Nursery illness

I need advice here. Our LO started nursery 2 days a week in July at 9 months and literally every week she'd had a new illness. Last week was the worst when she brought home norovirus. We were all sick. I ended up in hospital on a drip. She has to go to A&E for her chest and my Dad in his mid 70s ended up in hospital too. I'm now ill with covid which I must have caught at hospital. Whilst this is hard enough, our situation if further complicated with my dad's health. He has CML (chronic myloid leukemia) and also a stoma as a result of bowel cancer. He is severely immunocompromised so we always have to watch when we are around him, bit like the covid days of old. He childminds for us one day a week too and loves seeing his granddaughter a few times a week outside of this, just for visits or to let me and hubs get some time which is wonderful. I'm for pulling her out of nursery as my Dad is at risk but my husband wants to keep her in as it's good for her development. My dad won't be able to watch her at all then if she's ill, which in nursery is constantly, as its too risky for his health. He's still poorly after last week and under medical supervision. What should I do here? I feel backed into a corner. I just keep seeing that illnesses are going to be constant at nursery and my mental health can't handle seeing my dad getting ill like that again. I thought we were going to lose him 😔 Would a childminder be better? She's just so social and loves nursery.

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Unfortunately school will be the same when the time comes. Have you spoken to your dad and asked his preferences? Or even if he speaks to his GP about options? ❤️

His preference is to pull her out and for him and my MIL to watch her instead. In 4 years time, he may not even be here any more so I feel time with family is too precious to miss out on, especially when he really loves seeing her. I know many people don't have their parents around so I feel lucky to have parents who are so present and willing. I feel sad she'd miss out on the socialising though as her development was coming on leaps and bounds there too.

I totally get that ❤️ I keep being advised "they're only this little for so long" and to enjoy them being this young as it goes by so fast. I wouldn't worry about the social side, your LO will be socialising in other ways like soft play, play dates etc. She's still young so you could always go back to nursery and trial without for a while to see how it goes?

Will it end? We were told to expect constant illness for 6 months. They other alternative is to ride it out until then or will it just continue? This is my first child so I've no idea!

When my first when to school it was cold after cold after cold it was never ending even when he went to school he would get a break for a couple of weeks and it was back again xx

Unfortunately it'll likely be ongoing for years as it's like a wee incubator for germs being around so many kids 🙈 x

I get completely where your coming from but also think of it this way alot of kids don't go into a nursery setting until at least 3 years old. Personally I would pull her out

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