs.

Mine are premmie, and seem to catch everything under the sun!

I’ve been lucky with mine so far. I think breast feeding them has made a huge difference.

my little one gets probiotics to help her, i’ve found this seems to work the best at maintaining her immune system

An interesting read thanks for sharing

my sons immune system at the moment seems to be low he coughs all the time and is always sick he gets rid of it then hes ok for a few weeks then it starts all over again i hate it

Mykids have been in childcare since 1 yrs old and get the occassional bug, but my oldest started school last year and dseont seem to ctach anything now, so her immune system must be good now! Great article

My son only done coughping when cold weather start.