preschool for PID child?

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Hi, I struggled with this as well. Neither of my sons attended

preschool or daycare, in fact, I ended up quitting work b/c they were

so sick so often. I didnt want them to be in a " bubble " but didnt want

them to get any sicker, either. What we ended up doing is finding a

smaller church, our old one was HUGE.........we found one we love

locally with just about 150 people, and a great kids program. This

way, the boys classes are only maybe 5-8 kids in each, and they get

plenty of socializing, w/o so much risk, plus at most churches they

have a " no sick kids " policy. Then we our 5 yr old became school age,

we put him in a charter school with a very small class size, only 14

kids, and a 504 plan that he is not allowed to sit next to anyone who

is actively ill--coughing, sneezing, snotty nosed, etc. Its worked

very well so far. I feel like being in the small church group(or maybe

another type of similar thing if you dont go to church) was enough for

a child that age to learn about sitting still in class, waiting for

potty time, taking turns, etc that they learn in preschool, with less

risk for infection.

He has done just fine this yr in kdg even though most of his peers

went to preschool, he is right at age level from what we have taught him.

Hope this helps some!!

Valarie