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18 month old with recurrent viral infections

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@maruchan0317

I'm sure this has been discussed (many times) but I wanted to get some concrete experiences from others. This is our first child. My wife slowly winded down breastfeeding because she has gone back to work. We traveled to Italy in Sept and she got a lil sick for about 2 days while there. She seemed to be OK. Then about 4 days later she developed a cold which led to Bronchitis. Basically she has been on/off sick since this time. I dont think she has gone more than 1week without having something. She just got over having a fever for 4 days yesterday and now since yesterday night, she is coughing pretty hard that it affected her sleep. The coughing continued this morning to the point that she threw up a little bit. She has never been to daycare. I know her immune system is probably just reacting but I am a concerned parent. Outside of letting her immune system develop is there something else I should be worried about? Has anyone had their child be continually sick, getting over one cold or type of virus and no sooner have something return or something new come up? And we clean but not anything more than what you would do normally. We haven't got to the point where we have though, well maybe we should clean everyday or more often.
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@maruchan0317 - how old is your child? Is she up to date with immunizations?
Traveling exposes everyone to many illnesses, especially in a foreign country that may not use same immunizations as we do. One example is whooping cough. At times a regular cold lingers and can turn into a secondary infection in ears, sinuses or chest. Having a fever for 4 days is cause for a visit with the pediatrician.