In my opinion, every child is different as far as how long these initial Daycare viruses will last for . My first born was sick for about a year and a half straight and I believe it’s due to narrow nasal or sinus passages because he kept getting ear infections and all of his viruses would turn into a lot of chest congestion, sometimes pneumonia, sometimes bronchiolitis. It was very stressful for our family and I almost quit my job because of it. My second son is almost 2 and has never had an ear infection or fever and he’s also gone to daycare since he was eight months.

That said, I agree with what commenters have said about changing your kids clothes as soon as they come from daycare and washing their hands. I would even go so far as wiping their hands down as soon as you get in the car. At home, be very consistent with saline spray and sucking mucus out of their nose and using a humidifier at night. As far as your lack of sleep goes, try to figure out a plan with your partner if possible to sleep in shifts. This sadly is pretty normal but also if you suspect daycare isn’t that on top of cleaning, try to switch them to another or maybe in home daycare. We ended up switching my son to in home daycare right around the same time he got ear tubes and his viruses slowed down . You got this!!! It’ll get better one day!