How often does your child get sick?

[sangie]

Have been told to expect a lot of sickness now she has started school! Fun huh!

Yeah super fun NOT! DD drives me nuts when she's sick, you'd think she has man flu

RhiChiChi I gave her a multivitamin last year but I don't think it made any difference. She probably didn't need it as she eats really well (loves fruit/veg) and she gets plenty of exercise and sleep. But still she seems to get every bug going around (I don't think the bugs even have to get within a 1km radius for her to catch them lol!)

Choc 5 days off in total is awesome.

[Trillian]

My kids didn't get sick at all last year. there were several bouts of flu/gastro going around and they never got any of them. DS2 did get a tummy bug for a day, but that was during school holidays so he hadn't even been to preschool. Fingers crossed it happens like that again this year. I don't do anything special all the time - they just eat and sleep well. I used to give probiotics to boost them if they were starting to get a bit run down but now i don't worry.

[Phteven]

Last year neither of my boys missed more than 1 day of school via sickness. They got gastro just after Christmas at the same time as the rest of Australia and over the winter holidays DS2 had a fever for a day with a cough.

I think the getting sick heaps in the first year of school is a bit of a myth. It didn't happen to either of mine.