Goodbye daycare and goodbye germs!

So after much thought and consideration we have decided to take Elvis out of daycare. I understand that when you put a very young child in daycare during the winter time...they're gonna get sick but unfortunately at the time we didn't have a choice. He's been going there for 5 weeks now and EVERY single week I've had to either call in, take a half day, or be late because he's contstantly sick. My job was starting to be at risk and not to mention we've spent a total of $890 in 5 weeks...now add another $383.85 for medical expenses. That's a total of $1273.85 in 5 weeks for just one child! Ugh...I do NOT recommend daycare to anyone and really, it doesn't matter how clean it is because I was sooooo impressed with this daycare and the cleanliness and how attentive the teachers were...doesn't matter. Bottom line - as long as your child is in daycare - they're going to get sick constantly.