Dear Catharine, but something must be going on in the immune system re:
colds. Most kids have lots of colds in Kdg and 1st grade, then they kind
of mellow out and in the middle grades I don't see them as often. And
older sibs get a cold, bring it home and baby gets the cold plus an ear
ache (gets the cold harder or worse). In day care I think it is the close,
continual exposure to very young babies and children. It is sort of
inevitable, like living in a virus soup every day. It is part of the
price parents pay for putting baby in day care - more infections.
Breastfed babies in day care at least have an edge. Sincerely, Pat in SNJ
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