Pat's Schoolhouse

[debpch]

Hi,

My kid has started school for close to 1 month and have been sick twice already... it has come to a point where the number of days she is at home is more than that in school...

Is this normal? :?:

[empressplace]

debpch - yes, that’s common.

[zeroyee]

Dear all,

I am very new to the forum.

I am putting my gal (2008) to Pats serangoon starting 1 April 2011. Any one in this thread from same level, same school?

[debpch]

hi empressplace,

It has been a tiring 1 month. My kid fell sick after 1 week and stayed at home for 1 week (during which time, I caught the virus from her), then she went back to school for 1 week, fell sick again and stayed at home for 2 weeks (and again, I got the flu from her)..

it is like a vicious cycle that refuses to end (will it ever end?).. It has gotten to a point where hubby is considering pulling her out..

Any advice?

[empressplace]

My suggestions are to let your daughter take cod liver oil and sambucus and not to put her back to school so soon after recovery. Take it easy initially.


For yourself, you may want to wash/disinfect hands frequently and get all caregivers to wear masks when caring for her. My kid even caught chickenpox and HFMD from school and spread the diseases to sibling. The problem was worse for us because it is just very hard to prevent spread to the younger sibling. I have tried separating the kids and rigorously disinfecting door handles etc like a mad woman. For adults, it is more possible to prevent catching the disease if you are disciplined. The steps I have mentioned do work to a certain extent.

I also went through the same struggle of whether to pull my kid out of school. Unless the doctor advises you otherwise, it may be worth persevering. However you do need to equip yourself with the surgical face masks and surface and hand disinfectants to prevent spread in the household to adults and other children.

[debpch]

My kid is currently taking colostrum & multi-vits. But, at the rate she is falling sick, looks like it is not much use...

i am also like a mad-woman now, changing bedsheets every other day cos she has puked on it again after a coughing fit. :roll:
i wash my hands more often now but my kid is not the age where she has made a habit of covering her mouth when she coughs... So, she tends to rain saliva on us everytime she coughs... and so, we catch the bug almost 100 %.

wah... i understand the challenge if you have more than 1 kid. i probably would have gone nuts...

1 question... do they get better? i.e. does the frequency of falling sick drop? If yes, how long does it take normally? (I am trying to see the light at the end of the tunnel in this case... )

[smurfy]

debpch


they will get better…
it will depends on individual child when they will to get adjusted.
mine oso like 1 month fall sick once… then…(last yr)… worse, is come home spread viruses to baby sister.
the only consolation then was that majority of his classmates who fell sick, the parents had the social responsibility to bring in the child only when they get much much better (lesser chance of transmitting virus around)

[crystalbelle08]

Usually if its fever, kids will not be allow to attend school.


But if its cough or running nose…
Its quite common to see kids with either of these, roaming in class.

Rest assured…the frequency will definately reduce.
For mine, during her toddler class year, she did fall ill v frequently. Once every fortnightly…
Now as she progress to playgroup, her immune system do get stronger.

So must perserve!

[debpch]

hi smurfy & crystalbelle,


SIGH… dun know if can tahan till she gets her castle of immunity… she has stayed at home for 2 weeks already. And, crystalbelle is right, it is quite common to see kids with cough and running nose running around…

[Koolmama]

Hi Debpch,


Is your girl at Mt Emily??

i myself am having the EXACT same problem!! My dd just started PG, the first day i went in with her i was horrified to see more than half the kids were sick... And not just \"mildly\" sick, some were coughing and coughing every 2 minutes and had mucus running down non-stop, they looked so tired and forlorn!!

i asked the teacher why didn't they stay at home and she said that alot of parents insisted to bringing their children to school even when they were sick... it was something they could not control

As i expected, within 2 days my girl caught the cold and horrible cough too... She had to miss school for a few days... Now she's better but her cough is terrible... And the worst part is, she's passed it to her daddy and me!! (i've been sick-free for the past 1 year; now am down with fever and a horrible sore throat )

Actually when i think back on those days when my elder kid was younger, this happened to him too... He was in a church kindy then. Still remember when he used to fall sick almost every week - as soon as he got better, he would catch another bug!! At that time i was maidless and every time he fell sick i would fall sick too... oh man those days when both of us were sick together were really terrible

i think the only consolation you have is that this is pretty common, and it'll take about 6 months for your kid to \"stabilise\" and catch all the resident bugs... only then will her immunity strengthen *sigh*

Cough cough... it's going to be a tough week ahead of me...