For a baby to have a blocked/runny nose and a cough?
DD hasn't been 100% since starting daycare five weeks ago. The last day of her second week I kept her home because she had conjunctivitis and a seriously snotty nose (as in huge sneezes all over her face every five minutes). She's just never fully recovered It's worse at night, as the night goes on her nose is more and more blocked until about 4am she comes into our bed because it's keeping her up. When she wakes she has a chesty cough.
The annoying thing is, when she's with us for a decent period, like over Easter, she seems to get better. Then she goes back to daycare, and comes home with a funny nose and we're back to square one.
Should I take her to the doctor to help fight this or would it just be a losing battle with daycare?
DS is about the same age as your little one, he doesn't go to childcare but his sister does. He has had a cough bit of a snotty nose for almost 8 weeks, we have been to the doctors a couple of times in that period due to him ear pulling, he has had two ear infections but the docs haven't had an issue with anything else. So the antibiotics seem to do some good on the ears but nothing else. So I do believe things can last quite a long time, but I would go to the docs just to get her checked out - especially ears - but I think coughs colds at the moment are terrible and docs might not be able to do anything (Was told by doc coughs can last for months)
Unfortunate but true. I have the same problem with my two. It seems like they go to daycare for 3 days, get sick on the Thursday & spend the whole weekend sick. Seem to get better by Sunday, so off to daycare on monday only to either have the next two days off or at best get sick again on Thursday. I have heard that the first year is the worst but it gets better after that. It seems to have been true for DS. He was sick constantly for the first 10 months after starting daycare. He pretty much followed the pattern I described from January to November when he ended up in hospital for 3 nights with a "viral lung infection" (in other words they didn't really know but his lungs were so clogged up he was struggling to breathe). He was fine after that apart from the odd shortlived cold until DD started about a month ago now & both of them are on the same pattern So frustrating. What ever happened to the old 48 hour wog? It would be much preferable to this 4 week cough thing my kids get.
It makes it hard when you need to work but sometimes it is more important to keep her home to be sure she's well.
Yep, that's the pattern DD likes Rowellen. She's there four days and this is really just making me want to quit my job, she was never sick before this When I bring it up to people IRL I just get told "it's great for her immunity!" I feel like saying "fine, you come deal with her awesome immunity in the middle of the night!"
I don't think she's anywhere near bad enough for this to be called a chest infection, but seeing as she's only seen her new doctor once before I guess it can't hurt to go check her out, and then she's on their records I guess.
Do you think they are running an airconditioner all the time? I know if I or DH spend all day in an airconditioned room then we get really snuffly and blocked up. It might explain why she's well when she's home for a few days? Either that or there could be an allergen trigger there that affects her? Or it could just be her immune system adjusting to day care and the increased exposure to lurgies.
I haven't noticed airconditioning there, will pay more attention tomorrow. I really think it's just because no one else seems to keep their kids home when they're sick. Almost all of them have green snotty faces or crusty eyes and grizzly sounding throats. So it kind of feels like even when DD does start together better she just goes right back into the thick of it.
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How long is too long?
It's worse at night, as the night goes on her nose is more and more blocked until about 4am she comes into our bed because it's keeping her up. When she wakes she has a chesty cough.
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