My 5 year old is home sick again today

@seabeauty (1480)
United States
September 23, 2008 7:35am CST
I kept him home yesterday because in the morning he woke up with a cough, a headache and his body felt warm. He missed dinner last night. He wound up falling asleep during it. Kept him home today to make sure what ever it is is completely out of his system. Been giving him the childrens Tylenol but it takes time to work. It seems now he is always sick. 2 weeks ago he was not feeling well in class and he fell asleep in the beanbag chair. The teacher called and I picked him up. He never got sick till he started going to kindergarten. Now he is picking up germs. I would hate to be the teacher right now. I am sure they pick up illnesses from the other kids. So is anything going around in your kids schools?
4 responses
cher913
@cher913 (25781)
• Canada
23 Sep 08
not yet but i find that there are always a lot of stuff going around the school and i do know some teachers that do get sick quite a bit, but their secret is to take vitamins which seem to help their immune system fight these bugs.
seabeauty
@seabeauty (1480)
• United States
23 Sep 08
I heard that there is this vitamin you could buy that is supposed to prevent colds and some people swear by it. Umm, I forgot the name.
Angel
@nanayangel (7877)
• Philippines
23 Sep 08
Hi there Sea beauty! I'm sorry to hear that. I hope that your children will get well soon. We don't have anything like that in our school, thankfully.
seabeauty
@seabeauty (1480)
• United States
23 Sep 08
Thanks :) and thank goodness nothing is going around in your school.
sunshine4
@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
23 Sep 08
It seems like kids in school are always getting sick, especially those who were never around other children until school. I run a daycare and all of the kids have snotty noses! YUCK! I don't ever get sick. I think it is because I take vitamins and an extra vitamin c every day. Hope your son feels better. It sounds like he needs to get alot of sleep too! Poor kid.
aseretdd
@aseretdd (13729)
• Philippines
25 Sep 08
My daughter doesn't go to school yet... but that is the best place where kids get viruses and germs... so it is best to strengthen your child's immune system by giving him a lot of food rich in vitamin C... when my in-laws were sick... i did not take my daughter there for a whole week because i did not want her to catch whatever it is that my in-laws had... and good thing she didn't...