Kindergarten DAY 6

Monday August 30 2010

Aidan stayed home from school today sick. He had a slight fever and congestion in his chest & nose so at the last minute, I decided to let him stay home and rest. If your child has not been in daycare/pre-K before starting Kindergarten, He/She is GOING TO GET SICK! & Quickly! Being around so many children in such a confined space makes it really easy for all children not use to that environment to get sick. I use hand sanitizer as soon as he gets off the bus but I have no idea how many times a day if any he gets to wash his hands. Now of course Aidan is fine today and back in school, but I just wanted to make sure and I did not want to give him any cold medicine and have him be groggy all day at school.

Me, not so lucky. I feel like I was run over by a bus! My head is so congested & runny. My entire body aches and my left ear is throbbing (I have always been prone to sinus infections & ear aches). Aidan is back in school within 24 hours and I will probably be laid up in bed for a week. Today (Tuesday) Skylar (2 1/2) is now a little congested and starting to cough -no fever.

SO Monday's lesson is your child is going to get sick and probably pretty quickly when they start school. SO when you are out buying supplies for their classroom, don't forget to stock up on a few extra boxes of tissues, some tea bags, honey or lemon, cough drops and your antihistamine of choice, Because when your child gets sick, most likely everyone in your house will get sick as well.