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Maybe try a kids probiotic to try to help her immune system? If she's getting sick all the time, it could very well just be that she has a low immune system and catches anything & everything, how's her diet? Is she eating fruits & vegetables?🤔 Maybe you need to be sitting with her at lunch or dinner time to eat yourself & encourage her to be eating her dinner too? 🍽
@Bonny she’s 15 months. Yeah I’m thinking I’m not the only case of RSV I’m just the only mom to tell daycare lol
@Kym ♡ I’m definitely adding a probiotic. Her diet has plenty of fruits and veggies annd goldfish lol but I make sure to eat with her every chance I get!
My older kid (now 2.5) was sick 2-3 times a month for about a year after starting day care at 10 months. It was horrible. He will also completely randomly throw up. Or very so hard he will make himself throw up. Tantrums are horrible. Pro biotics are a good idea. With the ongoing rash... Have you looked at dairy as a culprit? One of my little ones turned out to have a dairy allergy and she had a rash on her face as one of the symptoms. Would also cause tummy troubles. Or something else that's irritating her. My little one had trouble with cow milk till a little after a year. He would vomit and had bowel problems. Although no rash.
@Miriam I removed dairy from her diet
Reflux? GERD? My 4 month old just started medicine for reflux. The vomit could also be related to that. Could ask your pediatrician. (Also, keep advocating for your little one. I have felt like I was losing my mind with both my kids because I couldn't feed them properly and it breaks my heart each time. But it's vindicating once you finally figure out what was causing it,)
Toddlers are literally human petri dishes, they get all the germs. Especially if she's in day care it's completely normal to be sick regularly, honestly that's probably not going to stop anytime soon. Usually around elementary age they start to get sick less frequently but still more frequently than adults. Young kids also throw up way more often than older kids/adults even when it's not a serious illness, it's just the way their bodies work. I work in pediatrics, repeated illness for about a year-1.5 years after starting daycare is completely normal as their immune systems develop. As long as they are eating/drinking normally and otherwise seeming like themselves it's absolutely just a part of raising a toddler.
I had the same with my baby when he started daycare. 6 stomach bugs in 3 months. I was beside myself. I went to the dr and they did swab testing and stool sample. Worked out it was sinus infection and reoccurring novovirus. The dr put him on metagenics mum and Bub probiotic and also pentavite immune booster. Hasn’t been unwell in 3 months now.
@Paige glad to hear that :)
If you’re really worried, go to your paediatric doctor and ask for testing. Then you can get some immune boosting and gut repairing meds
Would it be a possibility of changing counsellor/therapist if you don't feel she's able to help? In terms of the anxiety, it doesn't really go away as there will always be something with your kids but maybe look into some self help things, mental health tool kit, to help for in the moment for if the panic hits you like a couple of breathing exercises to calm your nervous system down etc
Not sure how old your daughter is, but it's totally normal for kids to get sick. When mine get a bug, they can throw up 4-5 times in a day, and then be fine like nothing happened. Your daycare is 100% lying if they are saying none of the other kids get sick. That's just what happens when people get together. We don't do daycare, but we get sick after every holiday, birthday party, any gathering of any kind... Most of the time it's not that bad, but sometimes it is. It's just a thing. It does suck and it's hard to worry about your baby, but please eat something and get some rest. You need to be rested to take care of your little one while she's struggling!