Constantly getting colds after beginning nursery

So my little girl started nursery in March. I knew there would be more colds and sickness, but honestly this is ridiculous. She’s on her 4th cold since starting, and consequently my husband and I are on our 4th cold. I’ve never been so constantly ill before and it’s honestly getting me down so much. It’s just so hard to function after a month and a half of being ill. Is this normal? When does it let up?

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It’s normal. It won’t really let up until you’ve all built stronger immune systems. Your daughter will still be getting every cold going at school too. I’m a teacher, I get all the bugs off kids in my class as well as the bugs from my kids at nursery.

No advice but me too ☹️ He started in Jan and we’re starting to see a bit of an improvement in how often he gets sick. The warmer weather should help. But you’re not alone, it’s constant and i’ve had a cold for 10weeks and hate life 🙃

It’s normal. If daughter has only ever been exposed to you and your germs she’s gonna catch a lot more of everything for the next few months. My son was sent home with a temperature 3 times in the first few weeks has had lots of colds and viral infections but it gets better he’s now two and ( touch wood) hasn’t gotten anything more serious than a cold

Unfortunately yes, as soon as they start mixing. It's hard work. It gets better

It's just like colds going around at work. Never know, maybe you brought something home to her.

It’s normal. We were told to expect them to be ill constantly for their first year in nursery.

Ok so different but maybe relevant. When I first became a nurse and started working around sick people, I was sick ALL THE TIME for like a year. After that it's gotten so much better. I had one cold this year and none the year before that. The immune system has to learn unfortunately. The more you and baby are exposed to, the smarter the immune system will get. You've got this. It really really sucks but it will end, I promise.

So far my son has spent like 4 hours in nursery doing settle sessions and I swear he now has measles. So I'm really worried about him catching something else while he's still super run down. It's so hard.